Playing fun, engaging board games with kids helps build social skills. For higher functioning children on the autism spectrum, games provide many...
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Speech Therapy Glitter Activities
Whenever therapy needs a little excitement, I bring out the glitter glue! This week I added a pad of paper, markers, plastic wiggle eyes and glitter...
What Parents Can Expect From Preschool Speech Therapy
Any speech therapy practice is constantly changing--clients are being dismissed and new ones are beginning therapy for the first time. It occurred...
Preschool Activities for Speech Language Delay
Don't we all want to get the most out of our therapy sessions while having fun?? I find it challenging to find fun activities that don't monopolize...
Speech Therapy Activities for Spring
As speech pathologists, we are always looking for new activities to keep our students engaged and improve their speech and language skills....
Kids Say the Funniest Things!
Yesterday was a day of laughs! As you know, I work with kids in their homes, bringing my bags of toys to use for speech therapy. (It's better than...
The Joys of Being a Speech Therapist
It was with mixed feelings that I approached the house of a kindergartner today. You see today was graduation day from speech therapy! Although I...
Getting Speech Delayed Children to Talk at Nursery School
When I work with 2 and 3 year-olds, often Mom gives me the feedback that "they aren't talking much at school." My answer to that is let me do a...
Language Therapy Lesson, Teaching Alliteration in Poetry
Since this is national poetry month, many classes are learning about and writing different kinds of poetry. Today, in class, we learned about...
Evidenced Based Practices for Autism with Rhea Paul
Yesterday I attended a full day lecture by Rhea Paul on "Evidence-Based Practices for Addressing Communication Disorders in Children with ASD."...
Language Therapy Lesson Using Polly Pocket Play
I am working with a 6 year-old on using correct irregular past tense verbs. As you know, I mostly use toys, games and great kids' literature as my...
DVD Helps Kids with Autism Read Faces, “The Transporters”
I had the opportunity to review a newly released DVD, "The Transporters," developed based on research, to teach children, ages 4-8, with Autism...
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