The End of The Summer Vacations and What?

 Out we go and back home again?! How sad!

Access to Materials and Activities, Tech Support, and Training in SLP Telepractice

Basia remote learning, 2020

I’ve been looking for a platform to have access to materials and activities, tech support, and training. I found Presence Learning to be very helpful. The platform is rich in resources, webinars, and motivational virtually speaking clinicians.

Resources 

https://www.presencelearning.com/resources/content-library/

On-Demand Webinars 

https://www.presencelearning.com/resources/sped-ahead-special-education-resources-webinars/

Clinician blog 

https://www.presencelearning.com/virtually-speaking/

“School-Based SLP Resources for Physical and Virtual Reopening” by ASHA

"Open the cage and set them free" art by Basia, 2020

Hello SLP’s,

With those who are returning to work, I would like to share very useful resources offered by ASHA. I found them very helpful for my practice.

https://www.asha.org/SLP/schools/School-Based-SLP-Resources-for-Physical-and-Virtual-Reopening/?utm_source=asha&utm_medium=enewsletter&utm_term=featured&utm_content=081120&utm_campaign=ashanow

Enjoy,

Urszula

Life Lasting Lessons - “Make Your Bed. Little Things That Can Change Your Life and Maybe The World” by Admiral William H. McRaven

Monument to The Merchant Marines at Battery Park City, Manhattan

Former Navy SEAL Admiral William H. McRaven gave 10 lessons to the graduates at The University of Texas at Austin on May 17, 2014.

He outlined the lessons of the bed, paddle, heart, cookie, circus, obstacle, shark, dark moment, song, and bell. Each one was a metaphor for an important life part.

1. Make your bed - Making our bed seems simple, but if we don’t do the simple things well the big things that come with time will overwhelm us and paralyze our existence. If we can get the bed part of our day right every morning, most probably we can get our lives right as well! 
2. Find people to paddle with you - The more paddles the better. Getting along with the team players takes time, patience and perseverance but in the long run, it’s worth an effort and it brings a great result. It will ease your paddling. 
3. Measure the size of heart, not flippers – It doesn’t matter how strong and handsome someone is, what matters is how big heart he has. If the person has a good heart he will do good things for the others and gain people’s trust, respect and support. Motivation seems to outperform intelligence.
4. Get over being a “sugar cookie” and keep moving forward - Some days no matter what we do, no matter how hard we try, things go the opposite way. Therefore we need to prepare ourselves for that bad day, a failure. A Navy SEAL trainee is ordered into the surf to get good, cold, and wet, and then to roll around on the beach until he is completely covered in fine white sand – resembling a “sugar cookie.” A Navy SEAL trainee stay that way for the rest of the day, reflect on his weekness. If case of a bad day we have to push through it and look forward to having a better day tomorrow.
5. Don't be afraid of the circuses - When the Navy SEAL fail a daily physical training he has to do two hours more of additional calisthenics - designed to wear him down, to break his spirit, to force him to quit. But that extra training actually can help build strength and stamina if he don’t quit. We all live though our own “circuses” in life and they can be wearing, perplexing and often discouraging. When you do an extra work, you become stronger, experienced, and confident. Doing the minimum is not enough, we have to practice the maximum.
6. Sometimes you have to slide down obstacles head first - Twice a week an obstacle course was required for McRaven’s SEAL training. One of the most feared obstacle course challenges was the “slide for life.” It was dangerous and it put the SEALs at high risk. While it’s good to be frightened, if fear paralyzes our intellect and our motivation, then we are truly lost. Sometimes we have to take that chance and “risk” it, but it needs to be with our full awareness and purpose.
7. Don't back down from the sharks - The lesson 6 reminds us that fear can weaken our capacity but if we prepare to meet face-to-face with “sharks”, our response may surprise us.  Attackers prefer to attack the weak not the strong. Your sharks could be physical attackers, so self-defense training can give you some confidence to avoid being easy prey. If your sharks attack you verbally, try to be adequately prepared, take a stand for yourself and others. Lock in your values and ethics.
8. You must be your very best in the darkest moments - The Navy SEAL training missions require trainees to perform dangerous underwater operations in complete darkness. All of their training needs to carry them through that moment. We don’t have a SEAL training but we do have our principles, mysticism, and relationships to pull us through these darkest moments of our lives. It’s not important how do we start but how do we finish.
9. Start singing when you're up to your neck in mud - The ninth week of the SEAL training (“Hell Week”) consists of six days without sleep, continual physical and mental harassment, and an woeful day at the mud. It is one of the most difficult Navy SEAL part. Often, many SEALs quit right there, but some find a way to get through it.While Admiral William H. McRaven’s group friends were up to their necks in mud, one SEAL trainee started singing and others joined him. Unity in singing was an affirmation that gave them hope. We can use your voice to transform a dark moment into hope.
10. Don't ever, ever ring the bell - Any time a Navy SEAL wants to quit their training and leave, all they have to do is go up to the bell and ring it. Ringing a bell, even on a bicycle is a sign of weakness. Be tolerant, be patient, be persistent on you way to the finish line!

The Immigrants Monument at Battery Park City, Manhattan

Admiral William H. McRaven also said:

“Start each day with a task completed. Find someone to help you through life. Respect everyone. Know that life is not fair and that you will fail often. But if you take some risks, step up when the times are toughest, face down the bullies, lift up the downtrodden and never, ever give up - if you do these things, then the next generation and the generations that follow will live in a world far better than the one we have today.”

“It matters not your gender, your ethnic or religious background, your orientation, or your social status. Our struggles in this world are similar and the lessons to overcome those struggles and to move forward - changing ourselves and the world around us - will apply equally to all.”

“Changing the world can happen anywhere and anyone can do it.”

Watch his speech on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/pxBQLFLei70

To read more check the links below:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/30/make-your-bed-little-things-change-life-maybe-world-admiral-william-mcraven-digested-read

https://www.stevenguyenphd.net/10-life-lessons-from-basic-seal-training-from-admiral-william-h-mcraven

Teletherapy Hints, Evidence, Consent, Up-dates

Ctri + Cilck to follow link

·       TeletherapyKeeping Kids Engaged https://1o0lynje32i35d5vx3are64z-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/teletherapykeepingkidsengaged-compressed.pdf

·       MY Handout for SLP TeleCON session 3-24-2020 https://1o0lynje32i35d5vx3are64z-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/myhandoutforslpteleconsession3-24-2020.pdf

·       Warp Speed Teletherapy handout Amanda Blackwell… https://1o0lynje32i35d5vx3are64z-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/warpspeedteletherapyhandoutamandablackwell.pdf

Ctri + Cilck to follow link

·       SLPA Supervision Log

·       Virtual Meeting Etiquette

·       Virtual Session Etiquette

·       Weekly Agenda Sample

·       Consent for Teletherapy

Ctri + Cilck to follow link

·       Evidence for Telepractice and Beyond

https://1o0lynje32i35d5vx3are64z-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/evidence-for-telepractice-and-beyond.pdf

·       TeleCon Creating and Adapting Therapy Materials…

https://1o0lynje32i35d5vx3are64z-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/teleconcreatingandadaptingtherapymaterialsfortelepractice2020.pdf

·       VirtualService Delivery in Response to COVID-19 Disruptions

https://1o0lynje32i35d5vx3are64z-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/virtual-service-delivery-covid-19.pdf

Great Things To Do With Your Kids This COVID-19 Summer

Basia at the Catskill Mountains 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/RZqnRMu91y7xQ4Dw7

I would like to share great ideas collected by Katia Hetter and presented on CNN Health

Have a Snick Pick:

OLD-FASHIONED FUN

• Family game night...
• Family movie night...
• Family dance party... 
• House or neighborhood scavenger hunt...
• Face painting...
• Lego challenges...
• Raise a glass to freedom...
• Each one, pick one...

LET’S PLAY OUTSIDE

• Create a splash pad...
• Balloons fight...
• Grow herbs, lettuces and flowers...
• Welcome the birds...
• Smash the virus...
• Chalk art museum...
• Map the neighborhood...
• Hike the park...
• Let’s have a picnic...
• Outdoor game day...

FOOD AND DRINK

• Cooking challenge...
• Random birthday cake night...
• Pantry challenge...
• Ice cream social...
• Host a Meatless Monday dinner...
• Host a teatime...
• Make a fun drink night...
• Bake for a neighbor...
• Historic recipe hunt...
• Eat someplace else...

LEARN SOMETHING NEW

• Make music...
• Spanish, Chinese, Russian...
• Time to learn science...
• Take a happiness class...
• Play video games...
• Use that equipment...
• Hire an intern...
• Get down to science...
• Dance, dance, dance...

DO FOR OTHERS

• Phone a relative...
• “Get well soon” cards...
• Hand out snack bags...
• Food donations...
• Walk a dog...
• Make food to share...
• Lemonade stand...

READ OR WRITE SOMETHING INTERESTING

• Pick a book...
• Family reading time...
• Book/movie combo...
• Head to Hogwarts...
• Write a book...
• Your kid’s story...
• Hit the road...
• Raising girls and boys...
• Broaden your worldview...
• Baby books...

STYLE, ART AND ARCHITECTURE

• Give your wall(s) a fresh coat of paint...
• Declutter...
• Arrange your books...
• Mini-Marie Kondo...
• Play/art/music...
• Geek out on art apps...
• Plan a photoshoot...
• Paint with your family...
• Try art-inspired recipes...
• Make ornaments...

CONNECT AS A FAMILY

• Would You Rather?...
• Cut your bangs...
• Do an at-home manicure...
• Do yoga together...
• Question a day...
• Family meetings...
• Clean the house together...
• Play Roseand Thorn at dinner...
• Sing together...

NIGHTTIME FUN

• Camp out in your backyard...
• Fort night...
• Pillow fight...
• Have a s’mores night outside...
• Nighttime tag...
• Capture the flag at night...
• Go to the drive-in...
• Glow-in-the-dark treasure hunt...
• Look for the stars...
• Go to sleep early...

For more details check:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/22/health/100-things-to-do-this-summer-wellness-trnd/index.html “Summer is not completely canceled. Here are 100 things we can do with or without kids.” By Katia Hetter

Sherlock Holmes Books by Arthur Conan Doyle - Recommendation by Teenager

Sherlock Holmes Books by Arthur Conan Doyle

Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

This short story collection was published from 1891 through 1892 in The Strand.

• A Scandal in Bohemia
• The Red-headed League
• A Case of Identity
• The Boscombe Valley Mystery
• The Five Orange Pips
• The Man with the Twisted Lip
• The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
• The Adventure of the Speckled Band
• The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb
• The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
• The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
• The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

This collection of short stories was published from 1892 through 1893 in The Strand.

• Silver Blaze
• The Yellow Face
• The Stock-broker’s Clerk
• The “Gloria Scott”
• The Musgrave Ritual
• The Reigate Squire (known in the US as “The Reigate Puzzle” and in the UK as “The Reigate Squires”)
• The Crooked Man
• The Resident Patient
• The Greek Interpreter
• The Naval Treaty
• The Final Problem

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

This collection of short stories was originally published in 1903 through 1904 in The Strand.

• The Adventure of the Empty House
• The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
• The Adventure of the Dancing Men
• The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
• The Adventure of the Priory School
• The Adventure of Black Peter
• The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
• The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
• The Adventure of the Three Students
• The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
• The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
• The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
• The Adventure of the Second Stain

His Last Bow

The stories in this collection were originally published between 1908 and 1917.

• The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
• The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
• The Adventure of the Red Circle
• The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
• The Adventure of the Dying Detective
• The Disappearance of Lady Francis Carfax
• The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
• His Last Bow

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

The stories in this collection were originally published between 1921 and 1927.

• The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
• The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
• The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
• The Adventure of the Three Gables
• The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
• The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
• The Problem of Thor Bridge
• The Adventure of the Creeping Man
• The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane
• The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
• The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
• The Adventure of the Retired Colourman