A Note to My Future Self...
I recently read an article that said that this year’s Olympics will be one of the hardest for athletes. Humidity and COVID worries aside,...
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Amy O'Connell
- Aug 13, 2020
- 1 min
Making some Smart Guesses
This week our #slpkids practiced their #inferencing skills by guessing where each #tinytoy friend might be headed... using clues from the...
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Amy O'Connell
- Aug 8, 2020
- 2 min
Building our Assessment Toolkit
As August brings with it the classic "lazy days of summer”, AO SLP services is busy thinking ahead to September... With our children...
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Amy O'Connell
- Jul 14, 2020
- 2 min
Whole Body Listening... Mr. Potato Head style..
Who doesn’t love some good old-fashioned Potato Head play? He is timeless and a well-used item in my #playbasedlearning inventory. After...
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Amy O'Connell
- Jul 8, 2020
- 2 min
A Birthday 5 ways...
We LOVE birthdays @amyoconnellslpservices. A few weeks back, 5 (yes, FIVE!!) clients celebrated a birthday within the same week. If you...
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Amy O'Connell
- Jul 7, 2020
- 1 min
“S” anyone?
Today’s superfine tele therapy task saw some slp-kids travelling to outer space. We explored a spaceship and some space rocks to find...
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Amy O'Connell
- Jul 2, 2020
- 2 min
Finding the Bright Spots...
“Look for the bright spots”... “There is always a silver lining”... “Look for the rainbow”... “What doesn’t kill you, makes you...
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Amy O'Connell
- May 7, 2020
- 1 min
Where do we play?
This week in #teletherapy we took our #tinytoys on a trip to the beach. We had lots of fun practicing lip closure for b/p/m sounds (some...
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Amy O'Connell
- May 1, 2020
- 1 min
One pan of sand... endless communication
Today’s #superfun #teletherapy task involved digging for #tinytoys in kinetic sand. We achieved a truckload of repetitions for students...
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Amy O'Connell
- Apr 28, 2020
- 1 min
When Life Gives You Nerf Guns...
As we enter week “who is still counting?” of our social distancing lifestyle, the challenges at home seem to be mounting. We have some...
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Amy O'Connell
- Apr 13, 2020
- 5 min
Socially Distanced and Working From Home... How to Care for your Voice
Like so many of my colleagues, I have spent the past few weeks either researching or implementing distance therapy. Admittedly, it has...
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Amy O'Connell
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
We Are Still Here...
As doors close around the world, access to SLP support need not follow. AO SLP Services remains open via telepractice to support the...
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Amy O'Connell
- Mar 29, 2020
- 2 min
What spending a week in the world of SLP Telepractice has taught me...
As a #travellingSLP, most of my day is spent driving from home to home, lugging bags of toys and games back and forth between my trunk...
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Amy O'Connell
- Mar 23, 2020
- 2 min
YES! But what if....
As we find ourselves stuck at home and looking for ways to entertain our little ones, I have desperately turned to my SLP therapy closet...
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Amy O'Connell
- Sep 7, 2019
- 1 min
Explore...
AO SLP Services provides in-depth literacy assessment and multi-sensory literacy intervention. It’s no secret that not all children...
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Amy O'Connell
- Sep 1, 2019
- 1 min
Help me to build my Blog...
Help me to build my blog and tailor it to the information that YOU want to see... send me your questions and watch my blog for the...
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Amy O'Connell
- Aug 31, 2019
- 1 min
Simplify..
As mom to three boys (ages 11, 8 and 4), I get it... I know how easily life can feel chaotic and I understand the struggle. I know how...
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Amy O'Connell
- Aug 30, 2019
- 1 min
Caledonia ON Service
AO SLP Services is excited to offer mobile Assessment and Intervention services as we take to the road and open our practice to Caledonia...
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Amy O'Connell
- Aug 26, 2019
- 1 min
Me.
Hi- I’m Amy, mom to three beautiful boys and speech-language pathologist for the past 15 years. While my boys have taught me everything I...
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