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This is an invaluable caseload management spreadsheet. It takes a little bit of time to get set up, but is well worth it in the end. There are columns for the student's name, DOB, School, Grade, Teacher, STN, Eligibility Category (LI, SI, Etc), Therapy minutes, Therapy sessions (such as 3/month or 7/rep pd), previous AR meeting date and Next AR meeting date. The spreadsheet automatically calculates the next AR date to one year after the previous AR date. Also there is a column for parent con

I get a lot of requests for referrals throughout the year and it is important to stay on top of them due to the deadlines placed upon us by federal and state law. Some are formal requests that require a strict timeline, and others are not, but I like to keep them all organized with one document such as this "Referral Requests". This is an excel document that works as an ongoing list of the student's referred. As the student works their way through the referral process you work your way form l

I use this every year to schedule my kiddos. The schedule has 5 minute increments, which makes flexible scheduling a breeze. I am at 8 different schools so I also block off driving time, lunch time and prep time, which helps me track my caseload versus workload hours hours when filling out mileage and time sheets later. You can either print out the schedule (just choose the fit to 1 page option) if your a pencil and paper kind of gal, or type in your student's names in the time slot. I perso

Simple chart in SPANISH AND ENGLISH for tracking behavior during "speech time". In my groups, the kids encourage each other to behave so that they all get a sticker at the end. Very motivational.

Communication is so much more than words!! I created this sheet for those kids with difficulty identifying whether their actions are socially appropriate. This has become a go to for teachers. It is an easy way to facilitate a quick discussing between student and teacher at the end of class, and by keeping the "expected behaviors " concrete, the student can begin to identify their own actions. Over time the student can rate themselves. Expected behaviors on the rating form can be modified or