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Congratulations! You made it! Summer is officially upon us! This time of year can be fraught with a somewhat frantic tying-up-of-loose-ends as you prepare to take a small (but significant!) summer break. But what to focus on when there's so much to do? Consider this: 70% of our school-based SLPs, OTs, and School Psychs are already placed for next school year. So, with that in mind, perhaps staffing is one loose end that's worth tying up sooner rather than later.

Why Collaboration Matters

by Sharon Soliday
“The best programs support and encourage specialists and teachers to collaborate outside of the school walls.” So begins the 4th chapter of my book, 7 Best Practices: Lessons Learned from the Best Special Education Programs. Many districts believe it’s not the responsibility of schools to affiliate with outside providers.This way of thinking does a tremendous disservice to our students, and the best programs do things differently. Read the chapter to learn how >>

Hello Photo of the Month

You might not be able to tell behind their clever disguises, but this is Nina, Kirsty, and Magdalene having a bit of fun in our End of the Year party photo booth. Read more about this fun event and our very special award winners >>

From Our Blog

We've been recognized again as winners of the When Work Works award by the Society for Human Resource Management (so of course we had to celebrate 😉 )

Kelly reviewed some exciting new research into the use of speech recognition technology for assessing language development.

Gina shared some key takeaways from our Hello There continuing ed event.

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