Narrative graphic organizers are a simple tool that can unlock stronger storytelling, richer language samples, and better generalization across therapy sessions. In this episode, I’m sharing four practical ways to use a narrative graphic organizer with students across grade levels—whether you’re targeting personal narratives, story retells, or literacy-based therapy goals. These strategies are easy to implement, highly flexible, and designed to reduce overwhelm while supporting clear narrative structure.In this episode, you’ll learn how to:Use graphic organizers to scaffold personal narrativesBuild pre-story knowledge before reading a book or articleSupport accurate and meaningful story retellsCreate parallel stories to promote generalizationIf you want to see these strategies in action and grab free graphic organizers, check out my on-demand SLP Summit course for a deeper dive.

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