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Middle School Speech Therapy Activities
Middle School Speech Therapy Activities Are you a speech-language professional or parent of a middle schooler with speech/language problems? If so, you've come to the right place! Check out my fantastic speech therapy resources for children in middle school. Join the Hub to Access
Free Speech Therapy Activities | PDFs, Games, & Materials
Free Speech Therapy Activities for Speech-Language Pathologists, Educators, and Caregivers: Looking for some free speech therapy activities to help you teach speech and language skills to children? Enter you info in the box and we'll email you the password to the free materials library with more than 90
Resources for Educators
Speech/Language Resources for Educators (Teachers, Special Educators, Therapists, Paras, etc.) Welcome to our speech/language resource page for educators! I don't know what your experience has been lately but it seems to me like more and more children are falling behind than ever before. Some of those children will
Resources for Caregivers
Speech/Language Resources for Caregivers (Parents, Grandparents, Nannies, etc.) Welcome to our speech/language resource page for caregivers! As a mom, I can say for certain that being a full-time caregiver of tiny humans is the hardest job I have ever done (including being a speech-language pathologist!). Helping a child
Resources for Speech Language Professionals (SLPs, SLPAs, SaLTs, etc.)
Resources for Speech-Language Professionals (SLPs, SLPAs, SaLTs, etc.) Welcome to our resource page for speech-language professionals! We are the speech-language pathologists, speech and language therapists, speech-language pathology aides, and other professionals who are working day after day to help children all over the world communicate effectively with those
Speech Therapy for Autism | Goals and Strategies
What is Autism? According to Autism Speaks, the term "autism" or "autism spectrum disorder (ASD), refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. In order to be diagnosed with autism, a child must have each of
SOTB2: Non-Verbal Speech Therapy with Guest Host Lauren Laur
Welcome to the second episode of Speech Therapy: Storm of the Brains! I'm your host, Carrie Clark and today I will be brainstorming therapy ideas for a non-verbal child who makes sounds but doesn't have any real words. Today I'm joined by my guest host, Lauren Laur from the Expressly Speaking Teachers Pay
Perspective Taking Activities for Kids | Examples and Lessons
What is Perspective Taking? A child's inability to understand a situation from another person's point of view is called "perspective taking". Perspective taking allows us to feel what it would be like to be in the other person's shoes during a situation. It requires you to put
Establishing Joint Attention: Therapy for Children Who Aren’t Tuned In
Establishing and Improving Joint Attention in Children Join the Hub to Access (Free Trial) Johnny doesn’t pay attention to other people. He doesn’t notice the other children that play around him and when an adult tries to get his attention,
Echolalia: What is Echolalia and How Can We Help?
What is Echolalia? Echolalia Meaning: Echolalia is the term used to describe when a child repeats or imitates what someone else has said. Echolalia Examples: Immediate Echolalia: Sometimes a child repeats your question instead of answering it. If you say, “Do you want a
Selective Mutism Speech Therapy and Treatment for Children
Selective Mutism Speech Therapy and Treatment for Children Selective mutism is a complex anxiety disorder that is characterized by a child’s consistent failure to speak in specific social situations in which there is an expectation for speaking (e.g., at school), despite speaking in other situations (e.g., at home).
Early Intervention Speech Therapy Activities
Early Intervention Speech Therapy Activities Early intervention is what we call therapy services delivered from birth-5 years of age. These are the years before kids enter Kindergarten and the public schools. These years are critical for communication development so if a child has communication difficulties, it is crucial
Making Inferences For Speech Therapy
How to Help Children Learn to Make Inferences An inference is when you use clues present (in text or in real life) along with your background knowledge to make a guess about something that's not explicitly known. For example, if you see an "out of order" sign, you
Using Video Modeling For Kids With Autism
What is Video Modeling? Video modeling is a fun instructional technique where the child watches a video of himself or herself doing a desired behavior or skill. For example, let’s say Johnny always throws a fit on the way from the bus to his classroom at the beginning of
Idiom, Figurative Language Speech Therapy Activities
How to Teach Idioms and Figurative Language to Kids and Teens Have you been bending over backwards trying to teach your students idioms? Are they left high and dry when idioms are used in their classrooms? Well I’m going to take the bull by the horns and knock your
How to Help your Child with Teasing
“You’re kid sounds funny” “He’s so weird” “What’s wrong with that kid?” “Why is he doing that?” “Is she dumb or something?” Sticks and stones may break bones but words can be just as painful if you are the parent of a child with special needs. Those insults may
The Magic Formula to Teach a Child Any New Skill (By Fading Supports)
The inspiration for this post came to me while I was laying in my 10-month-old’s crib with him. Yeah, I’m that mom. But let me explain! My sweet baby boy was an excellent sleeper until he hit the 6-month mark. Then, suddenly we went from one night waking to
Functional Communication: Goals and Speech Therapy Ideas
What is Functional Communication? Functional communication refers to the most basic of communication skills. This type of communication gets one's basic wants and needs known, such as "I want that", "I am hurt", or "I need to use the bathroom". These are not complex
Social Skills Therapy for Kids: How to Teach Social Communication Skills
Social Skills Therapy: How to Teach Social Communication Skills to Children Some children struggle with the social skills necessary to make and keep friends. It can be tricky to figure out exactly why the child is struggling so this may take some observations and lots of self-reflection on
PECS for Autism | Speech Therapy Phases and Strategies
What are PECS? PECS stands for Picture Exchange Communication System. PECS is a systematic way to teach a child how to communicate with someone else by handing them a picture of what they want. This program was originally designed for children with autism but can be used
