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Developing speech and language goals is a hard process. This blog gives you some ideas and samples of speech and language goals and was written to assist student speech and language pathologist. These goals are for pediatric clients with hints about how to measure skills.

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Wordless picture books are a powerful tool in developing speech and language skills. Here is the ULTIMATE LIST of wordless picture books!

Even though your baby isn't likely to be saying many words during the first year, there is still plenty of speech development taking place! This stage is part of your infant's pre-language (or pre-linguistic) development! This means your little one is developing sounds and learning to coordinate the different parts of their mouth to prepare them for saying words! Consider the first year the "warm-up" period for speech that will appear when they are toddlers.⁣⁣

Complex Sentence Goal Ideas Read more about my goals here. Teaching Sentence Deconstruction in Speech Therapy The ability to comprehend a sentence is supported by many foundational language skills including the understanding of vocabulary and syntax, as well as executive functioning skills including working memory. More on that here >> Sentences Typically developing children begin […]

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Sanskrit originally "refined speech" is a partially reconstructed Indo-Aryan language, the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, philosophical language in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and a scholarly literary language. Developing from Vedic Sanskrit, today it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand. Sanskrit holds a prominent position in Indo-European studies.

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As speech-language pathologists we wear many hats. By the time we finish grad school, we have training in articulation, language, fluency, AAC, pragmatics, voice, aphasia, apraxia, swallowing and more. But sometimes the terrain becomes more psychological in nature, as I discovered on day one of my clinical fellowship, when I met a student with selective mutism (SM), in which children speak in some situations, but not others. Here’s what I learned from treating my first student with SM. First and foremost, creating a treatment plan must begin with a thorough, team-based assessment. Then, I found the following steps produced the best results. Build trust and rapport You first must gain a child’s trust before trying to desensitize him into using verbal communication. Build rapport by engaging in fun activities and positively praising your student, as well as imitating what he or she does. By developing a communication ladder together, you help your student with SM face his or her fears at a reasonable pace. As students progress, they need to trust the person standing by their side. Reinforce verbal communication When asking your student a question requiring a verbal reply, the anxiety-filled silence feels uncomfortable. As a result, well-intentioned bystanders often swoop in and speak on the child’s behalf or change the question to require only a yes/no response. What should you do about this issue? According to Aimee Kotrba, a psychologist and expert in this area, don’t lower your communication expectations: Ask forced-choice rather than yes/no questions to encourage verbal responses. Always wait at least five seconds to give the child an opportunity to respond. Don’t enable SM by speaking on the child’s behalf. Encourage verbal communication by setting up motivational situations—such as playing a game your student enjoys—and positively reinforce any verbal communication with praise or tangible prizes. Fade stimuli Stimulus fading involves a gradual increase in exposure to a fear-inducing stimulus and desensitization to the stimulus over time. In the case of SM, your goal with this approach involves gradually increasing the number of communication partners and settings in which the child verbally communicates. For example, perhaps a child communicates verbally only with you in your office. To slowly expand this achievement, first work on communicating with your office door open. Next, move around the room and eventually ease into the hallway. Over time, move into another room by letting your student select a new setting from a list of choices you provide. Use shaping This approach is typically used with children who do not speak at school. Shaping initially involves reinforcing all communication attempts from the child and gradually taking small steps toward encouraging them to use verbal communication—in the form of blowing, whispering, sound production, etc.—with the use of a significant amount of positive reinforcement. Record on video Videotaping students speaking effectively (with family members, for example) at home can increase their self-confidence and help to generalize the desired behavior to other settings. I turn to these websites for useful information and free resources to help students, teachers and families navigate the complexities of SM: ASHA: Selective Mutism Free On-line Library from the Selective Mutism Group The Selective Mutism Foundation An Intensive Summer Camp for Children with SM Read more on determining if the root cause of a student going silent involves selective mutism or something else.  Claudia Doan, MS, CCC-SLP is a pediatric speech-language pathologist with experience in school and clinic settings. She created and blogs at Creative Speech Lab, which provides resources that incorporate experiential learning into speech-language treatment. You can follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Bloglovin’. [email protected]

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Kindergarten Sentence Practice Worksheets are a helpful tool for young learners who are developing their understanding of sentence structure and vocabulary. These worksheets provide engaging activities that allow children to practice identifying and using nouns, verbs, and other parts of speech. With a focus on building foundational language skills, these worksheets are designed to support the development of early literacy skills in kindergarten students.

By Amanda Hampshire & Susan Stewart Illustrated by Debbie Mason The book is for parents and practitioners. Each chapter explores a different aspect of communication which is challenging for children with DLD. Follow the journeys of Joseph, Annoop, Connor, Lakshmi and others to gain an insight into the daily challenges faced by children and young people with DLD and strategies to help them. Each chapter concentrates on a specific topic and is explored in clear sections: 'Our Experiences', 'Information', 'Put yourself in their shoes' and 'Strategies'. The topics covered are: Understanding Language Talking Word learning Social Skills Sensory Issues Memory School and College Explain to your child about DLD Life Implications People and organisations who can help. Review ‘Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) I’ll Help You Understand It’ written by two Speech and Language Therapists, Amanda Hampshire and Susan Stewart, is an accessible A5 sized book for parents to support their child. Each chapter covers different areas that a child or young person with DLD can present with including: understanding language, talking, word learning, social skills, sensory issues and memory. There are also chapters on School and College, Explaining to your child about DLD and Life Implications. Every chapter following the structure of: a case study, Information, ‘Put yourself in their shoes’, Strategies and Useful reading. The case studies are from the authors’ own experience, such as ‘Joseph’ who finds understanding language challenging or ‘Anoop’ who struggles to translate his thoughts into words which impacts on his ability to share his thoughts and feelings. Parents are then provided with ‘information’, for example on Page 13, the authors discuss the complex process needed for talking, from having an initial idea and to feel motivated to talk to then being able to construct an idea using the correct grammar structure. I really liked the ‘Put yourself in their shoes…’ section. It invites parents to feel what it might be like for their own child - a short passage is provided with a mix of upper and lower case letters and no spaces between words to show how hard it can be for their child to understand and process spoken language. Every chapter also includes really clear and easy-to- follow strategies and practical ideas for parents to use with their child, such as visual supports like the Word Mat on Page 62 and Task Plan and Word Map on Page 63 as well as a Planner to support writing stories, Pages 77-78. A key section of the book is Chapter 8 ‘Explaining to your child about DLD’ as the authors recognise the importance of promoting and developing children and young awareness of their DLD and self-advocacy skills. It discusses the terminology of the specific words of ‘developmental’, ‘language’ and ‘disorder’ and encourages parents to explore this in an open and sensitive way together with their child, helping them to describe their DLD, recognise their own strengths and help the them to identify their individual self-help strategies. The Appendices contain really useful information on professionals who can help and great website links to organisations such as RADLD and AFASIC. Additional references, useful You Tube video links on Page 91 and legislation on Pages 102-103 is also included. Although this book is primarily written for parents I could also see it being useful for the wider family, education staff and those leading extra-curricular activities, e.g. Brownies, Cubs, Scouts. Thank you, Amanda and Susan – I have been hoping to find something like this for a while and will certainly be sharing it with the families, colleagues and education staff I work with. Paula Price BA (Hons), BSc (Hons), MRCSLT, HCPC-Registered Speech and Language Therapist, Advanced Specialist in Developmental Language Disorders (DLD)