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Speech Therapy Materials List | Speech and Language Therapy for Kids
Speech Therapy Materials List | Speech and Language Therapy for Kids What speech therapy materials do I need to work with kids? What are the must-have therapy materials for speech and language? On this page, we'll share our speech therapy material lists with the must-have resources for speech-language pathologists who work
Waiting Cards: Language-Boosting Alternatives for Screen Time
You’re driving in the car and your kid is growing antsy. Quickest solution: Hand him your smart phone! You’re waiting for your food a restaurant and the little ones are throwing the sugar packets at each other. Easiest solution: Turn on some cartoons on the tablet! It’s a rainy
Ultimate Guide to Teaching Written Narratives by Grade Level
Breaking Down the Common Core Standards for Working on Written Narratives The common core standards are the set of curriculum guidelines that the department of education has set forth as a method of making sure that all students are taught the skills needed to be successful in college or
Echolalia: What is Echolalia and How Can We Help?
Echolalia: When Children Repeat what you Say (Speech Therapy Ideas) What if a child repeats questions instead of answering? What if they quote lines from a show or movie? What if they repeat things that they have heard others say? Well, this is called "echolalia" and it's how
Weak Syllable Deletion: Speech Therapy for Syllable Reduction
Weak Syllable Deletion: How to Treat Syllable Reduction in Children "Umbrella" becomes "brella" "Butterfly" becomes "buffly" It's common for young children to simplify long words by dropping out the weakest syllable. But if a child is still doing this after 4 years of age, speech therapy exercises can
Early Intervention Speech Therapy Activities
Early Intervention Speech Therapy Activities How can we help little ones (birth - 3 years) learn to speak? How can we improve their social interaction skills and their ability to communicate their basic wants and needs? And how can we help reduce frustration for child AND parents?
Inferencing | Speech Therapy Goals and Activities
Inferencing | Speech Therapy Goals and Activities How can we teach inferencing in speech therapy? What goals should we write for inferencing? 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
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
Figurative Language Examples and Speech Therapy Activities
Figurative Language Examples and Speech Therapy Activities Have you been bending over backwards trying to teach your students figurative language? 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 socks off with
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
Final Consonant Deletion | Activities, Words, and Goals
Final Consonant Deletion | Activities, Words, and Goals Final consonant deletion is a phonological process (pattern of speech errors) where a child drops off the ending consonants of all words. Final Consonant Deletion Examples: “dog” becomes “dah” “cat” becomes “ca” And “Please Mom, can I eat some eggs and
How to Teach a Child to Form Narratives
Summary: Explicitly teach narrative structure to children: Introduction: settings and characters Details/Body: Use first, next, then, and last to describe the details in order. Â Make sure the problem is presented in this section. Â The solution can go in here as well or in the next section. Conclusion: The
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
Parent Rights in the IEP Process with Lara Wakefield
In episode 26 of the Speech and Language Kids Podcast, Carrie Clark interviews speech-language pathologist Lara Wakefield, PhD, CCC-SLP about the parent rights in the IEP process. Â Lara discusses what rights you have as a parent of a child with a special need or disability. Who is Lara
Phonological Awareness Hierarchy, Skills, and Goals
Phonological Awareness Hierarchy and Speech Therapy Goals Rhyming, alliteration, syllabification, blending, etc. These phonological awareness skills are crucial to literacy and reading success. This page will give you the hierarchy of phonological awareness skills and the order in which to teach them. Plus, we'll show you how to
Generalization for Speech Therapy | Help Clients Self-Monitor and Carry-Over Skills
Generalization for Speech Therapy | Help Clients Self-Monitor and Carry-Over Skills "They can do it in speech therapy, but they're not carrying it over to the classroom!" How many times have you said this? Carry-over and generalization skills are sometimes the hardest to teach because the client CAN do
Present Progressive “-ing” | Speech Therapy Activities for Progressive Verbs
Present Progressive "-ing" | Speech Therapy Activities for Progressive Verbs She is jumping. He is running. How can we teach children to use the present progressive "-ing" verb tense? On this page, we'll give you a simple, step-by-step process for teaching present progressive "-ing" verbs to children. We'll
How to Make Speech Therapy More Fun (At Home or in Therapy)
“If you’re bored, then the child is probably bored.” I once received that advice from a professor in college regarding our speech therapy sessions. And she was right. If I was feeling bored by a session, most likely the child was also bored and probably not doing his or
/f/ Sound Speech Therapy: Activities for teaching “f”
/f/ Sound Speech Therapy: Activities and Treatment Suggestions By the age of 4 years, a child should be saying the /f/ sound correctly in conversation. But what if they're not? Never fear, speech therapy is here! On this page, we'll show you how to help a child say
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
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