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Progress in Play with Autistic Kids
I try to share my challenges and successes in therapy so others can learn from them. As we know, as parents and therapists we have good days and bad...
Creative Play for Language Delay, Disorders or Autism
As a speech language therapist or parent of a child with language disorders, we want to expand our child's play, while following their interests....
Articulation Cues for Consonants in Speech Therapy
I just got a note from Marshalla Speech and Language, pointing me to Pam Marshalla's new free videos on YouTube, demonstrating her cues for...
Thanksgiving Turkey in Play-doh
It's time to put away the Halloween costumes and talk turkey, preparing for Thanksgiving. Preschools are busy painting feet and hands to provide the...
Speech Therapist as Consultant
Today I was called in to consult on a little 2 year-old girl who has been receiving services from a Birth-3 provider. I usually ask parents to have...
Flexible Lesson Plans for Articulation Therapy
As a speech therapist, we have to be flexible and follow the child's lead and interests even on the best planned day. Yesterday, I carried two...
Books on Slavery, Civil War, Language Lessons
I am working with a 5th grade student with a language disorder and she is studying the Civil War. I checked out a few books to use to work on her...
Halloween Books for Speech Therapy
My search for Halloween books that are simple, funny and have lots of language to discuss brought me to two more books that might be helpful to you....
Autism Games to Play
Recently, as I was looking on the internet for games to play with my kids on the autism spectrum, I came across autismgames.org, a wonderful site...
The Writing Menu, Assists Speech Therapy
Many of us speech therapists were trained to rehabilitate oral language skills and leave the written skills to the teacher or resource teacher. I...
Parent Guilt Related to Speech Delay
I listen to the parents I work with and one of the moms said to me last week, "You should blog about parent guilt!" Being a mom of three grown boys,...
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