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1. What are Compensatory Minutes? Compensatory Minutes are designed to help students regain what was lost due to their having been deprived of special education and related services. The exact nature of that compensatory education is highly specific, as it is tailored...

1. How to Better Engage in the Age of COVID “How can I get my clients to be as engaged virtually as they were in person?” That is a question that continues to be occupying the thoughts of many online professional groups since clinicians were thrust into online speech...

Mental Illness and its Damaging Stigma There has been a gradual change in the public perception of mental illness over the past decade. More people speak openly about their experiences with care. Celebrities disclose their diagnoses not just when they have been...

IEP Fundamentals When you are delivering on-site or online speech therapy or any remote therapy for that matter, it is essential to set appropriate goals for your student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) on an annual basis. Setting well-thought-out IEP goals...

Remote instruction will remain a significant part of K-12 education, long after the COVID-19 is finally under control. “There’s no going back now,” said Pedro Martinez, superintendent of the 49,000-student public school system in San Antonio, Texas. Voters in San...

What Is Executive Function? Broadly speaking, executive function refers to the cognitive and mental abilities that help people engage in goal-directed action. They direct actions, self-regulate, control behavior, and motivate us to achieve our goals and prepare for...

What Happens when the Doctor Gets Sick? “Despite being a therapist that specializes in anxiety, I have certainly experienced my anxiety from time to time and am no superhuman,” Ashley L. Annestedt, a cognitive behavioral therapist and social worker who works with...

With the entire world buzzing about the meteoric growth of online speech therapy, perhaps it’s time to ask, “Is it really worth it? Is online speech therapy reliable?” “Do the benefits outweigh the problems?” Are you wondering if the technology is really reliable?...

Disruption Causing Unintended Collateral Damage The current pandemic has disrupted the lives of adolescents in a variety of ways, not the least of which has been the delay or even the cancellation of key milestones. For high school seniors, most of the traditional...