You may also know that you, play a huge role in developing your students' literacy skills.

But when it comes to clearly defining your role in the process...well that's where it gets a bit fuzzy.

It seems impossible to get a straight answer about what an SLP is "supposed" to be doing when it comes to building vocabulary and literacy skills.

That makes your job even harder.

If that sounds familiar, I get it. I used to feel like an impostor when it came to language therapy.

I still remember the days when I'd be grabbing for the most convenient game or set of flashcards and winging it. I didn't even know where to start.

Am I supposed to be working on reading comprehension? Should I be working on grammar worksheets? What about spelling?

I was thoroughly confused, and my students were suffering because of it.

But when I started my doctoral work and made language therapy my area of expertise...

I finally discovered WHY my students were struggling so much in the general education curriculum and what I could do about it.

Building spelling skills can have a huge impact on overall language processing and vocabulary growth, which falls perfectly in line with your expertise.

Vocabulary is one of the biggest predictors of success or failure in school because of it's impact on overall comprehension and language processing (Nagy & Scott, 2009; Nippold, 2017).

But most people aren't sure how to address spelling issues in therapy because most of the spelling practices done in schools today are confusing our students even more!

Like writing lists of words over and over again to "practice" spelling.

Or randomly shortened spelling lists and memorizing sight words.

You've probably already realized these rote drills don't work for your students.

But there's good news.

You can make a massive impact on your students' spelling, reading, and overall comprehension skills when you focus on the underlying language skills causing the problem in the first place.

And one of the most effective ways to build vocabulary that impacts SPELLING and READING at the same time?

By studying MORPHOLOGY and ORTHOGRAPHY.

Why is this so effective?

Because we’re actually explaining WHY words are spelled the way they are by drawing attention to word parts and what they mean.

We're helping our students pay attention to word parts like affixes, roots, and bases and drawing connections between how words are spelled and what they mean.

Instead of teaching rote memorization that won't last, we're teach students the basic rules of how words are put together!

So if you have student who aren't responding to traditional phonics and phonological awareness instruction, there's a strong change that this is the missing piece.

And what's even better is that your students are ready for this work even sooner than you may realize.

Students are able to use morphological knowledge to infer meanings of unfamiliar words as early as first grade (Apel & Henbest, 2016).

This means that if you have students ranging from early elementary all the way up through late secondary school who struggle with spelling, this kind of work can have a massive impact!

But I know you don’t have time to go digging for lists of prefixes, suffixes, roots/bases, and multiple meaning words.

So I’ve done the grunt-work for you and put them in to this toolkit just for you.

HERE'S HOW TO KNOW IF THE WORD STUDY TOOLKIT IS RIGHT FOR YOU:

You know you have the potential to make a massive impact on your students' vocabulary skills, but you're overwhelmed with the gap between where they are and where they need to be.
You know that drilling spelling word lists isn't the right thing to do in therapy, but sometimes you aren't sure what IS the right thing to do.
You’re sick of spending hours sorting through Pinterest and TpT products of questionable quality, and you just want someone to simplify things for you…so you can spend less time planning and more time living your life.
You have students who aren't responding to traditional phonological awareness interventions, and you aren't sure what you're missing.
You know you play a key role in building students' language and literacy skills, but aren't exactly sure what skills to focus on to make that happen.
You want to walk in to sessions confident you're focusing your therapy on the academic vocabulary skills your students need to thrive in school, so they can reach their full potential in life.

IMAGINE...

Seeing your students remember skills from one session to another (instead of immediately forgetting)...

Teaching your students to truly understand spelling patterns and what they mean, rather than doing boring rote memorization...

Helping your students think about words differently, so they can continue learning language skills even after your session is over.

Having complete clarity on your role in language and literacy and confidently walking in to your sessions with a solid plan.

Making language therapy SIMPLE for yourself and LIFE-CHANGING for your students at the same time (even if you only have 30 min/week with your students).

The Word Study Toolkit for SLPs

If you're here, you probably know that strong language skills are essential to your students' success in school and life.

As I did further research, I found that SLPs are uniquely qualified to build a set of skills that will exponentially increase students' language and literacy skills.

Here's how it works:

MORPHOLOGY:

ORTHOGRAPHY

Why is this so effective?

HERE'S A PEEK INSIDE THE WORD STUDY TOOLKIT FOR SLPS:

SO WHO AM I AND WHY AM I SHARING THIS WITH YOU?

Here's what SLPs are saying after using my resources:

Ready to build the spelling and literacy skills your students need to thrive?

If so, all you need to do is grab this toolkit in 2 easy steps: