A Bowker, SLP

Speech-language pathologist specializing in AAC and play development.
Language is not a behavior.

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

WHICH IS WHY YOU HAVE TO MODEL WITHOUT EXPECTATION IN ALL CONTEXTS BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE 84 YEARS OF THERAPY TO GET THE SAME LANGUAGE INPUT THAT SPEAKING CHILDREN GET IN THEIR 1st 18 MONTHS AND DISCRETE TRIALS FOSTER PROMPT DEPENDENCE BECAUSE LANGUAGE IS NOT A BEHAVIOR

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

I once had a student on a field trip repeat asking “How long until we get there?”
My answer was “We’re getting on a highway. We’ll go about seven exits. When you see us on streets with traffic lights again, we’ll be almost there.”
THAT was the answer he needed, not “a half hour.”

[Death by Mage @DeathByMage]

And if you can't provide that info I end up using the wrong mode and get irritable and unpleasant for the remainder of the time.

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

This is why I love working with occupational therapists.

[Nicole Filippone, Autistic Advocate & Author @sensorystories_]

I wish more people knew about sensory anxiety (a thread)

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

I cannot make lesson plans. I was graded in college on my lesson plans, but how am I supposed to know what a client is going to do in the future?
Contrary to my instructors, at work I am consistently complimented on my ability to work on goals by making up the lesson on the fly.

[Jessica McCabe @HowtoADHD]

Where did you first get the idea that the only acceptable version of yourself is one that involves essentially…not having #ADHD?

I’ll go first

The lost and found box walk of shame

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

I need to share this with my students: Hey, this award-nominated head writer can’t spell, either. You can be a successful writer, too.

[Beau DeMayo @BeauDemayo]

Spelling was never my strong suit

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

Speech-language pathology mentioned

[It’s Levels To Thissss @FlawsofCouture]

So after y’all took this tweet to the moon and beyond…something told me to get back to the drawing board— my FACEBOOK and try again. & after hours of digging…. I thought I found her last night. She responded this morning. 🥹😭🙏🏾 And you wouldn’t believe what her career is…

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

I didn’t realize it had gotten this bad already.

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

Trying to drag my students across the finish line at the end of the year I’ve come to a conclusion: kids aren’t learning shit because school is too hard, not because it’s “dumbed down.” We need to make school developmentally appropriate, not pile on more.

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

My thoughts on this exceed the tweet character limit.

[moiety @moiety_actual]

Let me tell you how excited healthcare IT folks are going to be about a default “☑️ Violate HIPAA” option

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

I refer to this as “giving a mouse a cookie” with my students.

[doomer @uncledoomer]

you need to be turning your autistic son into an unstoppable killing machine by first maxxing out his agility stat

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

“The Oceanic was a better ship than the Titanic anyway.”
“Oh, it’s on, bitch.”

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

Breaking up these arguments is one of my major job duties.
Who the hell thought it was a good idea to put that many autistic kids in the same place and lock them—along with all of their opinions—in together?

[🌻Hermit El'Johnson🌻 @TheHermitDruid]

It is astounding the way I never really thought I had that strong opinions on a matter until someone says something I vehemently disagree with.

VIVALDI FUCKING CLEARS WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?
DEBUSSY?
IM GONNA SHOVE MY FIST IN YOUR GOD DAMN DEBUS…
*gets dragged off*

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

Dav Pilkey is so damned good it’s mind-boggling.

[Miles John @GabaghoulComics]

This whole thread is insane when you consider that in canon this is being written by George and Harold

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

Ohhh, developmental experts aren’t in charge of things in schools at all.

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

They rescheduled a teacher workshop day to tomorrow so the kids would go home early and be out of school when totality happens.

[beforedawn @beforedawnfan]

@isreallytwodogs

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

@ADHDForReal Me, leaving work when I have a 3pm appointment.

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

I know social media tries to engage us by showing us stuff to make us angry, but could the world stop accommodating the algorithm by doing so many enraging things?

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Parents offered class photo with no 'complex needs' pupils https://t.co/Y1GkxWIyxi

[A Bowker, SLP @ABowkerSLP]

speech-language adjacent project: Price out making some acoustic absorbing panels for the classrooms.
Idea: get some stretched canvas, get the kids to decorate them with paint, then line the backs with foam or baffling and hang on the walls.