tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67914707120050653062024-03-19T04:48:46.377-04:00SpeechTechie- Technology, Apps and Lessons for SLPs and Teachers who like WordsSpeechTechie is a blog designed to share technology resources that are useful in the everyday practice of speech-language pathology. Resources that are not generally presented as for clinical use are re-purposed here and viewed "through the language lens" to indicate their relevance to the goals of speech and language therapy.seanjsweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09778909223071512289noreply@blogger.comBlogger907125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-31281110101985872162024-03-08T16:09:00.001-05:002024-03-08T16:09:03.420-05:00Goblin Tools<p>Working with teens and young adults and interested in showing them how to use an AI tool that helps them be more independent? As this free (and committed to remaining free) site proclaims, "goblin.tools is a collection of small, simple, single-task tools, mostly designed to help neurodivergent people with tasks they find overwhelming or difficult." The site is powered by generative AI, specifically OpenAI's large language models, which basically means it can understand and produce prompts written in natural language. It currently features:</p><p>Magic To-Do: enter a task and tap the magic wand to have it broken down into smaller, manageable steps, along with the option to estimate time for each step and the task as a whole.</p><p>Formalizer: enter casual language to get a suggestion of more formal language (or a wide variety of "tones" in a drop down) e.g. for writing an email.</p><p>Judge: receive feedback on the tone of inputted text</p><p>Estimator: stand-alone tool providing estimate of time for a task</p><p>Compiler: "compile my brain dump into a list of tasks"</p><p>Chef: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVc6R9eF0MxvKiCx1Or-3qT7EW2wPY8k2j-nXK2tro8rNbaT8t9lJWiqtrRPPkXiBz3KwtuDdcrq4iMkhh8vfRDLxhX30F_CKzKvkYIMuBinhwfeCbsZr3T_8LooP5vHOY5FVy7C01ilLJ1kvXhtHSRcYfiobn94mmpt3zeUVxdprUkddk4u3zEP87fU/s1248/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%203.55.09%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1248" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVc6R9eF0MxvKiCx1Or-3qT7EW2wPY8k2j-nXK2tro8rNbaT8t9lJWiqtrRPPkXiBz3KwtuDdcrq4iMkhh8vfRDLxhX30F_CKzKvkYIMuBinhwfeCbsZr3T_8LooP5vHOY5FVy7C01ilLJ1kvXhtHSRcYfiobn94mmpt3zeUVxdprUkddk4u3zEP87fU/w400-h346/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%203.55.09%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>Here's an example of a task I put into the Magic To-Do (please don't ask why I have to do this task):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRLDYy6RkphyphenhyphennZT4J_Sm1HgKpDh3xeVq_NVp-66UKY7qTqJCHqnWBOkpQIYIiR0svt3npXrzltRdpDOr2R0AHSmn7Z7MYL_VoVx9Nq4Nsh_dRrrAEtB2x_lNALXbg1FLxGRU383MJ6aerixbqCUcJHL6npjA0nfPryu7AIubsqkEdbdYRrhHzIS3AWZU/s2234/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.05.49%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="2234" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRLDYy6RkphyphenhyphennZT4J_Sm1HgKpDh3xeVq_NVp-66UKY7qTqJCHqnWBOkpQIYIiR0svt3npXrzltRdpDOr2R0AHSmn7Z7MYL_VoVx9Nq4Nsh_dRrrAEtB2x_lNALXbg1FLxGRU383MJ6aerixbqCUcJHL6npjA0nfPryu7AIubsqkEdbdYRrhHzIS3AWZU/w400-h217/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.05.49%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I hope you find this tool useful for your students, clients, maybe associates, partners or spouses, or yourself!</p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-6405586327436905022024-01-19T17:31:00.000-05:002024-01-19T17:31:08.949-05:00What's the Hoopla?<p>Within sessions I strive to achieve what we might call <b>media balance</b>, using a variety of materials including hands-on, paper, <i>and</i> digital. If I feel the plan involves too much tech, I try to adjust. This has been a helpful model in supervising graduate students too. At the start of each semester, I encourage each of them to make sure they get a library card and visit the local library to practice identifying actual books they can use in therapy sessions. A library card is also essential for the resource I want to highlight here: hoopla!</p><p><a href="https://www.hoopladigital.com/">hoopla</a> is an extension of public libraries' digital resources (note: I speak as a Boston Public Library patron and this may not be available to all who read this- check with your library or their website!). Of course, <a href="https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby">Overdrive/Libby</a> are great for digital books that sync to your <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amazon-kindle/id302584613">Kindle app</a> (I use on iPad or Mac), but I rediscovered hoopla entries recently when looking for books on my library's website. hoopla has a wide range of picture books, many on SEL topics from authors such as Julia Cook or Bryan Smith:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitg3KWXeUtzjFa73nuoRdhWm_NXn0CvID4Y-we9Dd0cXr-LHAnsE9gMdJxKAswWtGNnHTVmVoM_fzzIk9mb7AugfeysVmdu86jCwB8KfsH9IKodCKMgj2tZu6-Mq9AptwHQUyWFIqHByf1BaMWyf0ZzBUq9qbJyV4otaZ06oGiWu3jYBGnmMV98a8fA0U/s1334/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.25.09%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="1334" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitg3KWXeUtzjFa73nuoRdhWm_NXn0CvID4Y-we9Dd0cXr-LHAnsE9gMdJxKAswWtGNnHTVmVoM_fzzIk9mb7AugfeysVmdu86jCwB8KfsH9IKodCKMgj2tZu6-Mq9AptwHQUyWFIqHByf1BaMWyf0ZzBUq9qbJyV4otaZ06oGiWu3jYBGnmMV98a8fA0U/w400-h188/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.25.09%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I have a learner who really gets into these books, posing great questions. Some SEL books can be a bit black and white, but with our teaching we can infuse nuance and neurodiversity-affirming approaches.<div><br /></div><div>hoopla also has a range of short movies created from picture books, which can be terrific for media balance, engagement, and providing animation which creates narrative and interpretive opportunities.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OBe6k_PzRZjlJMk7Tpr5k39WHGDABMBXG-S1RwLSwqfV-XgO9rcIMlefxgj558qPkIcBMzGbCXul5tgbjwLwlJbpkwMIpydhjNkSNic2RiVLJ3rK0cADklRbE9fU4Zn8aGAWYmwZirS9lzEVBYRv89TEec7avJ1_ck1ZSfbxHV-ep7rNr1xoOaay4NY/s2092/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.27.51%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="2092" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6OBe6k_PzRZjlJMk7Tpr5k39WHGDABMBXG-S1RwLSwqfV-XgO9rcIMlefxgj558qPkIcBMzGbCXul5tgbjwLwlJbpkwMIpydhjNkSNic2RiVLJ3rK0cADklRbE9fU4Zn8aGAWYmwZirS9lzEVBYRv89TEec7avJ1_ck1ZSfbxHV-ep7rNr1xoOaay4NY/w400-h214/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.27.51%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>I hope you find your way to hoopla!<br /><p><br /></p></div>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-32718901897893996452023-11-16T08:40:00.001-05:002023-11-16T08:40:22.344-05:00GratiTools (and say hi if you see me at ASHA2023 in Boston)<p>During this time of year, we often do the obligatory lessons about gratitude that go well with the thanksgiving holiday. From a language perspective, practicing gratitude involves reflecting, listing and describing life events, so it is a therapeutically relevant context for sure. However, I always emphasize that there is science behind it for self-regulation, and we should try to practice it all year round! Here's a good video to detail those points.</p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/JMd1CcGZYwU?si=ztpLuVGDKRxjRuKo" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div>If you have students that need an engaging angle, Mr. Thankful made me (and them) smile. While the gratitude here is over-the-top, it provides a view of what the practice writ large looks like. At the end (2:02) there is a bit of religiosity, so stop it before that to avoid this particularly in public school settings.</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lXYy4W5wAfM?si=h8ofDYwKl0XrPhES" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div>As I have been writing about AI tools, thanks to Tony Vincent of <a href="https://learninginhand.com/">Learning in Hand</a> for sharing this simple tool that generates a thank you letter based on a simple list, which would make a great writing activity in the coming week.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also, I'm at ASHA this week in my hometown- please say hi if you bump into me. I will be presenting in a MasterClass on innovations in telepractice, MC27: Telepractice Innovations: Current, Emerging, and What We Wish For. There is an additional fee to attend, but I will be sharing my slides here following the session. </div>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-48898232247962576592023-11-03T11:50:00.001-04:002023-11-03T11:50:31.541-04:00Have you done the Connections?<p> ...is something my husband or I says to the other at some point every day since the spring. At that time, the New York Times added a daily puzzle that I thought was uniquely designed for SLPs and our love of categories as a foundation of semantics. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections">Connections</a> is free daily via the web on whatever device, and also now is in the <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-games-word-games-sudoku/id307569751">NYT Games app</a> (I do subscribe as I have gotten in the habit of doing at least Sunday to Wednesday's Crossword). They explain it best: </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fwdFiKZL0MG_fB9fXP6aktoHHDNaN64kC2KupSDz_wnHJkQU1XqapLZ7PkDQiTdWB7Llxw5wOd36mflhJkybYvMl2uZUb5SnLDFMK9ROtbhmaGRCa6fnxtTCXYGlO01nxonl7AOe16OQdi78RFMV8dM5t54IaSxtz5jSNN_Z9gxE0_MlB6FmdrtlwzY/s1018/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%2011.36.44%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1018" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3fwdFiKZL0MG_fB9fXP6aktoHHDNaN64kC2KupSDz_wnHJkQU1XqapLZ7PkDQiTdWB7Llxw5wOd36mflhJkybYvMl2uZUb5SnLDFMK9ROtbhmaGRCa6fnxtTCXYGlO01nxonl7AOe16OQdi78RFMV8dM5t54IaSxtz5jSNN_Z9gxE0_MlB6FmdrtlwzY/w400-h378/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%2011.36.44%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And today's puzzle:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZD2Bg1XeIWXI7iK-4ZzLJlTfs0hhlGVG97aumVaEMisKh-BTp1aeE55Vc_Gk0kg7N1dyOi_Actf9GsOpjscSG9wNjWCN9eiWDiiH7Su9WBNkSbACxBy7lwpOzVbjeY304B2ZHszo5ysts3icDuzwOzADztTywJoJhpSlL7Ab-NTpB_hTLRuMWf9JuCk/s1326/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%2011.37.02%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1326" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZD2Bg1XeIWXI7iK-4ZzLJlTfs0hhlGVG97aumVaEMisKh-BTp1aeE55Vc_Gk0kg7N1dyOi_Actf9GsOpjscSG9wNjWCN9eiWDiiH7Su9WBNkSbACxBy7lwpOzVbjeY304B2ZHszo5ysts3icDuzwOzADztTywJoJhpSlL7Ab-NTpB_hTLRuMWf9JuCk/w400-h323/Screenshot%202023-11-03%20at%2011.37.02%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>With Connections be careful of what we call in quizzer parlance "Pavlovs"- you are conditioned to jump at them. It can be tricky as one item may seem to go well with one group but actually a different category can be constructed. <p></p><p>This can be a great activity for older clients or students as you can encourage forethought- eg let's think of at least two sets of 4 items before submitting any. You can also provide a growing schema that builds metalinguistics<br />-Straightforward semantic category<br />-Figurative language or idioms<br />-Words that are part of a phrase e.g another word goes before or after them all<br />-Group that works best if you say it aloud (hint for above)</p><p>It can be a good idea to do it yourself on one device and then show it to the client on another, where it is reset, so you know how to cue. There are a variety of daily posts that provide hints, such as <a href="https://mashable.com/article/nyt-connections-hint-answer-today-november-3-2023">Mashable's</a>.</p><p>And most importantly...you can also make your own! Think of targeting reviewed vocabulary or concepts! <a href="https://connections.swellgarfo.com/game/-NhlEZ6byHLavHyfnKJc?mibextid=Zxz2cZ">Check out this one I made last Friday</a> when a certain album came out, and click Create to make your own.</p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-41896968954655640142023-09-29T11:45:00.002-04:002023-09-29T11:45:25.654-04:00Using ChatGPT for Lesson Planning Ideas<p>I have posted here recently on the therapeutic uses of Generative AI for language activities, and have recently been impressed by the results of using it to obtain modifiable content useful in sessions. <a href="https://chat.openai.com/">ChatGPT</a> is great at coming up with elaborated lists. I am working with a student on self-advocacy in the community, an an <a href="https://chat.openai.com/share/d66b9d36-0195-47a8-8ad8-d42682fc76d9">example prompt to ChatGPT is as follows</a>:</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOs8AGJ1dgTjxfU7CQ9ujN1IuTEYzp7hC6ocHbnCWfHAF_oFn5ODvzTPXPA0aSa9KRpVJrI8RpsLyS79_DjJUdmQwUyEjdzBI-qfEZs3ovXkXTnUxFPTWMPUXnaZhuu01nTuGi5QUV5lHcyPgFQyQpFuw88YZ2p-gnkDW2oYBYQNuiNzLcbD-XhdlR1Ko/s1674/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%2011.29.03%20AM.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1674" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOs8AGJ1dgTjxfU7CQ9ujN1IuTEYzp7hC6ocHbnCWfHAF_oFn5ODvzTPXPA0aSa9KRpVJrI8RpsLyS79_DjJUdmQwUyEjdzBI-qfEZs3ovXkXTnUxFPTWMPUXnaZhuu01nTuGi5QUV5lHcyPgFQyQpFuw88YZ2p-gnkDW2oYBYQNuiNzLcbD-XhdlR1Ko/w400-h234/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%2011.29.03%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Not necessarily usable as a read-through with a student, but certainly a place to start in thinking about role-playing situations. <div><br /></div><div>With another student, the need for intervention in social problem solving has been recently highlighted. The student benefits from a hook, and is very into the pop/rap artist Lil Nas X. While the artist's racy content would never be a good context for our work, the student is allowed to listen to some songs at home, and the artist could certainly be useful as a kind of shell of a story. An activity I am conducting is teaching the basics of problem solving using language structures such as OR, i.e. "we could do this OR this." See the <a href="https://pg.casel.org/i-can-problem-solve/">books on problem solving by Shure</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://chat.openai.com/share/76060153-4538-48e9-ab2a-4bd2360a5bd7">Searching on Chat GPT, I originally obtained a list of too-mature problems</a> e.g. Nas is harrassed on social media because of his identity as a queer artist. Modifying the prompt with "kid friendly," I received a delightful set of problem solving scenarios. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvzQ78GCJNkpDb4rJGrgmad8p_AqYLv2MBgcCI2-_hnbq-G6ryoi_EwCAbCCa08atLCpydaN4QloxTee8Z9pxqmM1QWta8lx2H9mAa2awoDQgMxUCxCz_IvWhBgI3FOb6nA02VZrOXM8fIxr0oQ6AZNR2mtlNsoq9i-C9IbNDYfKZY3ju1O8wBCPrFso/s1618/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%2011.38.21%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1618" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvzQ78GCJNkpDb4rJGrgmad8p_AqYLv2MBgcCI2-_hnbq-G6ryoi_EwCAbCCa08atLCpydaN4QloxTee8Z9pxqmM1QWta8lx2H9mAa2awoDQgMxUCxCz_IvWhBgI3FOb6nA02VZrOXM8fIxr0oQ6AZNR2mtlNsoq9i-C9IbNDYfKZY3ju1O8wBCPrFso/w400-h266/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%2011.38.21%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Again, these are usable with some creative modification. The outfits scenario, for example, could be solved with a drawing activity of creating several outfits. My student is not so into drawing, so we are using <a href="https://piccollage.com/">Pic Collage's new online web editor</a> (pick blank canvas) along with a separate tab search-copy-paste for Google Image PNGs (no background as in the rainbow skirt) and the "remove background" feature. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwKhL8G2bMCjG4wZDZiaBUuRle0qPYZ8elWOp1jqLH7sQMkKyphmKpMRSLyaIRUAozqyJgMcpwB0n8TNXFFqh1M7dKwW8dvHQKe-0xrBUDsNwyVsqG2nWvdjT6egf49Fm7za5UWOVG3vIRtqq9mSLqrGNWL03E4SpoBZHEJwSnLhXzVprjrRWQOzmBpc/s2380/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%2011.24.13%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="2380" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwKhL8G2bMCjG4wZDZiaBUuRle0qPYZ8elWOp1jqLH7sQMkKyphmKpMRSLyaIRUAozqyJgMcpwB0n8TNXFFqh1M7dKwW8dvHQKe-0xrBUDsNwyVsqG2nWvdjT6egf49Fm7za5UWOVG3vIRtqq9mSLqrGNWL03E4SpoBZHEJwSnLhXzVprjrRWQOzmBpc/w400-h219/Screenshot%202023-09-29%20at%2011.24.13%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We are doing a similar activity for a client I supervise who has a big interest in Sonic the Hedgehog!<br /><p><br /></p></div>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-62176933837018745712023-08-24T16:42:00.005-04:002023-08-24T16:42:50.812-04:00Finding Categories Everywhere<p>This summer I became addicted to the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/games/connections">New York Times' new Connections puzzle</a>. I enjoyed each morning tackling this often-tricky categorization activity and comparing results (or sometimes providing or receiving hints) with my husband. I've always thought of categorization as one of the most important skills--it's how we organize information, and much expository text takes on a list structure--and <a href="https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/0161-1461.1404.243">our literature backs this up.</a> Approaches <a href="https://www.expandingexpression.com/">like the EET</a> also use Green-Group to target describing by category, among other attributes. We can be explicit with our students (see Ukrainetz' helpful RISE acronym) and teach that categories are important ways to organize and describe words and information. </p><p><a href="https://www.abcya.com/">ABCYa</a> provides a wealth of categories through its activities- you just have to look for them. </p><p>Take <a href="https://www.abcya.com/games/dress_for_the_weather">Dress for the Weather</a>- here you've got an engaging activity which contains both <a href="https://jamboard.google.com/">weather conditions and clothing items.</a> Take screenshots of relevant items and paste into <a href="https://jamboard.google.com/">Jamboard</a> and you've got a followup sort for repetition of the concept, category and skill. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJxwWnPFhgoEWUT89vtAcFw7uC3b8tFV-mZPJ8M2bZrbXkMQ2fV4chhFwXZfLuJikfTeJixRqTNqs543-UL5yYCmMd4Cgo5A7F-p3jgQ4QlrKZoHPRim9BpRbrp5MGhhnHyPHdMseGumKFxyt3OIM-KXCV1JxoTfauOJCB1Pc8A50XWVKaWTBjrCwBoU/s2304/Screenshot%202023-08-24%20at%204.29.15%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="2304" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPJxwWnPFhgoEWUT89vtAcFw7uC3b8tFV-mZPJ8M2bZrbXkMQ2fV4chhFwXZfLuJikfTeJixRqTNqs543-UL5yYCmMd4Cgo5A7F-p3jgQ4QlrKZoHPRim9BpRbrp5MGhhnHyPHdMseGumKFxyt3OIM-KXCV1JxoTfauOJCB1Pc8A50XWVKaWTBjrCwBoU/w400-h216/Screenshot%202023-08-24%20at%204.29.15%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>You can practice <a href="https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/0161-1461%282011/11-0022%29">contextualized language intervention</a> by locating a narrative picture book about weather, dogs and weather, or weather and clothing and target another skill within the same topic. <div><br /></div><div>Here's five more categories you can target with ABCYa:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.abcya.com/games/bandemonium">Bandemonium</a>: musical instruments</div><div><a href="https://www.abcya.com/games/find_the_tech">Find the technology</a>: electronic devices</div><div><a href="https://www.abcya.com/games/five_senses">The Five Senses</a></div><div><a href="https://www.abcya.com/games/make-a-house">Make a House:</a> Parts of a house, building materials</div><div><a href="https://www.abcya.com/games/seasonal_shuffle">Seasonal Shuffle</a>: seasons, months<br /><p>I'm sure you can identify many more opportunities from this site.</p></div>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-52006281062035512642023-08-17T10:56:00.001-04:002023-08-17T10:56:16.403-04:00Music LM<p>Proceeding from some ideas about the role of music in speech-language therapy (and social coaching), back in the spring I did some activities with <a href="https://blog.google/technology/ai/musiclm-google-ai-test-kitchen/">MusicLM</a>. This tool is available from Google's AI Test Kitchen, which is free, though you currently have to sign in with a personal Google account and may have to wait a short while to be approved. With Music LM you "Describe a musical idea and hear it come to life." More specifically, type an <i>activity, setting, situation, style, mood, or specific musical instruments</i>, and it will create several examples for you.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2UunpwcDfQhtsUiJsT2RwhaeUZwZ0lKywFo8Wwk1fLHvJFoKIHwIR4RAHb5QKxV7eGKHLRB3HlpE3JxJSly07zW_25E1ViDNcouJcuqn-mkO6CZVT2ZyOpaawwTfkcOYO3WOE1HJqc-_M0n1DGdFkHDkohT0RcSB2UZGF-72ucAeMDpbL61w5ZycyFM/s2794/Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%2010.51.02%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="2794" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp2UunpwcDfQhtsUiJsT2RwhaeUZwZ0lKywFo8Wwk1fLHvJFoKIHwIR4RAHb5QKxV7eGKHLRB3HlpE3JxJSly07zW_25E1ViDNcouJcuqn-mkO6CZVT2ZyOpaawwTfkcOYO3WOE1HJqc-_M0n1DGdFkHDkohT0RcSB2UZGF-72ucAeMDpbL61w5ZycyFM/w400-h186/Screenshot%202023-08-17%20at%2010.51.02%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />The language and/or social interaction can come in through providing schema with the above italicized connections to music, using this as a conversational "add a thought" type activity, and allowing flexibility- as maybe your clients will think of possibilities that fall out of these categories. You can also be more structured and gear a lesson around, say, emotional vocabulary.<p></p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-51339761168912054272023-08-04T15:47:00.003-04:002023-08-04T15:47:51.994-04:00Sing!<p>The title of this post is both an encouragement and some specific features I wanted to let you know about!</p><p>You first of all <a href="https://fb.watch/md1Jlkv9YJ/">probably know singing is a hobby for me</a> and a self-regulation strategy. My husband and I have been back on our BS and <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuFAE8dhQ6PY5GnxWuquvFwDe2I0O5OR8">adding to our playlist monthly</a>.</p><p>There are good resources and <a href="https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/0161-1461.2201.272">research for using music in speech and language therapy</a>, and we of course know that for many of our students it is supported by the client values prong of EBP (a natural motivator and therapeutic avenue for those of you working with older clients as well). I've written before about <a href="https://www.speechtechie.com/2023/01/more-on-using-music-in-therapy.html">using music for figurative language and narrative</a>. </p><p>If you are an Apple Music subscriber, they have recently added features they call Sing, including synced displayed lyrics (think literacy as well) and volume control for the vocals within lyrics. Meaning you can have the student(s) sing along with the artist, or be the artist on their own. </p>
This video shows how:
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d-GI9bb5zVc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazuKCHeVdy_PMu4KQX6S-MIAXvc0pYDIpEL1amCeeL_4sLWZ_AF2kVhyRoIVLAD-7OZq3IHU4m-nAb28xH9fK3LT9Fxu6A94bESNNN8d7cfrsKAZ7sieJt7mRdU2Hq3KPtKP-S6-4z01kxJjynHSafKciLPFxKhPknYZ3bMDvqa1f9hQXb1dnqf5YXt8/s2532/IMG_4932.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazuKCHeVdy_PMu4KQX6S-MIAXvc0pYDIpEL1amCeeL_4sLWZ_AF2kVhyRoIVLAD-7OZq3IHU4m-nAb28xH9fK3LT9Fxu6A94bESNNN8d7cfrsKAZ7sieJt7mRdU2Hq3KPtKP-S6-4z01kxJjynHSafKciLPFxKhPknYZ3bMDvqa1f9hQXb1dnqf5YXt8/w185-h400/IMG_4932.PNG" width="185" /></a></div><div><div><br /></div><div>For the karaoke singers like me or those working in professional voice, did you know it is also pretty easy to change the key of a song? Why would you do this? Let The Honest Voice Co demonstrate: <blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@thehonestvoiceco/video/7223792853271448837" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7223792853271448837" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thehonestvoiceco?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="@thehonestvoiceco">@thehonestvoiceco</a> Replying to @willow <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7223792837128342278?refer=embed" target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - The Honest Voice Co.">♬ original sound - The Honest Voice Co.</a></section></blockquote><p>As to how, however, that's easy. I currently use the app <a href="https://www.anytune.app/">Anytune</a> to do this. If you have the song purchased from iTunes and downloaded to your phone, you can simply import the song to the app and change the pitch or tempo (which may help with processing or speech production):</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5GMpU_kJWlPyV_YoYRpxg5inqIb681zN5C59nuYfvxSnIEohuPqFmAIVRYkxMknu961lM_-n1n405-IPhrA5jcOcNZVA0H7BZmC-6AxUYs9LYWsZZlDUfaILZjqi1KqG97maWCAZO8ggwfF5-rNuADR4b0n40C-o6IP8m7z_lS114u2v8yCSlP65wPw/s2532/IMG_4933.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5GMpU_kJWlPyV_YoYRpxg5inqIb681zN5C59nuYfvxSnIEohuPqFmAIVRYkxMknu961lM_-n1n405-IPhrA5jcOcNZVA0H7BZmC-6AxUYs9LYWsZZlDUfaILZjqi1KqG97maWCAZO8ggwfF5-rNuADR4b0n40C-o6IP8m7z_lS114u2v8yCSlP65wPw/w185-h400/IMG_4933.PNG" width="185" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Below the soundwave on the left are tempo controls and on right is pitch</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p> </p> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script></div></div>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-62507233996831230682023-07-25T12:09:00.004-04:002023-07-25T12:09:19.904-04:00Gartic Phone<p>Over the spring semester, in several of my social learning groups, we were experimenting with games that allowed for association, storytelling and humor (<a href="https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/improv/full/">essentially the same skills used in improv games</a>, which I also like to use non-digitally). It was helpful to use some free versions of games as opposed to the excellent games offered by Jackbox because a) I could hand over the reins to graduate students practicing independence and b) the students could perhaps use the games at home with family or friends at no charge and c) the varied ways the students needed to "join" the game allowed for practice in situational awareness and self-regulation. </p><p>I found many great examples (and yes, some less-great) from <a href="https://www.thegamer.com/best-free-web-browser-party-games/?utm_source=pocket_saves">this post on The Gamer</a>, but I wanted to highlight <a href="https://garticphone.com/" target="_blank">Gartic Phone</a> here. Gartic Phone is a "telephone" type game in which players label drawings successively in increasingly silly ways that become removed from the original meaning. There are a variety of ways to play including creating a story, such that it is worth revisiting over multiple sessions, and it is easily playable in 10 minutes once kids get the hang of joining. I often use bit.ly to shorten the URL for joining for games like these. Remember that these games can be worth spending time with pre-loading game-play "moves" that will help everyone to feel successful and/or revisiting results (I often screenshot to remind them of what went well).</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhge0BRWI1rJaNfYXk7NZ3Pl5jLIcvEJybsihX8BHzcrxF1ppVPsWAxD8SvdH5xI7STnpqmF2pvJhU7VcSIs8K_f3GLWjBHvjJeJvBComtkfsUn3LSW9LfaYDq8XXJNqXkqHcAfBs9BHiKfJ9W3zLNTHGbWFrmTC8gpQEDNJDL6gh3Yce9HmQ-PXDCq4/s1360/Screenshot%202023-07-25%20at%2012.06.20%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="1360" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQhge0BRWI1rJaNfYXk7NZ3Pl5jLIcvEJybsihX8BHzcrxF1ppVPsWAxD8SvdH5xI7STnpqmF2pvJhU7VcSIs8K_f3GLWjBHvjJeJvBComtkfsUn3LSW9LfaYDq8XXJNqXkqHcAfBs9BHiKfJ9W3zLNTHGbWFrmTC8gpQEDNJDL6gh3Yce9HmQ-PXDCq4/w400-h180/Screenshot%202023-07-25%20at%2012.06.20%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-31122966210485802832023-05-20T10:48:00.003-04:002023-05-20T10:48:39.966-04:00High quality digital resources for narrative assessment<p>I am just wrapping up another semester supervising graduate students at BU's Academic Speech, Language and Hearing Clinic. In gaining baseline and post-treatment data, I am always steering them to look through the narrative level at microstructure aspects (e.g. complex sentences). For several semesters, we've been using the excellent resources at <a href="https://www.leadersproject.org/disability-evaluation/school-age-language-assessment-measures-slam/">Columbia University's Leaders Project and their School Aged Language Assessment (SLAM) cards</a>. These are easy to use and provide a criterion-referenced measure as well as a good simple language sample. Digitally, these are also all available for free at <a href="https://wow.boomlearning.com/">Boom Learning</a> (search for Leader's Project). I recently noted some versions for preschool students including stories for prediction, and look forward to trying these out. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEj2CV53ngeTbptN6zEyI4Zh9vXxSlg9Y8Wpx12dJYmO-3l41BUkRQE53TUe0R9RGffNRIQBN_YmoVQLyXpi4x6N8SY7Zi5aWMJ7LoDJfL4FcfzHA6IT6x7nx2u9TiD5T2FVmrKZuBkZG_ZiQz7jvHP8f3xoXreTyJ3GdabHSAbp74YITEuPw-Lgi/s1210/Screenshot%202023-05-20%20at%2010.38.54%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="738" data-original-width="1210" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtEj2CV53ngeTbptN6zEyI4Zh9vXxSlg9Y8Wpx12dJYmO-3l41BUkRQE53TUe0R9RGffNRIQBN_YmoVQLyXpi4x6N8SY7Zi5aWMJ7LoDJfL4FcfzHA6IT6x7nx2u9TiD5T2FVmrKZuBkZG_ZiQz7jvHP8f3xoXreTyJ3GdabHSAbp74YITEuPw-Lgi/w400-h244/Screenshot%202023-05-20%20at%2010.38.54%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I am not sure why I am finding this image amusing. That's just me, I guess.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I did a recent assessment also where I incorporated the <a href="https://www.languagedynamicsgroup.com/cubed/cubed_download/">CUBED</a>, which provides free language assessment measures including narrative-- these are from the team who created the Story Champs® program. CUBED materials have been created for PK-Grade 3 and consist of a paragraph-level <i>verbally presented </i>story and range of assessment activities (e.g. retell, vocabulary description, and personal narrative prompt). The forms of the CUBED make it simple to provide a view of story grammar and complex sentence formulation. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRe1aZEqpbP9Dfxs3K_qReFkceQPmgSPt9jVUtgS3VTHtQtF9L5Adqicpqx1UuT7orPGUSpdY-HUFzM_zjn9bawwHsAMEz1bvSeeCyH04EonU6XOWep6cwLCUZfahnVWFEL4ibXLOMDE-l_uoKDihYMtYTLw2KLSrL88cetmOxyC-QHY87qt4gpLXb/s1430/Screenshot%202023-05-20%20at%2010.46.58%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="1430" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRe1aZEqpbP9Dfxs3K_qReFkceQPmgSPt9jVUtgS3VTHtQtF9L5Adqicpqx1UuT7orPGUSpdY-HUFzM_zjn9bawwHsAMEz1bvSeeCyH04EonU6XOWep6cwLCUZfahnVWFEL4ibXLOMDE-l_uoKDihYMtYTLw2KLSrL88cetmOxyC-QHY87qt4gpLXb/w400-h220/Screenshot%202023-05-20%20at%2010.46.58%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-83363035181262117462023-04-21T08:40:00.001-04:002023-04-21T08:40:46.565-04:00What's Going on in this Picture?<p>Any tech resource that is simple, reliable, with content worth more than one visit, and that will tie in with instructional strategies is one to save on your list. Such a thing is the New York Times' <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/column/learning-whats-going-on-in-this-picture?utm_source=pocket_saves">What's Going on in this Picture?</a> The site provides a weekly Interesting Image and instructional tips.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpV2lkYz9Bk0dygJqQDhqORQcVX5dXzhYfkrAb-O4LRoY0j7XLSQKu1V6MeIM_Gy9X3Z5nNBII999GgmPdE1FC4AK9gzyYwvdn-jSy0-S8Zqlrgmn3EHW_hDHPe8dARWCP5sdsjraSNv0P8tnR2CGJIhxJ8dIa9mDZBcnMkFOwjtOY9hw7wl4Y-t6u/s2572/Screenshot%202023-04-21%20at%208.35.05%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="2572" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpV2lkYz9Bk0dygJqQDhqORQcVX5dXzhYfkrAb-O4LRoY0j7XLSQKu1V6MeIM_Gy9X3Z5nNBII999GgmPdE1FC4AK9gzyYwvdn-jSy0-S8Zqlrgmn3EHW_hDHPe8dARWCP5sdsjraSNv0P8tnR2CGJIhxJ8dIa9mDZBcnMkFOwjtOY9hw7wl4Y-t6u/w400-h210/Screenshot%202023-04-21%20at%208.35.05%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>You can consider using this content with:</p><p>-Instruction on story grammar, as each picture can be used to form a story</p><p>-Visualizing and Verbalizing® strategies</p><p>-tie-ins with forming inferences and Social Thinking® concepts such as Thinking with the Eyes </p><p>-Thinking Routines such as <a href="https://pz.harvard.edu/thinking-routines">those outlined here</a></p><p>The content here is also great for many age levels including adults!</p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-19554099132268449442023-04-14T17:07:00.000-04:002023-04-14T17:07:14.082-04:00A Quick Activity with Chat GPT<p>I have been doing clinical supervision at BU for a few semesters now. It's such a rewarding experience to work with the graduate students in their first clinical in-house experiences. I have a student who is working on a lot of semantics and language-based literacy activities with her client, including teaching story grammar as an organizational structure. We have been talking about building activities in context with pre-book and post-book activities, and her client is interested in planes and aviation. I suggested to her this book and this activity: what 10 words do you think <a href="https://chat.openai.com/">ChatGPT</a> will come up with that go with ___ (in this case, airport). The process of asking them to predict what the AI may say is an associative activity, and then the results will likely bring about new concepts and vocabulary.</p><p>See one of my favorite articles, <a href="https://pubs.asha.org/doi/abs/10.1044/0161-1461.2502.76">The Magic of "Once Upon a Time": Narrative Teaching Strategies</a> for more on pre-, during-, post-book (or other context-based) activities. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1U-VUMTgyCCSNLBbM-W_QwfaKbGyS_bfeBej6G0nmqN7g362y1Bmd2BiLjP4atoDykgfdhS1yBLQOeFb7U8Fb66Tn4h5J4ir7pBXHg5oFnhbnw2SsFRPz-6X-RLxwHej1bJQEp_-e5MHThWHAnh4qpbYejUR0iNzAAPQRdBVpqXUjNrvTc-XPuOd/s4032/IMG_3881.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih1U-VUMTgyCCSNLBbM-W_QwfaKbGyS_bfeBej6G0nmqN7g362y1Bmd2BiLjP4atoDykgfdhS1yBLQOeFb7U8Fb66Tn4h5J4ir7pBXHg5oFnhbnw2SsFRPz-6X-RLxwHej1bJQEp_-e5MHThWHAnh4qpbYejUR0iNzAAPQRdBVpqXUjNrvTc-XPuOd/w400-h300/IMG_3881.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-29030685467263630852023-03-09T15:31:00.005-05:002023-03-09T15:31:38.160-05:00DALL-E, an AI image creation tool<p>Having been certified in Visualizing and Verbalizing® years ago, I've always found it an essential tool in my toolkit. Scaffolding students toward creating a mental image <i>gestalt, </i>guided by a schema of structure words that aid in descriptive details, is a process that has been useful across reading comprehension to conversation and even executive function (i.e picturing oneself performing a task).</p><p>These skills will continue to be important, but imagine if you have a tool that can combine a few elements and create an image you can see. That's a powerful bridge to this process! Also, I recently learned of <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053810021000131#:~:text=Aphantasics%20show%20elevated%20autism%2Dlinked%20traits.&text=Aphantasia%20and%20autism%20linked%20by%20impaired%20imagination%20and%20social%20skills.&text=Aphantasia%20(low%20imagery)%20can%20arise,usually%20linked%20to%20high%20imagery).&text=Aphantasic%20synaesthetes%20have%20more%20'associator'%20than%20'projector'%20traits.">aphantasia</a>, which affects the ability to form mental imagery. Supporting other means of learning through visuals affirms this element of neurodiversity.</p><p>Check out <a href="https://openai.com/product/dall-e-2">DALL-E,</a> another tool from Open AI, which allows you to enter a descriptive term to generate a range of corresponding images. DALL-E provides many examples which favor modes of art, for example, line drawings, digital art or watercolor, but you can also use fairly specific descriptors and vocabulary. A client for whom I identify vocabulary targets from his Pokemon interests, for example, is perfect for this kind of search using the words <i>dual</i> and <i>region:</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkuF3Wmx0M5JbI_CwGqdUTfHnzjIS2lm15x4PxK11b_VhTN_hcbwBhDNEr1MhamkRq2uhfzGmC88wpZWvGb6e0gJWdh7TKeT85xI3G8scrT7iLhA0A5qzwsgTZAQ0IRrsu8qmk__KRyaVFDskhqzOCuW2UEDhHcVewVaTb6MdiMQSZRbH904noWv2/s2400/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-09%20at%203.10.13%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="2400" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkuF3Wmx0M5JbI_CwGqdUTfHnzjIS2lm15x4PxK11b_VhTN_hcbwBhDNEr1MhamkRq2uhfzGmC88wpZWvGb6e0gJWdh7TKeT85xI3G8scrT7iLhA0A5qzwsgTZAQ0IRrsu8qmk__KRyaVFDskhqzOCuW2UEDhHcVewVaTb6MdiMQSZRbH904noWv2/w400-h163/Screen%20Shot%202023-03-09%20at%203.10.13%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I'm sure SLPs can think of many more creative ways to use DALL-E, such as a series of images demonstrating basic concept words. If you have one, please let us know in the comments.<br /><i><br /></i><p></p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-62400779580773428482023-02-03T10:58:00.002-05:002023-02-03T10:58:55.431-05:00ChatGPT- maybe a series?<p>You probably have heard of <a href="https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/">ChatGPT</a>, a free Artificial Intelligence chatbot that you can ask for all sorts of information. Yes, <a href="https://www.gpb.org/news/2022/12/19/new-ai-chatbot-might-do-your-homework-for-you-its-still-not-student">we have concerns</a> about it being misused in academia, and I know it may be already blocked in your school building, but thought it would be worth exploring in this space. Ditch that Textbook (one of my faves) <a href="https://ditchthattextbook.com/ai">provides an exploration of it here</a>, along with suggested classroom uses. For a specific SLP take, <a href="https://www.vividolearning.com/thanks-for-the-job-security-chatgtp/?fbclid=IwAR1NmN7xkEXjEZrtk_WhbaifmH7y4auxvvMZISowU0l41996Q3XEIgM9aqI">check out Bonnie Singer's post here</a>.</p><p>For an initial idea on how ChatGPT can be useful in language intervention, let's consider vocabulary- which can be helpful to put in context! I have a student whom I see individually, though these ideas can be incorporated in groups. He loves Pokemon and comes each week with a card he has earned--these turn out to be rich sources of useful Tier 2 vocabulary, and it is motivating for him because he is always asking about the words. As we know, students need multiple exposures to new words, so we use semantic and structural techniques in reviewing and revisiting the words, including making this Jamboard (available through your Google apps):</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KGxQ607CNJyGKAhNeMDO_Dr5WMBieIZmBEtTYsVTF3BxZ94XJtaSUuUABozHKJBPj4xcDDAEHMbaDaRtW0Gden8J5uvOevJBved_SbJUlB1KLSgygr3dK71jRsI8IEFtEtYe77kw26cWsX3di4txCB68yB5sk4eDkz1Rlhpgx6nftSbKnfzSV5If/s1666/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-03%20at%2010.45.22%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1666" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8KGxQ607CNJyGKAhNeMDO_Dr5WMBieIZmBEtTYsVTF3BxZ94XJtaSUuUABozHKJBPj4xcDDAEHMbaDaRtW0Gden8J5uvOevJBved_SbJUlB1KLSgygr3dK71jRsI8IEFtEtYe77kw26cWsX3di4txCB68yB5sk4eDkz1Rlhpgx6nftSbKnfzSV5If/w400-h230/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-03%20at%2010.45.22%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFjtCr5eE46UlrlVdxjgtdbzF1ysy-yCjivP_O8K758VP0jVs1LlSKEiKOIjBdQ0tWjZFcYh-p11fa8PVW5kzxbX_AUIThFVKlkt4NBW-qTqowEs4TsSEpSRRoEHwt8w21cdMbPYU-N7-ofG6NHYVks74aSRdcVKapHjyMpl4w2UDf0LTTDHabTgD/s1652/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-03%20at%2010.45.40%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1652" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTFjtCr5eE46UlrlVdxjgtdbzF1ysy-yCjivP_O8K758VP0jVs1LlSKEiKOIjBdQ0tWjZFcYh-p11fa8PVW5kzxbX_AUIThFVKlkt4NBW-qTqowEs4TsSEpSRRoEHwt8w21cdMbPYU-N7-ofG6NHYVks74aSRdcVKapHjyMpl4w2UDf0LTTDHabTgD/w400-h226/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-03%20at%2010.45.40%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>-Vocab "stories" are so easy to co-create with students. Following the student's interest, we searched for a <i>feline</i> Pokemon and copied a PNG. </p><p>-You can use the Background feature to search for Google Images (how we quickly took Sprigatito from Chicago, the student's choice, <i>international</i> to Venice).</p><p>-Sticky notes were used to create the loose "story" (also scaffolded with <a href="http://www.mindwingconcepts.com">Story Grammar Marker®</a>)</p><p>Back to <a href="https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/">ChatGPT</a>. Access this by clicking the link, click try ChatGPT, login with your Google, and pose a query. In our case it was "Write a story about a feline Pokemon using the words...(vocab above, another opportunity for the student to generate the words)." The cool and engaging result was as follows:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mwQuYQOp27ZTFduZ83WrspxUH0HrlTqdOD35GIHVSN1URdPERTR94r0yopLPPMya490pW36KXd7pQs_ghJNfGttiQshYCQGzRB-9DzYVCxCUPMAZaqT3-HDv7Tskf_Gw3LKbf4ruVIVVH9fT--3J3IYJGQGlHxx6jtBNI6mZ-uP2pLPbBjKz37Da/s816/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-01%20at%203.33.13%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="816" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mwQuYQOp27ZTFduZ83WrspxUH0HrlTqdOD35GIHVSN1URdPERTR94r0yopLPPMya490pW36KXd7pQs_ghJNfGttiQshYCQGzRB-9DzYVCxCUPMAZaqT3-HDv7Tskf_Gw3LKbf4ruVIVVH9fT--3J3IYJGQGlHxx6jtBNI6mZ-uP2pLPbBjKz37Da/w400-h291/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-01%20at%203.33.13%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Yes, wordy, but with opportunities to scaffold comprehension and yet more vocabulary. The student was amazed and so was I!<br /><p><br /></p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-65190117793777249902023-01-21T16:00:00.002-05:002023-01-21T16:00:32.990-05:00More on using music in therapy<p>Music is motivating, self-regulating and full of language. Recently I have used songs with individuals and groups in a couple of specific ways.</p><p>For an individual client I see, I have been working to incorporate many of his interests as part of a neurodiversity-affirming approach. When he mentioned liking the Beatles, I instantly knew this could be a great path to engagement. We started with "Here Comes the Sun" and using Wikipedia to look up some details about the song brought some great conversation. In addition, the famous album cover of "Abbey Road" brought some Visualizing and Verbalizing-style picture description into the session. Songs with lyrics are available on YouTube and through this we discussed figurative language with this song and "Yesterday."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlM7mWUZJdXv4_YJNtN-twtwmwlK9g_VGGRdbUsLHuL4UKGbrpqF3kT8xSt8dJpOTwfsEhCpCj0RmrOiSx1wukMzlgtduCzzXR6TX01X3FsWF2IlzU_yHpyEe9eYLyK9opp0cbFnSkuZY0_4J3FXP3yV6k9eBLz93G04K6YUDq2VFfu9w822FlKpI/s863/IMG_3429.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="425" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlM7mWUZJdXv4_YJNtN-twtwmwlK9g_VGGRdbUsLHuL4UKGbrpqF3kT8xSt8dJpOTwfsEhCpCj0RmrOiSx1wukMzlgtduCzzXR6TX01X3FsWF2IlzU_yHpyEe9eYLyK9opp0cbFnSkuZY0_4J3FXP3yV6k9eBLz93G04K6YUDq2VFfu9w822FlKpI/w316-h640/IMG_3429.PNG" width="316" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Simple sketches helped with some back and forth- "Wait, 'Here Comes the Sun' is about the sun coming right at us and crashing into us, right?" "Is 'Yesterday' literally about yesterday?"<div><br /></div><div>For a group activity focusing on different kinds of conversations, I was inspired by <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@lunascorpius/video/7182742402514586926?_r=1&_t=8ZDoQXUczLK">this TikTok, in which a teacher polled her students for opinions on the #1 song when she was their age</a>. This made a good executive function activity- what would this look like if we did this? What do you need to know? What objects do we need? See <a href="https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/lle21.2.72">Ward/Jacobsen's Get Ready, Do, Done model</a>. All comments were welcome and I was pleased to learn some new slang when one of the kids reported that Heart's "Alone" (showing the music video in this case provided some extra visual engagement- such big hair!) was "mid," meaning "just OK." </div><div><br /></div><div>Do you have other ways you like to incorporate music? Let us know in the comments!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><blockquote cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@lunascorpius/video/7182742402514586926" class="tiktok-embed" data-video-id="7182742402514586926" style="max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;"> </blockquote> <script async="" src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-82437687643615748282023-01-14T16:45:00.007-05:002023-01-14T16:45:59.301-05:00Revisiting Breathwork with Breathwrk<p>I can't say enough about the app <a href="https://www.breathwrk.com/">Breathwrk</a> and what it has done for me, and taught me personally. I've mentioned I struggle here and there with SAD and some other layers. Whether thought- or experience-driven or sometimes just an undercurrent of mismatched energy, using breathing techniques to regulate is very effective for me, and as you can see in this app, backed by science. Try it yourself for free and I'd actually recommend this as exactly the kind of app that is worth paying for a full subscription. </p><p>Additionally, Breathwrk can be very useful clinically. Whether teaching Zones of Regulation® tools or <a href="https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2020_PERSP-20-00197">Autism Level Up</a> (see the writeup, instantly usable, as well as many resources at <a href="https://www.autismlevelup.com/">the website</a>), an approach strongly and specifically endorsed by the autistic community, who identify emotional and energy regulation as a priority, breathing techniques as regulation tools can be solidly in our wheelhouse as SLPs. The app has a fun, visual approach to practicing techniques that clients can access elsewhere. I especially appreciate the brain-based science blurbs that accompany each technique. Breathwork can be quick and simple as a tool that may appeal to those who are not so into lengthier mindfulness exercises, and can also complement these.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPB1gmQTxjkpp0zDoVEav56KX4JPtblhyqyjPTSCkjJgsMExitq5x3YzCI7ryhI3FZ1CY20pWLUDj04B4331SaAsORwIxE61mq9e92ovr4Ed2LnT8MxKvVMuDdYASANwSgt_8e6a0RZTipaLTFiIsrBC9v1xbZTB-JsXBuH_4SE1WYeAQuQEE9QRZ/s2532/IMG_6B74BD520CA9-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="1170" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPB1gmQTxjkpp0zDoVEav56KX4JPtblhyqyjPTSCkjJgsMExitq5x3YzCI7ryhI3FZ1CY20pWLUDj04B4331SaAsORwIxE61mq9e92ovr4Ed2LnT8MxKvVMuDdYASANwSgt_8e6a0RZTipaLTFiIsrBC9v1xbZTB-JsXBuH_4SE1WYeAQuQEE9QRZ/w185-h400/IMG_6B74BD520CA9-1.jpeg" width="185" /></a></div>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-50408573743786998032022-12-17T12:51:00.011-05:002022-12-17T12:51:47.614-05:00Exploring Emotional Vocabulary<p>Check out Hume AI's website for a number of maps of various types of nonverbals that may be useful to you in therapy activities, particularly with teens, young adults or adults. I say that because some of the content on the website-- particularly the expressive language map-- is more mature. </p><p>I'd suggest starting with the <a href="https://hume.ai/products/facial-expression-model/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA7bucBhCeARIsAIOwr-_LZNt8oXCbv1sDjMSkRy8z2YC4mMMdkYBJXB1t7YOolImaUjJtg54aAoQVEALw_wcB">facial expression "galaxy" as I labeled it with students</a>. Click within a cluster and explore nearby facial expression to discuss, for example, what makes surprised look surprised, in terms of what the face is doing.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29QVw3gH5jEVecGGZQRqu4IsaV_rEKPr4YtnrxfP1gJm4oqOsPdDZwezc8hIomjySUAh3VnS5HnAsQ8u9gXn793jZvuBbdhmKMk50ovrzU11cVIO_O70-ZpRTkCYCyK06fAvc44WqdlHWX81S7FxrQfKPC-LRgcNRnZfshgjONR3ZKSmF9X1jAZof/s2856/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%2012.42.44%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2856" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29QVw3gH5jEVecGGZQRqu4IsaV_rEKPr4YtnrxfP1gJm4oqOsPdDZwezc8hIomjySUAh3VnS5HnAsQ8u9gXn793jZvuBbdhmKMk50ovrzU11cVIO_O70-ZpRTkCYCyK06fAvc44WqdlHWX81S7FxrQfKPC-LRgcNRnZfshgjONR3ZKSmF9X1jAZof/w400-h173/Screen%20Shot%202022-12-17%20at%2012.42.44%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We used this as a preparatory set with students before checking out videos with some kind of prevailing emotion. <a href="https://www.socialtime.org/free-resources">Anna Vagin has a great list on her site</a> (and you'll really benefit from her email newsletters) and you can also check out resources such as <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Movie-Clips-to-Teach-Different-Emotions-States-70-Clips-With-Online-Links-2900092">this one from A Fresh Breath on TpT</a>.<br /><p>Scroll down on the main site and you'll see other datasets such as Emotional Speech, "Recordings of sentences being spoken in dozens of emotional intonations around the world"</p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-81686552565636697512022-11-17T17:45:00.000-05:002022-11-17T17:45:09.700-05:00You Are The Historian- First Thanksgiving<p>Museums appealing to children are often a great source of interactive websites. I liked this website years ago (<a href="https://www.speechtechie.com/2010/11/plimoth-plantation.html">see the blast from the past</a>) and the now Plimoth-Pawtuxet Museum <a href="https://plimoth.org/for-students/you-are-the-historian">has redesigned it with a modern look and perspective</a>. Pre-and a little post-Thanksgiving, you could bring some groups through this "adventure," the conceit being you are a teenage reporter investigating some Wampanoag and Pilgrim sites. I might be biased as a Massachusetts guy, but it's a nice site for students to practice discussing what they see in pictures, processing information, and there are some sequencing and word-fill interactives. There is a lot of content here and seemingly no way to save progress, but you could just visit a few of the sites or keep tabs open if you want to continue. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusMbWKA7feshsC--u3U4LIdATbIypCgVWBEzVEZMvXQ19NgtfQrx7KHKP_QRBkabBtdK58bZOf0F_MOPPwOWav7ErGnFT5AW6oiYTa_i2nL9ykxRw6N2uOWA7W2WF_gGpoNAmqukqB5jO9vLah4jVhgzZxMNJCUmmZHCTNvYPRIMulIZfw658ie1d/s1516/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%205.22.24%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1516" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhusMbWKA7feshsC--u3U4LIdATbIypCgVWBEzVEZMvXQ19NgtfQrx7KHKP_QRBkabBtdK58bZOf0F_MOPPwOWav7ErGnFT5AW6oiYTa_i2nL9ykxRw6N2uOWA7W2WF_gGpoNAmqukqB5jO9vLah4jVhgzZxMNJCUmmZHCTNvYPRIMulIZfw658ie1d/w400-h335/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%205.22.24%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIvGKCinTmAG3UcITSYuNQeIwzJov6nGHBAMnKwNb0Lj9Kt4ijIFGYHkIIGnuRQvobzHng2x0-2OzXw0HDkQXXvReqvt89RrCMcz_XC91XV7V5wOgODwNJOMXgqIKNA_3zE958DCQSsLVNfSOYSzk12IBKJsl-t3ioFbvnMmTDiRCAhIqolKXHSe2/s2450/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%205.28.26%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2450" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIvGKCinTmAG3UcITSYuNQeIwzJov6nGHBAMnKwNb0Lj9Kt4ijIFGYHkIIGnuRQvobzHng2x0-2OzXw0HDkQXXvReqvt89RrCMcz_XC91XV7V5wOgODwNJOMXgqIKNA_3zE958DCQSsLVNfSOYSzk12IBKJsl-t3ioFbvnMmTDiRCAhIqolKXHSe2/w400-h221/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-17%20at%205.28.26%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-53178989090044134432022-11-11T10:27:00.003-05:002022-11-11T10:27:40.364-05:00Book Creator Templates (including Thanksgiving!)<p>Book Creator has long been a stellar <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/book-creator-for-ipad/id442378070">app</a>/<a href="https://bookcreator.com/">webtool</a> and recently I discovered that they have templates to "remix." You can <a href="https://bookcreator.com/2021/01/you-can-now-create-with-templates-in-book-creator/">add templates to your app</a> and do a collaborative work on your iPad among students, or if in a Chromebook environment your free account will allow you to share with students' Google accounts easily. This is an attractive option because, well, they are attractive and you don't have to design the book yourself. Richard Byrne describes the <a href="https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2019/06/book-creator-adds-new-magic-ink-and.html">magic ink and autodraw features here</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2XrUCtebmxwNs-Y1_iLEvKY-Zhk6UEHf_oSsJCCxDH-5iFfnCz4CTYOi2eU7SvxF4dVGRHUkDQ2_SdVkw01j6sVybnlmVP1kod8WbEgZibVhwKTHwwgxvRLogW_Noy-7zMENu87cT6CdW03qC_LEhOsjwgi1uZEW-pmW5TFPA7DFFvBjXe5aCgtay/s1858/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-11%20at%2010.09.03%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1112" data-original-width="1858" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2XrUCtebmxwNs-Y1_iLEvKY-Zhk6UEHf_oSsJCCxDH-5iFfnCz4CTYOi2eU7SvxF4dVGRHUkDQ2_SdVkw01j6sVybnlmVP1kod8WbEgZibVhwKTHwwgxvRLogW_Noy-7zMENu87cT6CdW03qC_LEhOsjwgi1uZEW-pmW5TFPA7DFFvBjXe5aCgtay/w400-h240/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-11%20at%2010.09.03%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>These "activity books" are filled with language underpinnings like storytelling opportunities, semantic knowledge and vocabulary. You can easily copy and modify any page to cater to your students before starting the activity. For example, on this page below, you can zoom in on a map and have kids in the group find out where others live (generally) for spatial/academic/biographical knowledge of others. Additionally, with this template, gratitude is <a href="https://positivepsychology.com/neuroscience-of-gratitude/">literally good for your brain</a> to practice all year long.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7PGYm7FnMBJctQwPPZfmf4l7aQ1v59cvsrejLVcRE2PVOpHYXlyPPgPacz8Uz9vS-SY9yxpD8A7rNFZHG2ifKYnNPIZ5y62e8Fefmqc0mJ8_J_oDWG-0AfPuUq_yDpqEviZ6O_4sVKv7hcoyEbRFX5gaPjAT68xPuPx2oGe9yCM-oAPpE4VvaPn9/s1528/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-11%20at%2010.16.12%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1124" data-original-width="1528" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX7PGYm7FnMBJctQwPPZfmf4l7aQ1v59cvsrejLVcRE2PVOpHYXlyPPgPacz8Uz9vS-SY9yxpD8A7rNFZHG2ifKYnNPIZ5y62e8Fefmqc0mJ8_J_oDWG-0AfPuUq_yDpqEviZ6O_4sVKv7hcoyEbRFX5gaPjAT68xPuPx2oGe9yCM-oAPpE4VvaPn9/w400-h294/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-11%20at%2010.16.12%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-20415338330733157042022-11-05T16:01:00.000-04:002022-11-05T16:01:13.663-04:00New Course Available!<p>Hi everyone! In July I was honored to present at the SLP Summit. I’ve expanded on that content and have a new 1.5 hr on-demand course available for you to earn more CEUs! We know one hour isn’t always enough so this is a chance to dive deeper into some fun, new content. </p><p>Check it out now at <a href="http://www.bethebrightest.com">www.bethebrightest.com</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1HiF8Ci39wMtzSm5mz2Y5pjYG9lRbmf_OsHKJD6dp5WGnvBJuxuIScBqgSVzQJWUwDCx4Aabv5BBIUiyANzD9Hynj_vc9z2RqmsYvO0joYFtUdy64i6ixc9xZyGIDflPckhNjRJEh9bAjF5_u9RNel7-5w0Bc38RmznAYWeD8rAbLFzTUPBtlP6L/s872/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-05%20at%203.51.53%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim1HiF8Ci39wMtzSm5mz2Y5pjYG9lRbmf_OsHKJD6dp5WGnvBJuxuIScBqgSVzQJWUwDCx4Aabv5BBIUiyANzD9Hynj_vc9z2RqmsYvO0joYFtUdy64i6ixc9xZyGIDflPckhNjRJEh9bAjF5_u9RNel7-5w0Bc38RmznAYWeD8rAbLFzTUPBtlP6L/w344-h400/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-05%20at%203.51.53%20PM.png" width="344" /></a></div><p>See what others said about my last course:</p><p><i> “Amazing & inspiring!! I came away with tons of ideas to use in therapy that my kids will love! Thank you!!”</i></p><p><i> “EXCELLENT COURSE! Jam packed! Thank you!!”</i></p><p><i> “Excellent presenter! Terrific demonstration of the different tech tools available for narration, not just providing links, but describing their use and demo'ing how to use them.”</i></p><p><i> “Loved all the practical ideas given. Even though I have used some of these tools, I still learned so many new things and features.”</i></p><p>And that’s not all! Need more CEUs? The course below is also now available for free!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDARWSHUMWK84MKq_VtnVn3iJXV4RR8FZ4NUehTWLiJD9vsszhbNasiN-y31BJ7xgaE6RRRJPROLkim3OsX9MWE83H_uZzo26coKEXi7GXTu8UBk4N57oMKcU-3tj6MBDlopgd3rPhC2lJ4MDoxx2Wamc0hQcXKhEemKOYyrs3tyJ7nQPXfyZ1LcS/s868/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-05%20at%203.52.58%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="868" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBDARWSHUMWK84MKq_VtnVn3iJXV4RR8FZ4NUehTWLiJD9vsszhbNasiN-y31BJ7xgaE6RRRJPROLkim3OsX9MWE83H_uZzo26coKEXi7GXTu8UBk4N57oMKcU-3tj6MBDlopgd3rPhC2lJ4MDoxx2Wamc0hQcXKhEemKOYyrs3tyJ7nQPXfyZ1LcS/w400-h391/Screen%20Shot%202022-11-05%20at%203.52.58%20PM.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-22016628110082680232022-10-28T10:33:00.001-04:002022-10-28T10:33:30.663-04:00Monday Halloween?<p>Looking for an engaging activity this Monday? Check out this fun one from <a href="https://www.controlaltachieve.com/2018/10/halloween-rebus.html">Control-Alt-Achieve</a> (also a great resource in general). In this you use Google Docs as a visual creator to make a Halloween "Rebus" story. I have mentioned before the principal that typing into a white space is a visual support for language formulation and (many of) your students will be engaged by it- tech integration need not always be super interactive or fancy! This activity integrates the use of emoji and don't miss the way expanded context provided by going to what is now available as Insert>Emoji. How fun! I did this activity with several middle school groups this week and they were super-engaged. In addition to targeting some story grammar, complex sentences or vocabulary, I integrated the work described in this <a href="https://leader.pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/leader.HYTT.23052018.38">ASHA article </a>to make this an improv game focusing on conversation building and flexibility. Note: I always accompany some encouragement of "yes, and" with neurodiversity- and human-affirming takes on "it's also ok to say no."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiplQUYU2URqKVN4EeJxY7edKsHcSyCsIUtKuv1kfKpghWADAOjNjR4OtYzwWfd4JdF87NQfbKc_dUTP5p-K9Xl0cDho6dRpY0Y4wPcczi_xtuTgQGwgYKnTL5SHDTiOvCJOhk3Zl9X-gu5rIt1g1rCpMrcVvdfVlK0RacpgNCVcBKBHV-ua8k_uCVq/s1472/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-28%20at%2010.30.46%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1472" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiplQUYU2URqKVN4EeJxY7edKsHcSyCsIUtKuv1kfKpghWADAOjNjR4OtYzwWfd4JdF87NQfbKc_dUTP5p-K9Xl0cDho6dRpY0Y4wPcczi_xtuTgQGwgYKnTL5SHDTiOvCJOhk3Zl9X-gu5rIt1g1rCpMrcVvdfVlK0RacpgNCVcBKBHV-ua8k_uCVq/w400-h225/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-28%20at%2010.30.46%20AM.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It doesn't have to make total sense, haha. In another group, a kiddo told me he hated this font, lol. So we changed it, easy enough! </div><br /><p><br /></p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-74093534689379827832022-10-05T17:47:00.002-04:002022-10-05T17:47:30.924-04:00Engaging Animal Sounds!<p>Try <a href="https://earth.google.com/web/@51.098014,5.727533,-15617a,26717122d,35y,0h,9t,0r/data=CisSKRIgMDE5MjI2MjYwNjhkMTFlYWE3Mjg2NTNjMzY1OWEyMDEiBXNwbC0w">this Google Earth "quiz" on animal sounds</a> from NPR's Science Friday to engage your students! I have mentioned before and on the Talking with Tech podcast that quiz-like activities can be a great way to build semantic knowledge and structure a conversation. In addition to prompting attentive listening, this one will let you play animal sounds, sometimes hilarious, and discuss:</p><p>-descriptive attributes from the photos</p><p>-animal groups and families</p><p>-geographic locations and descriptions of settings!</p><p>It is a great way to tie in with a classroom unit on the continents, habitats, or other geography or science content.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54gZ-vPpBvFb0kyiCWeMQQK1-WD3WnFzvgtA51WMBcIMEsrwyOsX_3BmXSArf5Zss3QecjR5EMWOZeM-xcvgzjIyvz3hNfgn25GM1WDLx5iKtw4eSiwMHAT3wkSu3k5umoCJvk89qWYaWl_cIyrh2BzHV8fnrRS-ab0wDhdIKQyLiJKLhtIpf0CQm/s1960/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-05%20at%205.45.08%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="1960" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi54gZ-vPpBvFb0kyiCWeMQQK1-WD3WnFzvgtA51WMBcIMEsrwyOsX_3BmXSArf5Zss3QecjR5EMWOZeM-xcvgzjIyvz3hNfgn25GM1WDLx5iKtw4eSiwMHAT3wkSu3k5umoCJvk89qWYaWl_cIyrh2BzHV8fnrRS-ab0wDhdIKQyLiJKLhtIpf0CQm/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-05%20at%205.45.08%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-51644380680810979462022-09-10T16:57:00.005-04:002022-09-10T16:57:41.252-04:00Talking with Tech Podcast Appearance(s)<p>Back in May, I had the wonderful fortune of recording with Chris Bugaj and Rachel Madel for their terrific podcast, Talking with Tech. They split the conversation over two episodes which came out in the past few weeks!</p><p>I have been lucky to know Chris and Rachel personally over the past years, seeing them IRL most recently at ASHA Convention in Washington, DC. It was great talking with them and the conversation flowed very freely. Rachel and Chris centered the convo around my Jeopardy! appearance but had many brilliant tie-ins to issues of accessibility and generally about language, so it will be fun to listen to even if you are tired of hearing about [that game show]. They also include their own segments with some great discussion of AAC topics, and we go into my FIVES criteria for evaluating technology resources as potential SLP tools as well. I hope you'll listen and keep listening to Rachel and Chris--also be sure to see them present if you ever get the chance! </p><p>The episodes are available below via Spotify but you can also listen wherever you like to hear podcasts (Apple Podcasts, etc)</p>
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<iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="232" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed/episode/5ZnUvjjF3uWSQn9RNK7jk6?utm_source=generator&theme=0" width="100%"></iframe>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-45194976777850111012022-08-02T15:48:00.003-04:002022-08-02T15:48:51.559-04:00Another example: Pic Collage for Mobility, Ease and Versatility <p>In my session on creating "stories" for SLP Summit last week (recording available free until August 15, <a href="https://slpsummit.com/">Register here</a>), I focused on thinking about features of resources that might make a clinician pick one over another. You may pick Pic Collage if you like using your iPad, doing a pass-and-add playlike activity (I learned from the authors of <a href="https://www.socialthinking.com/Products/we-thinkers-volume-1-2-curriculum-bundle">We Thinkers</a> that add-a-thought=play=conversation), or want the versatility of being able to quickly cut around any image. You may have seen in my <a href="https://www.speechtechie.com/2022/07/another-example-storytelling-with.html">recent post</a> on Google Slides/Jamboard that this is not always QUITE as easy there. So always be thinking FEATURES.</p><p><a href="https://piccollage.com/">Pic Collage</a>, free, available for iPad, Android, and runnable on new Macs (M1 chip) allows for the creation of a visual as-you-go, so that student contributions to the context can be instantly reinforceable, and it is easy enough for them to use themselves. The menu allows you to add photos from your library, search the web for photos (a school-clean version of BING), and also add text or doodles (powerful because you can sketch things that may be hard to find photos of, or sketch over a photo)</p><p>As I showed in the session, you can start with a setting (story element teaching) and add elements of the setting (descriptive sequence level of narration) or introduce an initiating event, such as the bear! Double tap on any picture you add to be able to "trim" around it.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fTD2Ue1sF1V7fS24S5P1a7hIC5hNWOtYAmV1wCW0drW-dGmSRnjaSC0CKIIDvp0rg4rjjS-CZMP0690LaAx6ukoTL4EGRHr4LdiC8ZCWeYMjCUDbvSKOhmeN7PL0jYKN1oLrpyF2ywL8GFTXLYLolxBJb9PzF1MfwO6DFazBdJvrxHlcCoWxBtJC/s1800/IMG_4855.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fTD2Ue1sF1V7fS24S5P1a7hIC5hNWOtYAmV1wCW0drW-dGmSRnjaSC0CKIIDvp0rg4rjjS-CZMP0690LaAx6ukoTL4EGRHr4LdiC8ZCWeYMjCUDbvSKOhmeN7PL0jYKN1oLrpyF2ywL8GFTXLYLolxBJb9PzF1MfwO6DFazBdJvrxHlcCoWxBtJC/w300-h400/IMG_4855.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We also talked briefly about expository vs. story language (a good resource <a href="https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2016_AJSLP-14-0130">is here</a>) and adding to LISTs-one key informational macrostructure- can also be a playful or academically important task. This was made with Pic Collage with/for a student who was learning about the topic/list of "different ways to pay" during a consumer science class. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54I_Afd0jKktHZ1bdd8qSs6g6-uIyA5xCfFyk0h3XD2X8zlpkoZHL0NGRvku_0SFRsHrEBMh6zxpVXu8DyfdxQ7FDswwANq3L2N9KwI-yPQnOvLoXFldJBUl3zOfWMJjGG3_14D8Ktevt4SxWjJH2YVLppTeOf0C56e8WcTB5shIJKg-wj9VLQMU2/s1800/IMG_4856.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1350" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54I_Afd0jKktHZ1bdd8qSs6g6-uIyA5xCfFyk0h3XD2X8zlpkoZHL0NGRvku_0SFRsHrEBMh6zxpVXu8DyfdxQ7FDswwANq3L2N9KwI-yPQnOvLoXFldJBUl3zOfWMJjGG3_14D8Ktevt4SxWjJH2YVLppTeOf0C56e8WcTB5shIJKg-wj9VLQMU2/w300-h400/IMG_4856.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Sean Sweeneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06482445297143048168noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791470712005065306.post-52869394154767452532022-07-28T17:18:00.000-04:002022-07-28T17:18:26.426-04:00Another Example: 10+ Stories to "Tell" with Toca World<p>Continuing here to post some companion pieces to my session this week at the SLP Summit (available in its recorded form with others until August 15, <a href="https://slpsummit.com/">register here</a>). One of the app resources I discussed were those available through Toca Boca's Toca Life apps. These are available individually, for example, Toca Life: Vacation which I will discuss here, or the Toca Life: World (also playable on newer Macs w M1 chips) has a way of pulling together your previously purchased apps. </p><p>The Toca Life apps are just filled with real-world contexts and therefore can be used to model, co-create, and play out stories in very structured ways or loosely. Make a scene, involve lots of movement onscreen, or record whatever you do as a story through the screen recording feature. This can be done individually or with a group taking turns, or as explicitly or implicitly as you see fit (e.g. with story grammar cues or not). <a href="https://mindwingconcepts.com/blogs/news/tech-tuesday-summer-study-series-a-continuum-of-explicit-to-implicit-learning">See my recent post on Mindwing's blog</a> about models of learning and instruction.</p><p>Taking <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/toca-life-vacation/id1114886979">Toca Life: Vacation</a>, let's consider how the context can lead us to scaffold a bunch of different stories with students.</p><p><b>Airport</b>: Besides the process of arriving, checking in, going through security, waiting at the gate, and taking off in the plane, what if...</p><p>1. You need to buy a ticket (use the ATM etc)?</p><p>2. Your flight is not listed on the board of funny-sounding destinations and you need to ask for help?</p><p>3. You left something at home (if you have Vacation and City added in Toca World, you can move characters in and out of the panel at the bottom and change locations)?</p><p>4. A parent surprises you at school with a vacation (same, start at School and move the characters to the airport in Vacation)?</p><p>5. Your flight is delayed (good vocab word)?</p><p>6. A dog flies the plane and you don't end up where you planned?</p><p>This or other parts of the app could be used in conjunction with <a href="https://earth.google.com/web/@0,0,0a,22251752.77375655d,35y,0h,0t,0r">Google Earth</a> to "fly" to a location and see some landmarks in 3D!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisz2XFceFa41IdlNYTp9Cmuulibw2AN4935ud2WfUJyG6_qfDYNg8Kcph68EIAMiICa_B7pu2wrb7-Z7DuW7piehJ9cMQhdIAtMQ7Ky1EppKIF6x6w3xegez2fQz79jQNp6UUkpQvRAQO09PBTVsXwqjAuw1bvWHUgUvPqpYZDEfMFJh8r_kdN0Ssw/s2048/IMG_4853.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisz2XFceFa41IdlNYTp9Cmuulibw2AN4935ud2WfUJyG6_qfDYNg8Kcph68EIAMiICa_B7pu2wrb7-Z7DuW7piehJ9cMQhdIAtMQ7Ky1EppKIF6x6w3xegez2fQz79jQNp6UUkpQvRAQO09PBTVsXwqjAuw1bvWHUgUvPqpYZDEfMFJh8r_kdN0Ssw/w400-h300/IMG_4853.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><p><b>Hotel</b>: Besides checking in, taking the elevator to your room and doing hotel stuff (bathing, sleeping, changing from your luggage, etc), what if...</p><p>7. You win a shopping spree at the gift shop?</p><p>8. You eat EVERYTHING at the buffet?</p><p>9. You make a mess of your room and need help or equipment from housekeeping?</p><p><b>Beach</b>: Besides all sorts of watersports and maybe a wedding (?), what if...</p><p>10. Someone gets trapped on the island?</p><p>11. The fish get silly and decide to live on land? </p><p>And don't miss the treasure chest out on the island...</p><p>As I mentioned in the session, check out short videos like this that can show you lots of potential stories you wouldn't even know were there!</p>
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