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AAC Devices for Autism | Are Communication Devices Helpful?

AAC Devices for Autism AAC Devices for autism were designed with one thing in mind: giving a voice to children who can't speak. Speaking is how we as adults communicate with those around us.  It allows us to interact with other people and influence the world around

Lateral Lisp Exercises for Speech Therapy

What is a Lateral Lisp? A lateral lisp, also called a lateral /s/ or palatal lisp, can be a very tricky thing to treat.  With a lateral lisp, air is forced over the sides of the tongue for sounds like /s/, /z/, and “sh” instead

Why Questions for Kids | Activities for Speech Therapy or Class

Why Questions for Kids: Speech Therapy for Teaching Children to Answer "Why" Questions Why questions for kids can be very useful. Being able to answer a “why” question can help a child answer questions in class that show knowledge and understanding of information, help him make sense

“What” Questions for Kids | Speech Therapy Activities and Ideas

"What" Questions for Kids: Children with language delays often have difficulty answering questions.  When teaching a child to answer questions, it is helpful to teach one question form at a time.  This page is all about teaching "what"questions in speech therapy.  We will break this skill down

How to Teach Articles: Speech Therapy for “a”, “the”, “some”

How to Teach Articles: Speech Therapy for "a", "the", "some" Children with language delays often leave out articles like “a”, “the”, and “some”. This can make their speech choppy and hard to follow. Your child should be using articles by 4 years of age. Some children start using

CV, VC, CVC, and CVCV Words | Free Flashcards (Real Photos!)

How and Why to Use CV, VC, CVC, and CVCV Words in Speech Therapy: When working with a child who is not able to speak long words, we can begin improving their speech by teaching them to produce sounds in CV, VC, CVC, and CVCV words.  These are

When Questions Speech Therapy | Games & Question Lists

Download the Free When Questions Speech Therapy Game Join the Hub to Access (Free Trial) When Questions Speech Therapy Children with language delays often have difficulty answering questions.  When teaching a child to answer questions, it is helpful to

AAC Apps | Best AAC Apps for Children

What are AAC Apps? AAC apps are augmentative/alternative communication programs that allow a person to communicate with those around them without speaking.  There are many different types of AAC but the most common are high-tech AAC Devices that allow a person to push a button to

How to Teach Irregular Plural Nouns

How to Help a Child Use Irregular Plural Nouns Most of the time in the English language, when we want to say that there is more than one of something, we just add an –s to the end of the word. Easy enough. However, there are quite a

Child/Baby not Responding To Name: How Can We Help?

Child/Baby not Responding to Name: Many parents worry when their baby or toddler is not responding to his name.  A child may be ignoring you when you call his name for a variety of reasons.  Sometimes, it is just because the child isn't tuned

Stimming and Hand Flapping when Excited – How to Help

Buy Now Stimming and Hand Flapping When Excited - What is it? Is it a problem if a child is stimming and hand flapping when excited?  Sometimes, children will flap their hands or engaging in self-stimulatory behaviors (also called “stimming”)

How to Teach Possessive ‘s and Possessive Pronouns

How to Teach Possessive 's and Possessive Pronouns to Children: The possessive 's is what we add to a noun to indicate possession.  We can use it to say "Sally's ball", "Mommy's cup" or "the school's mascot".  We can also indicate possession by using possessive pronouns like "his",

How Do You Teach Past Tense Verbs to Kids?

Many children with language delays have difficulty using the past tense of verbs. If they want to talk about something that already happened, they will use the present tense or may mis-form the word to create regular/simple past tense or irregular past tense. This can make

Plurals Speech Therapy: How to Teach Regular Plural Nouns to Children

How to Teach Regular Plural Nouns in Speech Therapy: Most of the time when we have more than one of something, we just an an -s to the end of the word.  But sometimes, we get to change the whole thing. We call those irregular plural nouns.   Thanks

Word Retrieval / Word Finding Strategies & Activities

What Is Word Retrieval / Word Finding? Word finding, also called "word retrieval", is a person's ability to think of the right word when he/she needs it, such as during conversation.  We all have those moments when we can't think of the right word, in that instant, we're

AAC Devices for Kids: What are They and How to Use Them

What are AAC Devices? AAC devices are augmentative/alternative communication systems that allow a person to communicate with those around them without speaking.  There are many different types of AAC but the most common are high-tech AAC Devices that allow a person to push a button to

Teaching Pronouns – Speech Therapy | “He”, “She”, “They”

Join the Hub to Access (Free Trial) Teaching Pronouns in Speech Therapy Teaching pronouns in speech therapy is a common target because children with language delays often have difficulty with using the correct pronouns in conversation, especially the "he" and

Speech Sounds by Age (and How to Teach Them)

Speech Sounds by Age: When and How to Teach Speech Sound Pronunciation Join The Hub (Free Trial Available) What are Speech Sounds? Speech sounds are the sounds in our language that we use to make up words.  Each speech

Fricatives Speech Therapy: Eliminating Stopping of Fricative

Fricatives Speech Therapy: Eliminating Stopping of Fricatives For many children with speech delays, long sounds called fricatives are particularly difficult.  These are sounds that require continued air-flow, like /f/, /v/, /s/, /z/, “th”, and “sh”.  If your child has difficulty with all of these sounds, keep reading to