Circle or whole-group activities can be challenging for SLPs. Here are five easy to prep, highly engaging activities for preschoolers.
You want to use a person-centered care approach — working on meaningful goals and activities with the person you are treating — but it’s just SO. HARD. to know how to do that when all you have is a standardized score from the CLQT (see also: MOCA, WAB, RIPA, WJ-III, TEA, and on and on). […]
I have to share with you something that I have found to be amazing this year. It is called Articulation Centers. I was hesitant at first to ...
Plan articulation centers that will motivate your students to practice! This blog post has lots of ideas on how to implement articulation stations.
As my semester wraps up, I’ve started compiling ideas that I’ve used thus far! One of my clients was a very young artic client. He was incredibly cooperative and wonderful, so I got the…
Great ideas from an librarian, SLP, and PK teacher!
Need ideas for getting more repetitions during articulation therapy? Here are some articulation activities speech therapy high-trial ideas!
Gestalt Language Processing Overview in 1 page format. Intro to GLP and Natural Language Acquisition. Perfect for SLPs, teachers, therapy centers, parents or anyone that works with an autistic child that is a gestalt language processor.
Download this free rainbow craft for using with your speech and language students this spring! Make this using the Dice and Dot resources!
Download the free articulation screener from Mommy Speech Therapy and learn how to determine which sounds your child needs help with.
With productivity demands increasing and materials budgets decreasing, the web has become a fabulous tool for therapists to access and create what once was a closet full of resources for just a few dollars. Raise your hand if you like filling out those pesky little purchase orders…waiting for weeks for supplies…and then storing your supplies in ... Read More about Low Cost Adult Therapy Materials Online
Today I have a quick Christmas/winter themed activity you can use in therapy or centers to address regular -er and -est comparatives and superlatives. Simply print, laminate (optional) and cut out the cards and have your kiddos sort them on the included sorting mat. Enjoy! Click here for the free download! If you need a […]
Free speech therapy worksheets and activities (articulation, receptive/expressive language) for speech-language pathologists, teachers, parents.
The use of centers is not a new idea and it is completely easy to incorporate into your speech schedule! Using a centers approach is an easy way for
2 Step Directions may be easy to find online, but this selection is geared specifically for practicing speech therapy.
Articulation cards are a staple in Speech Therapy rooms. Articulation Flash Cards can be used in so many ways with preschoolers and elementary students... buuuttt sometimes they can get boring and repetitive. Check out these articulation card ideas to bring some new and exciting speech therapy activities into your therapy room! You can use these ideas in group therapy or in one-on-one sessions or even send them home for easy articulation homework ideas! • WHAT’S THERE?: Place 5 cards around the
Are looking for some new ways to present your articulation targets to your students? If so, these articulation mini cards for early sounds might be for you! This #newyearnewdeals resource is a great way to target speech sounds! One card contains 10 targets, which means less articulation cards on th...
During my first few segments in the 'SLP 101' series, I've mentioned 'Working Folders'. I thought I'd explain what that means to me! I actually have 3 different systems this year because I'm in 3
Hopebridge SLP Hayley Brodt Shares How AAC Devices Give Kids a Voice From the moment their babies are born, parents wish they could mindread. Knowing when infants want to eat, sleep or have their diapers changed – or any other reason behind their cries – would certainly make things a lot easier! As they get […]
Articulation therapy can be tedious and repetitive! Read low-prep ways to keep your students motivated with articulation card activities.
Plan articulation centers that will motivate your students to practice! This blog post has lots of ideas on how to implement articulation stations.
Looking for R words for speech therapy? Speech-language pathologists looking for a quick list of initial r words, medial r, and final r target words to practice during speech therapy, make sure to bookmark this post. You’ll also find some great ideas for making r therapy more effective with a variety of engaging games, articulation
In this post, discover more than 10 easy hands-on speech crafts and learn how to use them to make speech therapy motivating and fun.
5 tips for starting a private SLP practice from a private practice SLP
Articulation Books for TH, SH, CH, and J sounds in speech therapy. Tips, strategies, and activities to incorporate into speech and language.
Looking for a fun way to engage kids in speech therapy using games? This G Words Speech Therapy for initial sounds printable game with dot markers is perfect!
Body sensations Interoception Activity for helping pupils to identify the sensations they get in their bodies when they are feeling different emotions
Today, I would like to give you a peek into my speech-language therapy room at my K-6 elementary school. If you know me at all, you know I love decorating! My philosophy is that I
Despite the new PDPM regulations adding a new level of stress on therapists across the nation, Katie Johnson-Evers and her therapy team at a south Kansas City RehabCare facility wanted to do something special for their residents this year. The therapy staff of nine full time therapists were brainstorming ideas for Fall group therapy when ... Read More about SNF Group Therapy: A “No-Fall Festival”
Check this post out for some simple ideas to implement in therapy with young stuttering clients. Post includes The Speech Guy and Speech Roads Stuttering therapy with kids is so tricky! There is this balance between teaching awareness of the stutter and lowering emotional reactivity to the stutter that I am still working on mastering. It is different for each child and you really have to get a feel for how they will react. I only had 3 stuttering kids on my caseload this past year and they were as different as different can be. I tried doing the therapy in a group and it worked out okay but man it was tricky since they had such individual strengths and weaknesses, planning their sessions was a bear! Here are a few little lessons that really worked for all 3 of them (they were all 6-7 years old). The Speech Guy Two of my three stuttering kids had started to develop fairly severe secondary behaviors during stuttering moments. These are behaviors that happen as the child tries to get past the stuttering moment and can include funny facial and/or body movements to try to help them out of the stutter. Examples include eye twitches, loss of eye contact, slapping the leg, rocking the head forward, clicking the mouth, arrested breath, avoding words that are hard to say and a lot more. It honestly freaked me out when I evaluated them because I had no idea how to work with stuttering, especially stuttering that was severe enough to present with secondary behaviors. My supervisor at the district suggested I talk about the different parts that we use for speech and how they affect our talking. We found this Speech Guy on therapsimplicity.com. It was an awesome starting point for these kids and a fun activity to send home. We talked about each of the parts and how we use them for speech (mouth, nose, eyes, ears, voicebox, lungs) and the funny things that happen sometimes when we get "stuck" (raising eye brows, wiggling nose, tensing mouth, arrested breath, etc). The kids got to color their speech guy and the parts and take them home and tell their parents about them. Speech Roads My stuttering kids are fairly young and I was trying to come up with a good way for them to listen and evaluate stuttering behaviors. I drew these little "speech roads" during our lesson when I was trying to describe different types of "bumpy" speech to them. They really latched on to the road and we ended up using them a lot in our sessions. I cut them apart and had the kids hold up the speech road (smooth, bumpy or road block) that matched how the person was talking. Once they could identify what speech road I was using I had them listen to themselves and evaluate their own speech. I made copies that they could take home and practice evaluating theirs and other's speech.
FREE printable Paper Hats that kids can color and wear when learning about community helpers, occupations, or when doing dramatic and pretend play. Great for preschool and kindergarten!
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Jenga or Tumbling Towers is one of my favorite therapy games. Students of all ages from elementary through high school love it. It ...
One challenge in therapy is motivating my students to work on goals that are less than thrilling for them. Auditory recall has been a big challenge this year. How can reciting information be exciting after the thrill of copying the "teacher" is done? Well, I found these voice sticks on pinterest a long time ago for articulation and thought it might be handy. I made them back in November and promptly forgot all about using them for those groups. The bag caught my eye a few weeks ago while my kids were complaining about the recall task. Robot voices make anything more fun.......... I added a few action sticks to add even more entertainment after the first attempt with these went well. The kids pick up a stick before I give them the target sentence. They have to use the voice or perform the action as they repeat the sentence. We do a new stick for every task. You really can't go wrong with craft sticks and a Sharpie.
Learning to write letters and numbers can be frustrating for little hands! I like to offer lots of play activities that help build those fine motor skills in a relaxed, fun way. Toddlers and up will enjoy making shapes, swirls, and even letters on a plastic bag filled with paint. To make your own paint bag writing tablet, put some finger paint or tempera paint
A look at how I transformed this Rainbow Cart into a Type B SLP's storage dream. Includes links to other products I use to help me stay organized for therapy.
Teaching basic concepts in speech therapy - critical to a student’s academic success, being able to comprehend, communicate, and read.
Use this word associations game for dominoes with your language students. Kids have more fun with word associations games then doing worksheets!
