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ARCHIVED WEBSITE from Spring 2020 schools closures due to pandemic. Note: Some content may not be available to students & families after June 2020.
Who to Contact
Who to Contact
If you have specific needs, contact your child’s teacher of record or Amber McLean, district speech language consultant, amber.mclean@edmondschools.net
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Reading
Reading
- Read every day!
- News articles (go to bottom of webpage, see below links to download appropriate app for your device)
- It’s more important than ever to make learning equitable
- Give every student free access to great content, online or offline, with the Newsela Student mobile app. No wifi, laptops, or printing required.
- Students can download the iOS app here Students can download the Android app here
- Target Specific Reading Skills- guided
- Tools For Comprehension
- Natural Reader Online is a text to speech web application that converts any written text into spoken words.
- Use Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, or iCloud from your mobile to upload and instantly listen to documents on the go.
- Premium users can even take a picture of printed books to listen to using OCR.
- Reading, Writing, Grammar Practice - by grade or current level; free with 10 question limit per day
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- Oxford Learners Dictionary
- Great links are located below definitions to broaden understanding (synonyms, collocations)
- Recipes, Following Written Directions
- Merriam Webster
- Be sure to access the site’s Thesaurus for synonyms and antonyms of words. These are also included in the definition.
- Prefix/Suffix Chart for study
- Refresher on Literary Devices
- Vocational vocabulary
Fluency (Stuttering)
Fluency (Stuttering)
- Stuttering Foundation: A Nonprofit Organization Helping Those Who Stutter
- StutteringTherapyResources - Stuttering Therapy Resources, Inc.
- They have an amazing compilation of resources to treat, evaluate and work with teachers and families. During this uncertain time, Scott Yaruss and Nina Reeves discuss SLP's frequently asked questions.
- Video to Assist with Stuttering
- STR Intro to Strategies
- StutterTalk: Changing how you think about stuttering
- A great series of videos teaching young adults who stutter to courageously confront their stuttering in public situations (to not avoid talking or hide your stutter).
- Construction Worker Story
- Construction Worker Story (Advertising) Peter and Eric from StutterTalk interview Joel Korte on 8/17/08. Joel discusses his first week attending an intensive therapy program in New York City and "advertising" his stuttering. Advertising is when you approach strangers and talk to them openly about stuttering. This is a video of confidence and determination.
- Stuttering Examples
- Stuttering Podcast
- Online Stories - Aesop’s Fables which are more complicated than they appear. Be sure to use the online tools listed above to help with comprehension.
- Goal:Are you able to explain the meaning of the proverb at the bottom (as it relates to the story)?
Language
Language
- Readworks (comprehension)
- Plot Elements
- Grammar Revolution
- Many words can function as multiple parts of speech. How do you figure out what jobs a word can perform? Great resources for teaching the basics: Parts of speech, sentence types, syntax.
- 5 Steps for Learning Grammar
- Home Speech Home for Language
- Check out links to short stories, narratives, vocabulary, etc.
Transition: Living On Your Own
Transition: Living On Your Own
- Life Skills Video Modeling Shopping at Target
- Use this video for students with intellectual disabilities or autism before attending a Community Based Instruction grocery trip. This will help your students have a much more successful first experience in an unfamiliar location. Feel free to mute the sound, pause when needed, and teach through the video how you please.
- Life Skills Video Modeling Shopping at Walgreens
- Job Interview Tips for Teens
- How to Complete a Job Application
- Job Application. Tips on How to Effectively Complete a Job Application. This video focuses on tips on to how to effectively complete a job application and increase your chances of landing a job. A free worksheet that support this video is provided: How to Complete a Job Application
- Self Advocacy: This video is an introduction to our Self-Advocacy video series. These videos are targeted at students in grades 5-10, with a focus on students with disabilities such as LD, ADHD, and ASD.
- 9 Minutes in the Life of a Busboy: A real life look at being a busboy
- Stock Clerk: Stock Clerk Sales Floor
- Companies, plants, and stores use Stock Clerks to receive, sort, unpack, store, and keep track of materials and products. Most Stock Clerks work in grocery and department stores. Entry level job search and internships.
- Basic Tool Kit: Basic Tool Kit
- Every prepper needs a tool kit, and in this video I go over what I keep in a small kit that is easy to access for quick fixes and repairs to give you some ideas on what you may want to put into your tool kits.
- How to be a Cashier
- How to Take an Order
- The first customer interaction you encounter while volunteering at Agora. Do it with How to Take an Order
- Cris Cyborg working at Dunkin' Donuts 1st day at new job
Autism
Autism
- A Look into Autism
- A sophisticated look at autism that will not make your student bristle. It opens up the conversation to all kinds of topics you may not have been able to broach before.
- What It Feels Like to Be Autistic: Temple Grandin discusses her experience with autism, from not speaking to becoming a renowned author and professor.
- Good Hygiene
- Freshman high school tips: Lunch Do's and Don'ts
- It's more than just whether or not you pack your lunch or buy it -- lunch is a critical part of the high school experience. That's why we pulled in our experts, upperclassmen (and soccer players) from various high schools in central Pa., to share their wisdom.
- Expected vs. Unexpected Behaviors: School Behaviors
- This video is about expected v. unexpected behaviors in various school settings (classroom, hallway, and lunchroom). It has built in pause and talk sections with discussion questions for students to analyze the clips. This was shot for a Master's class in special education.
- Table Manners!
- Who doesn't have good table manners in this video? Good table manners for children are important skills that should be developed when they are young. Children are at most times messy eaters, using their little fingers to assist shovelling the food into their mouths, it's good to see table manners from both sides. Have you had the misfortune to experience the famous little-boy-burping contest? Again the burping competition is usually performed at the dinner table. This seems to be something (mainly boys) just have to do. Table manners for children should just be a normal way of life.
- Table Manners
- Top 10 Table Manners
- Nose Picking Compilation
- Here is a compilation of some of the greatest NBA nose picks caught on live TV. Is a booger located within the nostril of their selection or rather an itch so far up the canal they can't seem to contain themselves? You be the judge.
- Nose Picking
- Public nose picking.
- For the Birds
- "Soar" - by Alyce Tzue | TheCGBros
- Check out this heart-warming award-winning 3D animated short called "Soar" about a young girl who must help a tiny boy pilot fly home before it"s too late, created by the talented Alyce Tzue! For more information, please see the details and links below:
- Elf Funniest Moments
Articulation
Articulation
- Home Speech Home for Artic - Targeted Word Lists for Speech Therapy Practice
AAC Device
AAC Device
- AAC Language Lab
- AAC Language Learning Lab: temporarily set-up a FREE 2-month subscription option. Start by creating an account then, under My Account, go to Purchase for Myself and select Free 2 Month Trial under the Language Lab purchase options.
- Tips for Encouraging Children to Use their AAC Systems
- At Home and in the Classroom
- Compiled by: Carrie Clark, CCC-SLP
- Boardmaker 10 Free units
- 10 free units available for download
- Books at different Lexile levels for students of all levels in K-12
- Activity schedule to support behavior and manage activity flow
- Vocabulary activity to expand knowledge of high-utility words
- Matching activity to reinforce concepts and vocabulary
- Board game and bingo to cement learning through plays
- Using LAMP in the Home: 12 minute video supporting AAC communication at home.
- Teachers pay teachers (free):
- Core Vocabulary Classroom Labels for Autism and Special Needs
- LAMP Biweekly Vocabulary Freebie
- LAMP AAC Environment Labels (school)
- Thedigitalslp.com: How to Choose Core Vocabulary Words: free handout
- Tobi Dynavox
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