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Update 2021: This item is now included in the comprehensive Activity Studio+ __________________________________________________________________________________ Functional Treatment for Motor Speech Disorders is a 70-page download for speech-language pathologists treating apraxia and dysarthria. Focus on meaningful treatment of motor speech activities by using evidence-based treatments with personally-relevant words and communication practice.
SFA (Semantic Feature Analysis) Activity Cards: Key Ring Grab & Go! Be sure to click "follow" above to get alerts re: my new adult neuro therapy resource offerings as they become available in The Whole Family Neuro Resource Project Store! Q: What is Semantic Feature Analysis? A: The goal of Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA) is to generalize word finding for words that haven't been practiced by focusing on the meaning-based properties of nouns. According to the "Spreading Activation Theory", activating the neural networks surrounding words will strengthen the target words AND encourage spontaneous verbal production. Check out the EBP citations and references in this packet! Q: What's included in this packet? A: 56 pages of content, including 53 high quality, adult-focused, inclusive, REAL PHOTOGRAPHS inside of SFA grids AND 2 blank SFA grids for using your own stimuli! Literally all the work is done. You can print these double sided on card stock, pop them on a key ring, and keep as a handy grab and go for your aphasia treatment. OR just download and use with no prep! I use these ALL the time in my practice, and LOVE them! Best of all, my clients enjoy this interactive activity- and we see results!
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Through my experience working in a skilled nursing and long term care facility, I have found that patients can greatly benefit from therapy exercises and strategies to improve their breathing coordination as well as expiratory duration and strength. This in turn will positively affect their breath support, swallowing and communication skills. Patients who have are ... Read More about When Communication, Cognition And Swallowing Are Affected By Decreased Breath Support
I love apps! I love using the iPad and iPhone with my clients who don’t engage easily with other tasks. Children on the autism spectrum seem to engage very readily with iPads. This means that I’m always on the look out for great apps that will benefit these kids. Click image to enlarge. (Autism App …
When people hear "speech therapy," they probably don't think about the use of pictures and visuals in speech. SLPs know how valuable these can be, though!
Get more out of the Naming Therapy app with these 10 easy aphasia activities to teach and practice strategies for word finding for anomia after stroke.
Individuals with receptive and/or expressive aphasia can benefit from skilled speech therapy services. Therapy activities can strengthen auditory comprehension and expressive language. In this article, we share some favorite activities for aphasia therapy.
As a SLP, I work PRN providing speech therapy for a company that contracts into nursing homes/SNFs. Our patient caseload is heavily weighted for cognitive therapy specifically memory, problem solving, sequencing, and attention. These qualities are ALL necessary for a patient to complete simple ADLs (activities of daily living) such as eating, brushing their teeth, ... Read More about Cognitive Activity using Peg Board for Speech Therapy in SNF
Update 2021: This item is now included in the comprehensive Activity Studio+ __________________________________________________________________________________ Functional Treatment for Motor Speech Disorders is a 70-page download for speech-language pathologists treating apraxia and dysarthria. Focus on meaningful treatment of motor speech activities by using evidence-based treatments with personally-relevant words and communication practice.
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Supervising grad students has become one of my favorite things about being an SLP. I love how it challenges me in this season of my career, the relationships I get to build with up and coming SLPs, and all the new things I get to learn about myself and this field. With each student, I feel like I get better at supervising (Dear Tracie, my first SLP intern. I'm sorry I had no idea what I was doing. Glad it turned out fine and we're still friends :) ). I've come to realize that I needed to front load a lot of information, so I just wanted to share with you about this binder that I've created with everything I'm giving students now.
Individuals with receptive and/or expressive aphasia can benefit from skilled speech therapy services. Therapy activities can strengthen auditory comprehension and expressive language. In this article, we share some favorite activities for aphasia therapy.
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These automatic speech tasks provide a quick way to help someone produce spontaneous speech.
Through my experience working in a skilled nursing and long term care facility, I have found that patients can greatly benefit from therapy exercises and strategies to improve their breathing coordination as well as expiratory duration and strength. This in turn will positively affect their breath support, swallowing and communication skills. Patients who have are ... Read More about When Communication, Cognition And Swallowing Are Affected By Decreased Breath Support
Can I make a confession? One of my least favorite things to work on in therapy is the dreaded /r/ sound! It's so hard to demonstrate to students what exactly you want them to do
Finding speech therapy materials for adults does not have to be extensive or hard to carry. Here are my top 5 materials.
The Functional Toolbox posts explore how we could use functional, real-life items in speech therapy, to exercise language or cognitive skills, or practice strategies that improve function. Some patients have a negative reaction to worksheets, so using functional, tangible items is another vehicle we can use to target patient-centered goals or strategies. Affiliate links from Amazon are […]
A quick guide to spaced retrieval for adult speech therapy! With step-by-step treatment instructions and example goals.
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Through my experience working in a skilled nursing and long term care facility, I have found that patients can greatly benefit from therapy exercises and strategies to improve their breathing coordination as well as expiratory duration and strength. This in turn will positively affect their breath support, swallowing and communication skills. Patients who have are ... Read More about When Communication, Cognition And Swallowing Are Affected By Decreased Breath Support
I target sequencing and vocabulary while working on activities daily living sequencing tasks. Find out HOW and to grab some free materials.
For those of you who are familiar with my blog – you will know that I LOVE flip books. I use apraxia flip books all the time in therapy and love the versatility they provide. I recently put …
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Are you looking for ways to tackle life skills with your students? Do you want to incorporate information from the community? Try receipts
This section of my blog is dedicated to Childhood Apraxia of Speech. My intent is to raise awareness and share resources for families with affected loved ones. The majority of the play activities…
Have you ever thought to yourself - What do individuals living with aphasia want in a clinician? What makes a successful and collaborative clinical relationship? Maybe even - am I a good speech-language pathologist to treat aphasia? Neuro Speech Solutions Buffalo NY
I work for a company that has more than 5 facilities that I serve in my immediate area. At this point, I have become familiar with each of their therapy rooms, activity rooms, etc. If I have a question, I am familiar enough to a handful of staff members, to locate something I need. This ... Read More about My PRN toolkit…for the SNF and Home Health
