How to Teach your Students to Summarize

Summarizing information can be a tricky task for many of our speech therapy students. In today’s episode, I talk about an article that gives a step-by-step approach for working on the skill of summarizing. I discuss the steps included in the article, so you can try this method out in your speech therapy sessions. If you’d like to read the article yourself, I’ve linked to it below.

Links and Resources

The Effects of Teaching a Summary Skills Strategy to Students Identified as Learning Disabled on Their Comprehension of Science Text

References from Today’s Podcast

Nelson, J. R., Smith, D. J., & Dodd, J. M. (1992, August). The Effects of Teaching a Summary Skills Strategy to Students Identified as Learning Disabled on Their Comprehension of Science Text. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/42899268?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jessica Cassity, M.S., CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist in Florida. She is the founder of Digital SLP, which specializes in online speech therapy materials for busy SLPs. She also blogs and hosts a podcast, both of which can be found on The Digital SLP. In her spare time she enjoys yoga, cooking, the outdoors, and spending time with her children.