By: Sarah Guigneaux, MS, CCC-SLP, Publications Committee Member

Cafe TSHA is an initiative of the TSHA Publications Board. Levity Lounge is a walk on the lighter side. Tips for Tx offers clever hacks to up your therapy game. Tech Bytes covers new and noteworthy technology finds. Student Swap provides student-focused ideas and inspiration. Wellness Corner emphasizes self-care for service providers. We encourage you to submit your ideas to publications@txsha.org for consideration for publication in future issues. 

Tips for Tx

Have you heard of the Simple View of Reading (SVR)? Reading Rocket’s Linda Farrell, Michael Hunter, Marcia Davidson, and Tina Osenga explain Hover and Gough’s (1990) SVR study and the importance of decoding and language comprehension to developing successful reading with reading comprehension. Our young students are depending on us to provide interventions that will support the development of oral and written language.

Tech Bytes

Are you familiar with Storyline Online? Storyline by the SAG AFTRA Foundation is a resource where celebrities read many well-known books to children to encourage a love of reading. It is a phenomenal resource for finding texts that you can use in your literacy-based interventions.

Student Swap

As a new school year begins, it is always important to reflect on what we have learned and how we can grow. Shannon Werbeckes with Speechy Musings wrote an article a while back about the lessons learned in the first semester of graduate school, which can provide some essential reminders.

Wellness Corner

Speech-language pathologists and audiologists work so hard to care for our patients each day. Do you have a healthy wind-down routine to make sure you are taking care of yourself too? DocWireNews shares some ways to help us remember how to make self-care a priority.

Levity Lounge

“It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.” —Mark Twain

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” —Douglas Adams