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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,...
Amy O'Connell
Jul 29, 20212 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Aug 13, 20201 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Aug 8, 20202 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Jul 14, 20202 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Jul 8, 20202 min read
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“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...
Amy O'Connell
Jul 7, 20201 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Jul 2, 20202 min read
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The Gift of “Mommy"
The Gift of “Mommy"
Amy O'Connell
May 9, 20203 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
May 7, 20201 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
May 1, 20201 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Apr 28, 20201 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Apr 13, 20205 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Apr 10, 20201 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Mar 29, 20202 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Mar 23, 20202 min read
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Explore...
AO SLP Services provides in-depth literacy assessment and multi-sensory literacy intervention. It’s no secret that not all children...
Amy O'Connell
Sep 7, 20191 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Sep 1, 20191 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Aug 31, 20191 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Aug 30, 20191 min read
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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...
Amy O'Connell
Aug 27, 20191 min read
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