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Halloween Speech Therapy Activities
Halloween Activities for Speech and Language Halloween is almost here and children everywhere are getting excited about costumes and candy! Now is a great time to use the excitement of Halloween to get kids excited about working on speech and language skills. Here are some Halloween activities that will
Vocabulary Activities for Speech Therapy | Pre-Made Lessons
Vocabulary Activities for Speech Therapy | Pre-Made Lessons A strong vocabulary is essential for effective communication, reading comprehension, and academic success. We can help children and teens boost their vocabulary skills through speech therapy activities and lessons. On this page, we'll show you how to boost
Functional Communication: Goals and Speech Therapy Ideas
Functional Communication: Goals and Speech Therapy Ideas The term "functional communication" refers to a person's ability to communicate their basic wants and needs. Children who aren't speaking yet or who don't speak much can benefit from speech therapy targeting functional communication. This page explains how to work
Literacy Resource Page
What is Literacy? Literacy refers to any reading or writing skills. Children with speech and language delays often have difficulty with literacy skills as well. Children who have difficulty pronouncing or understanding certain speech sounds may have difficulty with reading and writing those sounds as well. This can
Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) | Meaning, Norms, and Goals
Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) | Meaning, Norms, and Goals for Increasing Sentence Length As children get older, we expect them to be able to speak in increasingly longer and more complex sentences. But some children struggle to using longer sentences as would be expected for their age.
Speech and Language in Daily Routines
Working Speech and Language Into Daily Routines Many of the parents I work with tell me that they don't feel like they have enough time to work on speech and language skills with their child as much as they know they should. This is a very common problem for busy
Themed Activities for Speech and Language
What is a Themed Activity? This refers to groups of activities that are based around a common theme. For example, you may have activities that are all about sports or winter. Themed activities can be great for working on speech and language skills. Here are some benefits of using
Speech and Language Crafts
Why Use Crafts for Speech and Language Development? Craft activities are great for improving a child's speech and language skills! Not only are they fun to do, but they also work on a variety of speech and language skills without even trying to. Plus, children will have a physical
Grammar Resource Page
What is Grammar? When we talk about helping children who have speech and language delays with grammar, we are talking about all of those little words and word parts that help us make complete sentences. Without grammar, our sentences would sound choppy or telegraphic. For example, instead of saying
Receptive Language Delay: Speech Therapy and Activities
Receptive Language Delay: Speech Therapy and Activities What is Receptive Language Delay? Receptive language delay is a broad diagnosis that simply means that a child has trouble understanding language. This covers a wide variety of language skills and the child may have trouble with all of those skill,
Questions Resource Page
Asking and Answering Questions Children with speech and language delays often have difficulty asking and answering questions appropriately. This is a difficult skill as it requires the child to understand what is being asked, process the question, form an answer, and speak that answer. Or, if the child is
Expressive Language Delay | Pre-Made Activities and Treatment Suggestions
Expressive Language Delay | Pre-Made Activities and Treatment Suggestions Expressive language delay (also called "expressive speech delay") simply means that a child is struggling to express themselves. They may be delayed in their communication skills. Or they may be struggling to pick up various language concepts like vocabulary, syntax,
Tips for Late Talkers: How to Help at Home or in Speech Therapy
Tips for Late Talkers: How to Help at Home or in Speech Therapy According to the Hanen Centre Website, a late talker is defined as a child that is 18-30 months of age who seems to understand language well but does not talk or say words as much
PECS for Autism | Speech Therapy Phases and Strategies
PECS For Autism | Using Pictures to Help Children Communicate The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a way for non-speaking children to let you know what they need by handing you a picture. While children can use pictures to communicate in a variety of ways, the PECS
Communication Boards for Autism and Other Speech Delays
Communication Boards for Autism and Other Speech Delays A communication board is a set of pictures that a child can use to point to what they want/need. Children and teens with autism or other speech delays can use communication boards to get their basic wants and needs met and
AAC Resources for Parents and SLPs
AAC Resources for Parents and SLPs When a child or teen is struggling to speak, we can use augmentative/alternative communication (AAC) to help them communicate with others. AAC can incorporate sign language, electronic communication devices, picture boards, and more! This page contains AAC resources for parents and
AAC Devices for Autism | Are Communication Devices Helpful?
AAC Devices for Autism Augmentative-Alternative Communication (AAC) devices can help children with autism communicate when they struggle to speak. These devices can reduce frustration and improve quality of life for autistic children and their families. This page explains how AAC devices can help autistic children and teens
7 Easy Things You Can Do Today to Help Your Child’s Speech and Language Skills
The podcast is back! After a much needed break to take care of my beautiful new baby boy, I am back and ready to get this podcast rolling again! This episode will give you 7 easy things you can do today to help your child's speech and language skills.
Screen Time and Speech/Language Delays
Hang in there, we're going to talk about screen time... Oh man do I hate this subject! Not so much as a speech-language pathologist but as a mom. Actually...as a mom of children during a pandemic. This is NOT an easy subject to write about but I know it's
Asking Questions Speech Therapy: How to Teach a Child to Ask Questions with Correct Word Order
Asking Questions Speech Therapy: How to Teach a Child to Ask Questions with Correct Word Order For many children with language delays, asking questions appropriately can be very confusing to figure out. As adults, we change the word order of a sentence when asking questions. For example, instead of
