12 Activities Based on Children's Books
With a growing push to go paperless, it's important that we SLPs organize our digital speech therapy materials! Click through to read more about this.
As speech language pathologists, we have a wide variety of tools and materials we use to help us facilitate effective speech therapy. But, sometimes those tools aren't the most effective. This blog post shares 21 tools that every school-based SLP should keep in their speech rooms. Click through to find out all of them!
Are you working with students on your speech therapy caseload who cannot get the last couple R words, no matter what speech therapy activities you use? Do you feel like no matter what speech therapy materials you use the student always goes back to their old are sound? With certain words like world, girl, and squirrel, they seem to be the hardest for kids to get in articulation therapy. PRO TIP: Use cognitive reframing. Teach them a new word or a nonsense word, change the spelling, and show them that they can say the word when it’s presented in a new way. Watch how I build the word WORLD 🌎 starting from WERE. This works all the time! By changing the spelling, the student doesn’t revert to their old articulation pattern. Save this pin. Follow my account. Get exclusive free
What REALLY needs to happen for language therapy to be effective? (hint: a lot of it happens before you even walk in to the therapy room) This is EXACTLY why it’s so hard to get it right… If you’re an SLP, you may have noticed that there are TONS of different therapy materials to choose...
Themes are my best friend when planning therapy. They give you launching point to find activities, resources, crafts, or other activities to address all of your students' goals and objectives. When you follow a theme schedule it will also streamlines your organization, I create bins with books and materials related to the theme. After using this method for a couple of years, you work is done! I have built 2-3 years worth of cycles of activities that are tucked away on a shelf ready to go (I
Someone is learning and making progress! Meredith of Peachie Speechie and I (Mandi of Panda Speech) have teamed up to talk about how we play games in speech! It is a commonly known fact that SLPs use board games in therapy sessions to engage their students. It is definitely not as easy as it sounds! We have to incorporate other materials relevant to each of the student’s objectives in between turns, not to mention cueing and modeling social skills. Let me say this, it is NOT all fun and game
Warm weather is finally here! I am so excited because today it’s 81 degrees outside! For Michigan, this is wonderful considering it was snowing 10 days ago! Due to the wonderful weather, I was inspired to create some outside therapy fun and link up with The Frenzied SLPs for their ‘Taking Therapy Outside’ link up. Click the image at the end of the post to see other outside ideas! So,if your students are itching to go outside after being cooped up all winter, here are a few fun activities for you to do! Chalkin’ Directions Materials Needed If Outside: Red, Blue & Green Chalk, Free Following Directions Cards Goals Addressed: Following Directions Set Up Outside: Print out, laminate and cut the free following directions cards. Draw a large game board (in any shape) that contains green, blue and red spaces in the following shapes: rectangle, square, star, circle, triangle and heart. Make sure to use each shape in each color at least one time. You can use them more than once for a large game board. Directions: Have students start at the beginning. Each student takes turns picking one of the following directions cards. The student must follow the direction on the card in order to move […]
Looking for speech therapy data tracking and caseload management tips? You need to try a new way of collecting your data on your speech therapy IEP goals. Treatment does not equal therapy. Speech therapy activities should not include assessment. They are two separate tasks and you need the right speech therapy materials for this job. It all starts and ends with data collection probes! Follow this sequence • Administer assessment • Identify needs from the assessment • Give students 10 item probe for the areas of need the assessment showed • Turn the probe data into IEP goal baselines • Provide treatment for 3 weeks out of the month. • Readminster the same data probe 1 week per month every month. Speech Therapy Data will be accurate and reliable. Pro Tip: Don't write a goal that
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Infrared light therapy can be exceptionally valuable for one's injury needs. It can attempt to let the body free from pains and to see that it will remain sound. This is required so the body can hold back from managing enlarging or irksome pains for some time. These are materials that work with the Amethyst…
These are my must-have speech therapy materials schools edition! I'll share my professional philosophy so you can understand my suggestions.
Shop Engaging and Effective Speech Therapy Activities by SpeechTreeCo located in Aurora, Colorado. Rave reviews! Average review rating is 4.8 or higher
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Autumn color therapy with beeswax candles from our homestead. 🍁🍂🐝 A simple but very stylish combination created together with @sendaikciaiirkava using materials that can be found in any home and materials from outdoors. ☺️ What do you think about this table setting? 🤗 www.provincia.lt Candle chandelier, cutting board, white bowl from: @sendaikciaiirkava #beeswax #beeswaxcandles #candles #autumn #decoration #decor #ideas #vintage #bičiųvaškožvakės #bičiųvaškas #žvakės #rankudarbas #ruduo #...
This hand-eye coordination activity is one that uses an item we had in the house (and you may too!) We love to use recycled and upcycled materials in occupational therapy activities and this eye hand coordination activity is no different! Working on the coordination skills needed for tasks like handwriting, self-dressing, managing clothing fasteners, and ... Read more
A list of the essential speech therapy materials needed for any SLP or SLPA. Plus, our very best free materials that you can download now!
Do you work with elementary-aged students with speech and language impairments? Need to find a way to plan more efficiently for mixed groups and a variety of speech and language goals? You can cover lots of goals on your caseload using a theme-based approach. Don't waste time searching for themed materials with the themed therapy SLP membership. Have everything you need to run mixed groups without the stress! Sign up today.
Fluency (or stuttering) therapy is an area that many SLPs feel under-prepared to serve. While you may have had an excellent professor on the subject in grad school, it tends to be a lower incidence
Free Winter themed speech therapy activity. Winter Bingo to use with your preschool speech therapy activities.
