Spring is in the air! With the transition of the season, let yourself also transition into new passions, new goals, and new adventures. Nothing stays the same, and neither should you!

Thought of the Month

"With all things in life. whatever you water grows. What are you watering throughout your day?"

-Coffeehouse SLP

from "One-Minute Thoughts and Inspiration for the Speech-Language Pathologist"

Observances this Month

• March 12-18: Sleep Awareness Week

  (After springing forward, catch up on that needed rest this week!)

• March 13-19: Brain Awareness Week

  (shout out to the SLP's with Aphasia clients!)

   

•  March 14: International Ask a Question Day:

  (Also Albert Einstein's birthday. Use this day to bring out the inquisition in your clients. Reflective questions are also a great way to encourage deeper thinking and increase independence.)

   

• March 14: National Children's Craft Day

  (for all my pediatric SLPs out there!)

   

• March 15-21: Down Syndrome Awareness Week

   

  • March 17: National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence

    (great for my adolescent SLP's!)

     

• March 19: National Let's Laugh Day

  (...have a little fun here!:) )

   

• March 27-April 2: World Autism Acceptance Week

   

   

  reference site: https://nationaldaycalendar.com/

FUNctional Therapy Idea

 In honor of National Let's Laugh Day on March 19 here's a fun activity for any age group.

Pre-therapy: Buy a bag of Laffy Taffy candy for the jokes inside the wrapper or go online for suitable age-appropriate jokes

Therapy Activity: Allow each person to select a joke to read. Rate each joke as funny or not funny (for young kids), or give a number rating for teens and adults (on a scale of 1-10 how funny was this joke?). This is a great opportunity to work on pragmatics and understanding multiple-word meanings, sarcasm, and humor.

Have fun!

As always,

Take care.

Be well.

~Coffeehouse SLP