As an SLP, our job is to focus on the language underpinnings: phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. That's what we do best, and it’s how we help our students build the skills and strategies that they need to be successful beyond the classroom. Literacy-based therapy offers a great framework to support the development of language underpinnings, and at SLP Now, we like to talk about one that was developed by Dr. Ukrainetz. Her framework for literacy-based therapy includes five steps: pre-story knowledge activation, reading the book, post-story comprehension, focused skill activities, and creating a parallel story. Using this framework, you can target almost any goal — but it’s really important to be strategic when you’re selecting a text, especially if you want to create a whole month of therapy plans using just one book! That’s why today’s episode is about how to choose the right book for literacy-based therapy. In the episode, Marisha talks about: Criteria to select texts that can be used in a functional and therapeutic wayThe best length of book to useWhat happened when she didn’t follow these criteriaTargeting multiple goals with one bookWhen to use an expository text versus narrative structureWhat to do if the text you’ve selected doesn’t have appropriate targetsAligning texts with the curriculum SHOW NOTES Full show notes at slpnow.com/174