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susan berkowitz
United States - California - san diego
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I am passionate about making sure a complete education is afforded to ALL students, regardless of disability
FEATURED ITEMS
This is an abbreviated version of the original paper-based intervention activity that sparked the iPad App: QuestionIt. After years of parents t...
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Barrier games have long been used by speech-language pathologists for developing language skills.
In these two game sets, the visual scenes com...
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This packet contains materials for use with the Eric Carle book, "The Tiny Seed." The materials have been designed with special needs students i...
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An Adapted U.S. Geography Book, Autism, Special Education
25 pg. book adapted for students who need to use visual cues and/or picture based comm...
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BINGO cards for spring-themed vocabulary
Picture vocabulary cards with which to play card games
Picture-definition match work...
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This packet contains 8 different categorization activities, each with a colorful categorization scene or chart, and images to sort. There is an ...
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This is a fun game-like activity for practicing giving and following directions. Students assemble sandwiches with the ingredients provided, pla...
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Here are 20 colorful (but not distracting) scenes for you to use with students who need practice using spatial concepts, descriptive concepts, ph...
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Barrier games have long been used by speech-language pathologists for developing language skills.
In these two game sets, there is great clipart...
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In this pack you will find:
1. Listen to Descriptions cards, with multiple choice picture responses. Read the description, the student chooses t...
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This pack contains activities for use with the book "Strega Nona" with children who need visual supports, language scaffolding, picture based com...
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This is a group of BINGO cards featuring 48 different verbs using
Picture Communication Symbols.(These are used with permission). There are 5 d...
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This is a therapist-created book to meet the Common Core requirement for more expository/nonfiction texts in Special Education.
1. Contains a boo...
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Here are materials to be used all year long, year in and year out, to teach students with autism, language learning disabilities, complex communi...
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A modified biography with picture supported text using Picture It,
comprehension questions,
8 picture vocabulary cards,
picture based story repor...
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Here are 6 therapist written books illustrating how to use 6 of the 25 early core words. Each book tells about 1 of the words, in 12-18 pages, u...
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Use a summer flower theme for vocabulary fun!
Contains 24 flower centers with a descriptive term, each with 8 petals containing an item that belo...
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This is a group of core vocabulary communication board displays for beginning communicators with 8, 15, 20, 28, 30 symbols and a generic board fo...
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10 different scenes to describe, with 2 versions of each to compare and contrast
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This pack contains ice cream themed activities for language practice. There are ice cream cones and scoops for:
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FEEDBACK
Charito Shook (TpT Seller)
I'm a speech path and work with the moderate to severe population. We do thematic literature units every week, I loved this packet!!! It has different ability levels and covers many areas of language/phonological awareness/narrative retell.....an SLP's favorite for sure!!
May 16, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
I was working with a similar population when I came up with these. If there are any other books you'd like to see me do, please let me know. Thanks for shopping with me.
May 17, 2013 
allisonrice80
Great adaptation for my student with Autism!!!
May 13, 2013
dmctor
Awesome!
May 12, 2013
easpurk
love the extra pictures!
May 12, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
Thanks. I had to wait for the ok from News2You to use the SmbolStix (I have a licensing arrangement with them) so I only had clip art for the first set.
Thanks for shopping in my store.
Thanks for shopping in my store.
May 12, 2013
easpurk
awesome!
May 12, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
Thanks! I've had so much success with this program. I hope you do, too!
Thanks for shopping in my store.
Thanks for shopping in my store.
May 12, 2013
easpurk
looking forward to using this, great ideas
May 12, 2013
easpurk
pretty helpful, thanks
May 12, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
I have found them very helpful. I hope you do, too. Thanks for shopping in my store.
May 12, 2013
OtegoSLP
Excellent product. Thank you so much!
May 9, 2013
marnettss
Thank you! Great activity!
May 7, 2013
wantahelp
Great for therapy with my little ones!
May 7, 2013
wantahelp
thank you!!
May 7, 2013
itswhatido
Great functional themes that will be useful for my students. Thanks
May 7, 2013
smaverick
Thanks
May 7, 2013
smaverick
Thanks so much!
May 7, 2013
prairelane
This is an excellent activity. Great for positions, categories, directions, attributes, definitions, 20 questions, I Spy... The graphics are also very good. I started following you. Great materials. Thank you.
May 7, 2013
prairelane
This is an excellent activity. Great for positions, categories, directions, attributes, definitions, 20 questions, I Spy... The graphics are also very good. I started following you. Great materials. Thank you.
May 7, 2013
Anne Weaver (TpT Seller)
Susan,
Using pictures helps every student to learn. The price of printing colored pictures or photos is worth every penny a teacher spends to make a resource using them! Love your resource.
Your question about using Wendy's photos (Teacher's Toolkit) was right below mine. So I thought I'd checkout what your store was about. I now know why you like photos.
I do have a few photo sets for commercial use which you can use as clip art since every photo is resizable. My free autumn set you can use for commercial use too. (I'm working on two sets for TpT creators right now.) The photos will be on sale so you can save a couple of your hard earned dollars.
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Anne Weaver
Using pictures helps every student to learn. The price of printing colored pictures or photos is worth every penny a teacher spends to make a resource using them! Love your resource.
Your question about using Wendy's photos (Teacher's Toolkit) was right below mine. So I thought I'd checkout what your store was about. I now know why you like photos.
I do have a few photo sets for commercial use which you can use as clip art since every photo is resizable. My free autumn set you can use for commercial use too. (I'm working on two sets for TpT creators right now.) The photos will be on sale so you can save a couple of your hard earned dollars.
Thanks,
Anne Weaver
May 6, 2013
wyble
They have a fun time with this.
April 29, 2013
wyble
Once again, Thanks!
April 29, 2013
wyble
Thanks!
April 29, 2013
wyble
Thanks!
April 29, 2013
wyble
Thanks!
April 29, 2013
wyble
I am using these for the first time and it is a really good resource.
April 29, 2013
digame
Fun and useful...thanks!
April 28, 2013
mgately
I am so using this over the summer with my kids.
April 26, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
Great! I hope they like it. Thanks for shopping in my store.
April 26, 2013
Nibra Robinson (TpT Seller)
I love these and they target so many speech and language skills.
April 26, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
I'm happy you like them. Thanks for shopping in my store.
April 28, 2013
Clavigneesm
Loved these activities!
April 25, 2013
Dorothy Idaho (TpT Seller)
Another barrier game to challenge the students. It worked very well.
April 24, 2013
Dorothy Idaho (TpT Seller)
I purchased Sentence Making Cards for Speech Therapy and Special Education for two of my students. It was very useful in helping them with language.
April 24, 2013
Dorothy Idaho (TpT Seller)
I purchased Barrier Games - Set 3:Language Learning Games for Special Ed, Speech Therapy for a student who has language issues. He thoroughly enjoyed playing the game and worked on language at the same time.
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April 24, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
I'm so glad. We aim to have fun.
Thanks for shopping in my store.
Thanks for shopping in my store.
April 24, 2013
debbiepo
Awesome!
April 23, 2013
lguenther2007
Loved it! Got four to six speech therapy lessons (depending on size of group and x/wee) for six bucks :) My kids enjoyed the graphics and the vocabulary was good for a K-2 audience....I simply modified it for my Pre-K and they liked it just as much. Thanks for a great product!
April 14, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
So glad you enjoyed it and it worked well for you! Thank you for shopping in my store.
April 14, 2013
Nibra Robinson (TpT Seller)
I already purchased one of your other barrier games. Liked it so much I purchased this one!
April 8, 2013
Nibra Robinson (TpT Seller)
My students love barrier games, and now I have one more to add to the collection!
April 8, 2013
LoraStPierre
Looks like a fun way to target a variety of goals, thank you
April 8, 2013
peddy
Good product. I like the sorting and memeory game activities.
April 7, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
I'm glad you like it. I try to pur a variety of language activities in each product. Thanks for shopping in my store.
April 7, 2013
aviskimberlylane
I love this idea. Thank you for sharing.
April 7, 2013
gretta757
This was definitely so helpful when we studied Famous Americans! Really nice unit, hank you!
April 7, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
Thank you for responding and for shopping in my store. I'm glad you found the materials helpful.
April 7, 2013
Jacquie Rhoades (TpT Seller)
Excellent word book. I will post your lesson on the special ed LinkedIn page. There are many parents looking for specific materials.
April 7, 2013
theods
I really like these materials so much that I am hoping for added on pictures scenes. Thank you!
April 2, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
I am so glad you like them. My intention is to add more scenes - just need the time! More burning the midnight oil :)
Thank you for shopping in my store. Stay tuned for more.
Thank you for shopping in my store. Stay tuned for more.
April 2, 2013
Sawyersmom
This is great! Thank you
April 2, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
I'm glad you like it. Thanks for the feedback and for shopping in my store.
April 2, 2013
jannikej
I am setting up a new autism classroom in the fall. this will be perfect for my higher kids and for my science class weather unit. Very thorough, and well worth the price when I think of all the time I save not having to reproduce something similar. Thank you!
April 1, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
Thank you so much - I hope it works well for you. I am continuing to add to the units I put together. Thanks for shopping in my store and good luck!
April 1, 2013
jannikej
These will be perfect for my life skills group, thank you!
April 1, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
Yup, that's the target audience :) I hope they work well for you. I also have a bathroom ADL/Life Skills unit and am putting together some others.
Thanks for shopping in my store.
Thanks for shopping in my store.
April 1, 2013
maxm
Thanks for the great ideas. They will be helpful with some of my students.
March 31, 2013
Oddball Science (TpT Seller)
A nicely thought out activity with the potential for lots of different uses. You could also get the students to sort the cards into groups with similar features e.g Shape (round,square,spiky) colour, size etc..
March 30, 2013
tmealor0708
Great lesson! Thanks!
March 28, 2013
School Bells N Whistles (TpT Seller)
Hello Susan! Glad I found you! I'm a fellow teacher of students with special needs! And.... I am also a Susan :)
March 27, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
Welcome! I'll have to come check out your store. I think the special ed group here is slowly growing.
March 27, 2013
mricordati
My computer wouldn't allow me to save it on my desktop...any suggestions?
March 19, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
I haven't had anyone else have a problem with the product - and it has sold a number of times. Try downloading it again, maybe? It is just a straight PDF file. Do you have a recent version of Adobe?
Let me know if there continues to be a problem. I'll see what I can think of.
Let me know if there continues to be a problem. I'll see what I can think of.
March 19, 2013
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Janet Rainey (TpT Seller)
Hi Susan!
I wanted to send you something free of charge from my store for sharing in my 100 follower success. Sorry to be so late in getting it out, but I wanted to update my store first with things that were not already past their shelf life. (The majority of my items are based around specific holidays, and I seem to always be a holiday behind!) If you post your email here, I will send the item of your choice to you ASAP.) You can then delete this message, so others won't be able to view it. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks so much,
Janet:)
P.S. Congrats! Your followers have skyrocketed. Wow!
I wanted to send you something free of charge from my store for sharing in my 100 follower success. Sorry to be so late in getting it out, but I wanted to update my store first with things that were not already past their shelf life. (The majority of my items are based around specific holidays, and I seem to always be a holiday behind!) If you post your email here, I will send the item of your choice to you ASAP.) You can then delete this message, so others won't be able to view it. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks so much,
Janet:)
P.S. Congrats! Your followers have skyrocketed. Wow!
April 11, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
Janet, How sweet of you! I love your reading strategies and story elements product.
You can reach me at berkowitzs@hotmail.com
Yes, it's amazing the jump that came with the mention in the newsletter. It was really exciting!
I keep trying not to set hard goals, just to keep plugging along - no disappointments that way LOL
Good luck. You have some great items.
You can reach me at berkowitzs@hotmail.com
Yes, it's amazing the jump that came with the mention in the newsletter. It was really exciting!
I keep trying not to set hard goals, just to keep plugging along - no disappointments that way LOL
Good luck. You have some great items.
April 11, 2013
sgranahan
I still live in Massachusetts. I teach Kindergarten at Chaffee School in Oxford, MA. When I left the Center that is where I went and am still there. I switched from teaching students with Autism (Special Education) to teach Kindergarten 3 years ago. I am well and still enjoy teaching. One of my girls will be getting married in January and the other is finishing her senior year of college. Time just goes so quickly. How is everything with you? Sandy
April 7, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
Sandy - Congrats on your daughter's wedding. How exciting - or are you exhausted yet? I worked in Milton schools for a while, then my husband got a job here in San Diego, so we've been here 15 1/2 years. I'm in my own private practice, where I do independent evals and school staff training - mostly for aac. And I consult to some group homes and the ARC and UCP. Keeps me busy.
My daughter's in law school. My son is....recently out of the hospital, again. Services for mental illness in this country are terrible!
We're well. So glad you found me here :)
My daughter's in law school. My son is....recently out of the hospital, again. Services for mental illness in this country are terrible!
We're well. So glad you found me here :)
April 7, 2013
sgranahan
Hi Susan, I was just wondering if you are Susan Berkowitz who worked at The New England Center for Autism in Southboro, MA? I am Sandy Smith Granahan and used to work there. Sandy
April 7, 2013
School Bells N Whistles (TpT Seller) re: Purr-fectly Good Nouns,Verbs,Sentences: Practice with Adjectives & Adverbs
Oh and I almost forgot...I'm also from San Diego! But I now live in Vegas.
March 27, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
Oh, that's too funny. I've lived here for almost 16 years. I'm originally from the east coast. brrr
March 27, 2013
vcrowley re: Materials for "The Tiny Seed" - special education modifications
Can you explain what you mean when you say technology ties ins ? Are ios apps included?
Does that mean you include a code for a free app?
Does that mean you include a code for a free app?
March 3, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
No, the apps aren't included - only the iTunes store can sell apps. And only app developers have access to promo codes, so I only have promo codes for my one app. But I do list some apps that are related to the topic if you'd like to use apps. It's hard to sift through the hundreds of thousands of apps looking for something so, if I know of an app that is related to the topic, I suggest it.
March 3, 2013
Danielle Peeples (TpT Seller)
Hi Susan, I read your post on the forum, and wish you much success in 2013. I'm your newest follower.
:) Danielle
:) Danielle
January 3, 2013
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
Danielle,
Thank you so very much! I love the forums as a way to see who else is out there and check out their stores. That's how I end up following people, too. I will go check out your store, too.
Happy New Year and good luck!
susan
Thank you so very much! I love the forums as a way to see who else is out there and check out their stores. That's how I end up following people, too. I will go check out your store, too.
Happy New Year and good luck!
susan
January 3, 2013
gcapp re: A program to teach Wh questions: Special Education Autism Speech Therapy
How many questions are included? Thank you. :)
December 21, 2012
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
OK, this is sort of hard to explain without seeing it, but there are no set questions, per se. The program works through a succession of steps, using a set of picture cards. There are 12 each of people, action, place, and time cards for each level of the program. You can combine these cards into literally hundreds of sentences. For each of these hundreds of sentences, there are - of course - 4 questions.
I hope that helps. If you have ever seen the QuestionIt app on the ipad, that is how it works (there is a free Lite version of it to look at that is very abbreviated but gives you the idea.
Please, let me know if you have more questions.
Thanks.
I hope that helps. If you have ever seen the QuestionIt app on the ipad, that is how it works (there is a free Lite version of it to look at that is very abbreviated but gives you the idea.
Please, let me know if you have more questions.
Thanks.
December 21, 2012
Special Education - Peggy Simpson (TpT Seller) re: The Compound Word Book
Now here's the bad part: I looked through each product and didn't see a single typos (makes me worried for my own stuff, as I am the world's worst speller). Good news is that weekly spelling tests have been proven worthless - you work on vocabulary instead. And, the other good part is that spelling has nothing to do with intelligence - thank goodness - or I'd be in BIG trouble. Take care and I'm sure you'll do great! Peggy Simpson Rescue Dogs
December 1, 2012
susan berkowitz (TpT Seller)
Peggy,
Thank you so much for the words of encouragement! I have found a few typos. I have a couple of neurological conditions that impact my fine motor skills. My head thinks one thing and my fingers have a life of their own. Or sometimes, 1 hand is faster than the other, so the letters are all there, but in the wrong order! I spend more time proofing my reports than actually writing them LOL
It's making me crazy - or, actually, crazier!
Doing this at night after work probably doesn't help, either. OK, deep breath....
And thanks, again.
Thank you so much for the words of encouragement! I have found a few typos. I have a couple of neurological conditions that impact my fine motor skills. My head thinks one thing and my fingers have a life of their own. Or sometimes, 1 hand is faster than the other, so the letters are all there, but in the wrong order! I spend more time proofing my reports than actually writing them LOL
It's making me crazy - or, actually, crazier!
Doing this at night after work probably doesn't help, either. OK, deep breath....
And thanks, again.
December 1, 2012
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
I have been a speech-language pathologist for 35 years, before which I taught kids with autism. I teach workshops locally and nationally. I have been in the classroom, therapy room, and worked as an administrator. I have worked in public and nonpublic schools. I currently specialize in alternative-augmentative communication for nonverbal students and in training staff to implement aac in their classrooms. I provide local and national workshops on augmentative communication and on teaching literacy skills to students with complex communication needs.
MY TEACHING STYLE
Working with students with significant special needs has taught me to do whatever works - which can be different for every student in the group. While I have a strong background in applied behavior analysis from working with kids with autism, I utilize a wide variety of strategies and styles!
HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT
I have had research papers published in peer review professional journals, and have presented at numerous national conferences.
MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
I have a B.A. in Psychology, M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology, M. Ed. in School Administration, and extensive graduate level classes in Special Education (enough for a whole other Master's degree - but why?).
ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
I have 2 (grown) children, 1 husband, and 1 cat. I spend as much spare time as I can in my art studio, creating unique jewelry and mixed media assemblage art dolls.
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