Therapy-To-Go
This is state testing week for my 3-5 graders. I have a small group with extended time, so I’m pacing the floor watching them test & reading aloud the parts that I’m allowed to read. It hasn’t been fun. I have one who has melted down at least once each day. Thank goodness today is the last day!!!
Since I’m tied up with testing, I didn’t make lesson plans for the week. However, our K-2 kids aren’t testing, so Kerrie was able to work with them on the 2 days that she’s here. Our state testing security is like Ft Knox, so Kerrie can’t come in the room during testing. In order for her to see kids for therapy I needed to make her a therapy-to-go kit.
I grabbed a plastic tub and loaded it up with:
- the daily data book
- my iPad
- the Peter Rabbit materials from last week
- an inferencing game that I made earlier this year
- some spring-themed chipper chat cards (w/ chips & the magnet)
- the Let’s Name Things fun deck
- the artic Dixie cups we made earlier this year
She managed to do therapy all day long with a wide variety of kids with just those things.
What would you need in your to-go box?
How do you organize your daily data book? I like the idea of having a binder for each day, but how/when do you consolidate data for children that come multiple days?
That’s on my list of posts to write and documents to share. In short, I have a divider for each group that I see and a data sheet for each child in the group. In my room, there is a big plastic bin that has a hanging file for each child. In each hanging file, there are 3 folders: 1 for blank data sheets, 1 for completed data sheets and 1 for miscellaneous things. These files are separate from my working files that contain the child’s IEP and other SpEd paperwork. Those are in a lockable cabinet, of course.
That’s probably about as clear as mud, but I promise the post is coming.
I’d love to hear more, too. I created group file folders this year and assigned each group a number, which was cross referenced on my lesson plans. This way, a sub would know where to find the group’s data sheet and any necessary
materials.
Wow! My district does not get a sub for me when I’m out. I wish they did!!
My district doesn’t get subs for SLPs either. We have a hard time finding subs for maternity leaves, much less daily therapy.