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Excel Speech Therapy

Rated 4.06 out of 5, based on 18 reviews

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PEORIA, Arizona, United States

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Melissa Poghossian, M.A., CCC-SLP is the Lead Speech Therapist at Theracare Pediatrics, a pediatric speech language pathologist supervisor and evaluator throughout Maricopa County, AZ. Her primary strengths involve evaluating/treating those with a variety of communication disorders, working closely with families, collaborating with other professionals and supervising speech language pathologists who are new to the field. A Speech-Language Pathologist for the last 20 years, with primary strengths involving comprehensive evaluation of those with a variety of communication disorders. An excellent collaborator and very knowledgeable regarding the many facets of this diverse field. https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissapoghossian/

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*HIGH SCHOOL & YOUNG ADULT FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE SCREEN - LIFE SKILLS

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Excel Speech Therapy

New product that has been being developed for a few years based on a need I've noticed with middle & high school students who are in higher level life skills classes who need help in processing the language involved in: maintaining a personal scheduletelling timeinterpreting a procedurereplying appropriately during social situationsproblem identificationsolving a problemFor example, students often have trouble telling time not because they don't know the numbers, but because they don't understan

6th - 12th, Adult Education

Social Emotional Learning

6th-12th GRADE LANGUAGE SCREENING & REPORT FOR STUDENTS IN GEN ED, SLD, SLI

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Excel Speech Therapy

One page language screener for students age 12-18. Best suited for collecting baseline data for students who are currently receiving services as a student with SLD/SLI services or to screen newly referred students who are currently participating in a general education setting. Includes: explaining figurative languageantonymsidiomscomparing/contrasting itemsdefining multiple meaning wordslistening comprehensionsynonymsEasy to use one page report template included to detail results for families/t

6th - 12th

English Language Arts

ULTIMATE CASELOAD ORGANIZER - Edit & Sort Excel Spreadsheet

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Excel Speech Therapy

Sort caseload by last name, first name, eligibility, grade, teacher, IEP due date, Testing due date all with the click of a button! Do you ever need to access student information, but can recall only the first name of a child on your caseload? Do you ever get a call from your director asking how many active students are on your caseload at one school or another? Are you ever trying to plan how many IEPs you have due next month or trying to create a therapy schedule to include children from one

PreK - 12th

School Psychology

3 Sample Speech-Lang Eval Reports - Clients w/Cleft Palate (1 Adult; 2 Ch.)

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Excel Speech Therapy

Three different sample evaluation reports for those with primary diagnosis of cleft palate, one adult, one older school age child and one younger age child. All include formal testing results, sample goals and address all areas of communication. Some include extension goal suggestions and home programs, as appropriate. All in word format and gender neutral. Highlighted portions need to be clarified and client name can be easily replaced. This is NOT a good purchase if you are using it as a

1st - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

LETTERS OF MEDICAL NECESSITY - 2 Sample Letters Increase Service Artic/Lang

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Excel Speech Therapy

Samples of four different letters of medical necessity to request: -increase in therapy time (2) Everything you need to have in a letter of medical necessity to request a change in current service. Save template as a sample and then change the highlighted portions to meet the needs of the specific client. Can be used again and again.

PreK - 12th, Higher Education

3 Speech-Language Evaluation Reports for Clients who are Medically Fragile

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Excel Speech Therapy

This resource includes three different comprehensive communication evaluation report sample templates. One for a client with a significant cognitive and visual impairments, one for a client with significant cognitive and motor impairments and one for a client with Cri du Chat syndrome. All reports contain at least four recommended goals, summaries and evaluation results based on formal or informal assessment. Change highlighted portions for specific client needs and find/replace name easily a

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4-8th GRADE LANGUAGE SCREEN & REPORT STUDENTS WITH LOW LANGUAGE

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Excel Speech Therapy

One page articulation/language screener for students in grades 4-10 who need to address language skills. This would be good to use with late elementary and middle school students who are in the general education setting and newly referred, or to gather benchmark data for students with severe language impairments (and possibly associated significant learning disabilities). Can be used for early high school students in a high functioning life skills program. Includes assessment of concrete acad

4th - 8th

Spanish/English Dialectical Phoneme Chart for Speech Therapists

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Excel Speech Therapy

Two sided chart to use in meetings with families and teachers to explain typical dialectical differences versus articulation errors when disclosing articulation screening/observation/testing results. All typcial dialectical differences for Spanish/English speakers listed and would not be counted as errors when scoring any assessment. Reproduce an unlimited number of times to have a visual to access when explaining specific dialectical differences versus articulation error to others.

PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

School Psychology

LETTERS OF MEDICAL NECESSITY - 4 Sample Letters

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Excel Speech Therapy

Samples of four different letters of medical necessity to request: -repair of AAC Device -increase in therapy time (2) -change from group to individual therapy Everything you need to have in a letter of medical necessity to request a change in current service. Save template as a sample and then change the highlighted portions to meet the needs of the specific client. Can be used again and again.

PreK - 12th

PRIMARY GRADE SCREENING (1st, 2nd, 3rd) & REPORT FOR ARTIC/LANGUAGE*

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Excel Speech Therapy

One page articulation/language screener for students age 5-7. Includes listening comprehensionanswering questionsvocabularyarticulation. Easy to use one page report template included to detail results for families/teachers also included. I have been using this for years and it takes about 15 minutes to screen a student and draft the summary report with this template. Thank you for rating this if you like it or for contacting me directly if you have any questions!

K - 4th

English Language Arts

KINDER SCREENING & REPORT TEMPLATE FOR ARTIC & LANGUAGE

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Excel Speech Therapy

Single page articulation/language screener protocol and picture template for kindergarten age students includes: Answering “wh” questions regarding personal experience Demonstrating comprehension of early developing concepts, i.e. tall/short, some/more, big/little, hot/cold, all/none Answering “who”, “what” and “where” comprehension questions after a short passage has been read Sentence repetition including grammatical elements such as plurals, present progressive verbs and pronouns Articulatio

PreK - 1st

English Language Arts

SOAP Note Master for Boy/Girl

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Excel Speech Therapy

SOAP note templates, one for a boy and one for a girl. Once a master note is completed for a client, it can be used over and over after each session simply by updating objective performance for that specific session by updating highlighted portions on template.

PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

SPEECH/LANGUAGE EVALUATION REPORTS - 11 TEMPLATES

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Excel Speech Therapy

11 Speech and Language evaluation report templates for preschool age children based on chronological age and standardized testing score. See Table of Contents Thumbnail to see how reports are organized by chronological age and standardized test score. Easily able to match results with a child on your caseload who performed similarly. Comprehensive report and Recommended goals included as well as suggestions for home practice strategies. All examples in word format for easy cut/paste/editing

PreK

Quarterly Progress Report for Speech Therapy, OT or PT

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Excel Speech Therapy

Quarterly progress report template that can be used again and again. Contains all elements that need to be addressed to update insurance companies and client families about specific progress including brief background information, progress on functional outcomes, strategies/activities used to address goals, recommended frequency of service, home program and need for any special equipment. Download once and use again and again.

PreK - 12th, Adult Education, Higher Education

Temporal Concept Worksheet - Higher Level - Speech Therapy - Teletherapy

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Excel Speech Therapy

Help provide practice and support with higher level temporal concept development for high school students and/or young adults who need to gain functional language skills. Administer the pre-test and then use the following worksheet to address the same concepts using different times. Works best in plastic covering or laminated for use with a dry erase marker.

6th - 12th, Higher Education

Math

Arthur's Christmas Activity for ELA or Speech Therapy

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Excel Speech Therapy

I initially developed this product to use in small group speech therapy sessions to address story comprehension, synonyms, antonyms and sentence formulation skills with irregular past tense verbs after reading the story by Marc Brown, Arthur's Christmas. It works best with students in grades K-8 and can be a fun 30-45 minute activity to do during the holiday week instead of playing a game.

K - 8th

English Language Arts

Arthur's Thanksgiving Activity for ELA or Speech Therapy

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Excel Speech Therapy

I initially developed this product to use in small group speech therapy sessions to address story comprehension, critical attribute, articulation and sentence formulation skills after reading the story by Marc Brown, Arthur's Thanksgiving. It works best with students in grades K-8 and can be a fun 30 minute activity to do during the holiday week instead of playing a game.

1st - 8th

English Language Arts

Arthur's Valentine Activity for Speech therapy or ELA

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Excel Speech Therapy

I initially developed this product to use in small group speech therapy sessions to address story comprehension, antonyms and student identification of target phonemes to reinforce articulation development after reading the story by Marc Brown, Arthur's Valentine. It works best with students in grades K-8 and can be a fun 30-45 minute activity to do during the holiday week instead of playing a game.

K - 8th

English Language Arts

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About the store

Experience

Teaching style

Having worked in hospitals, acute rehabilitation facilities, provided home based services and worked in schools throughout her career. She has supervised two American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Clinical Fellows and mentored six State Licensed Speech Language Pathology Assistants (SPLA). Very aware of the state and federal guidelines associated with the rights of those with disabilities. Also enjoys collaborating with families and other professionals to ensure the best possible overall programming. She has owned and directed her own practice in Ohio and Arizona. She enjoys working with children and young adults.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Awards/Presentations/Distinctions: STEPS: Serving The Exceptional Student Population Services, Inc. July 2016 Presenter: Educationally Based Speech and Language Services Leader on the Prowl Award Recipient: Copper King Elementary March 2016 Pendergast Elementary School District Special Board Meeting January 2016 - Presenter: Featuring PALS Inclusion and Supports

My own education history

University of Cincinnati, 1998 M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology Thesis: Teachers’ Responses to a Survey Regarding Interactions with Children Who Stutter in the Classroom • Speech-Language Pathology Transition Grant Recipient • University Graduate School Scholarship Recipient • Presenter at the Ohio Speech Language Hearing Convention Indiana State University, 1996 B.A. in Communication Disorders • Cum laude • Graduate of the University Honors Program

Additional biographical information

In Melissa's free time she loves to spend time with her 15 year old daughter and nephews. Melissa grew up in the northeast with her parents, younger brother and sister and remains is very close to all of them. An avid sports fan who enjoys watching all New England teams play. She loves to travel, primarily to visit friends and family.