Looking for ways to improve language and literacy in your preschool students? When our district moved to a home and community-based model for service delivery of our three-year-olds with special education needs, it prompted a change in my speech therapy practices. At the same time, we were moving classrooms and office space around which lead to a “review and purge”… Read More
Fairy Tales to Teach Perspective-taking
Why improve perspective-taking? Our speech therapy students with social communication disorder find it difficult to take the perspective of another person. This makes it challenging for them to navigate social relationships. It also has an academic impact upon their literacy skills. As our students move on into the early elementary grades, they learn to take into account the perspective of… Read More
Best Winter Books for Social Emotional Skills!
There are so many great winter books available for teaching social emotional skills in speech therapy! Sometimes it’s challenging to find books that target important social skills, like perspective-taking and theory of mind, and also fit into a seasonal theme so I can use them in mixed groups! I’m often looking for winter-themed books that are not related to Christmas… Read More