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Signs that a Child is a Gestalt Language Processor (and How to Help)
Signs that a Child is a Gestalt Language Processor (and How to Help) Did you know that there are two ways that children acquire language? Analytic Language Development: Child learns to speak one word at a time. When they have mastered single words, they eventually start combining 2+
How to Teach a Child Comparing and Contrasting Skills
Teaching "Comparing and Contrasting" Skills to Children What are "Comparing and Contrasting" Skills? For this skill, we will help children identify when things are the same or different. Then, we'll help them describe how two items are similar or different by comparing and contrasting aspects about those items.
How to Work on Social Skills in Mixed Speech Therapy Groups
How to Work on Social Skills in Mixed Speech Therapy Groups Do you have children who need to work on social skills mixed in with other students? Lauren DiBiase from At the Heart of Speech Therapy joined us live on October 23rd to share her 5 tips for
5 Inferencing Activities for Speech Therap
5 Inferencing Activities for Speech Therapy 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 can use
Perspective Taking Speech Therapy |Teaching Social Perspective Taking
Perspective Taking Speech Therapy Children with social language impairments can have a lot of trouble taking the perspective of others. This can cause trouble with social interactions and navigating daily interactions. Lauren DiBiase shares with us her 5 steps (plus a bonus step!) for improving perspective-taking in children.
How to Help a Child Regulate their Emotions: Speech Therapy Ideas
How to Help a Child Regulate their Emotions: Speech Therapy Ideas It's no secret that children feel a lot of big feelings. Our children with emotional regulation issues (such as those with autism, ADHD, anxiety, anger issues, etc.) may feel those feelings even more intensely than other children.
Social Stories for Speech Therapy: Examples and How to Use
Social Stories for Speech Therapy: Examples and How to Use Social stories are simple stories that explain to a child how something should be. These are a handy and versatile tool that we can use in speech/language therapy and also at home as parents. They can walk a
How to Teach Sarcasm to Children with Social Impairments
Speech-Language Pathologist Carrie Clark shows you the best resource for teaching children with social impairments how to understand and use sarcasm: Source: http://www.basicsabatherapy.com/BASICS-Blog.html?entry=teaching-sarcasm More Resources for Speech-Language Pathologists: Looking for more therapy ideas and resources to help you provide the BEST services to your clients?
Teaching Children to Repair Communication Breakdowns
How to Help a Child Repair Communication Breakdown "Communication Breakdown" is what we call it when something goes wrong in a conversation and there is a misunderstanding. Our communication can break down for a number of reasons but most of the time, we are able to clarify the
SOTB 10: A Controlling Child with Autism who Can’t Take Turns, Interview with Maureen Wilson
Today I am joined by speech-language pathologist Maureen Wilson from www.thespeechbubbleslp.com who helps me brainstorm ideas for a 5-year-old with autism who won't participate in anything unless he controls the whole thing. Links and Notes: The Speech Bubble SLP: www.thespeechbubbleslp.com Control The child needs that control Try social stories
Social Skills Group Therapy: Activities for Children/Teens
Social Skills Group Therapy: Activities for Children/Teens Many of our children with language delays also have trouble with social skills. This may be due to certain conditions that impair social skills, like autism, or it may just be because these children have trouble learning language and social interactions
Social Skills Videos: For Speech Therapy or Video Modeling
Social Skills Videos One of the best ways to teach social skills to children is through the use of videos. Children who are having trouble learning appropriate social skills benefit from being able to watch demonstrations of the skills being performed. In this article about video modeling, I explain why
Social Skills Activities for Middle Schoolers: Speech Therapy Goals and Ideas
Social Skills Activities for Middle Schoolers: Speech Therapy Goals and Ideas Many of our children with language delays also have trouble with social skills. This may be due to certain conditions that impair social skills, like autism, or it may just be because these children have trouble learning
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
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
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
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
Social Skills for Autistic Adolescents and Teens
Social Skills for Autistic Adolescents and Teens Today we're discussing how to teach conversation and social skills to older children who are struggling. This may include children with autism or other social impairments. Social Skill Therapy for Autistic Adolescent and Teens: Join the
Calming Strategies for Kids: Techniques to Teach to Children
Calming Strategies for Children: Techniques to Teach to Children It's no secret that children feel a lot of big feelings. Our children with emotional regulation issues (such as those with autism, ADHD, anxiety, anger issues, etc.) may feel those feelings even more intensely than other children. And they
