To visualize means to create a mental image, or to imagine. As a learning strategy, visualizing helps improve a child's concept imagery, as well as their ability to retain information, follow complex directions, communicate thoughts in an organized manner, express...
For many students, the learning event is enjoyable, but figuring out how to process the information they receive in class and act upon it is often difficult. Organizing one’s responsibilities and tasks is referred to as executive functioning. Often, in elementary...
“Open the bigger present first and then the blue present. But — wait! First I want you to give the present with the small bow to Grandma!” What “concepts” are important for your child to understand? As a speech-language pathologist, I always want to know whether or...
I love the start of a new school year! There is something about the new pencils, folders, and the excitement of my students that makes it one of my favorite times. Along with a clean slate can come new expectations. One of those expectations might be to complete...
It’s really hard to believe that the school year is already here! As summer melts into fall, students will dive into a variety of academic and extracurricular activities. However, undoubtedly, with these exciting changes will also come some anxiety. As the new...
By: Megan Hughes, M.A., CCC-SLP, Speech-Language Pathologist Have you noticed your child having difficulty generalizing a newly acquired skill to different environments and conversational partners? This is a common occurrence with many students! But not to worry,...