Unlocking Social Potential
A part of our speech and language therapy might include some type of game playing and alluding to good sportsmanship. Games are fun! If we don’t make learning fun, we risk losing the attention of our students. Our students also play games in their classrooms and out at recess and exhibiting good sportsmanship is an important skills. Playing games… Read More
updated 1/2023 I love working with preschool children on their social communication. Here are some approaches and activities I have used over the years. If you are looking for a rationale for working on social skills in the preschool classroom, School Readiness: more than Academics. Tap into the preschool classroom curriculum Does the child’s preschool or 4K program teach… Read More
Is assessment of pragmatic skills of young children part of your SLP job? In my position as a school-based Speech Pathologist, I perform assessments on children from the age of 30 months and older. In Wisconsin, the eligibility criteria requires that a child score at or below 1.75 standard deviations below the mean on 2 standardized tests as one prong… Read More
Pragmatics. Social Communication. Social smarts. Social Language. updated 1/2023 You can’t put a value on helping children improve their pragmatics skills or social communication skills with others. I believe it’s just as important, if not more so in many instances, as working on speech and language skills that build a child’s academic performance. This post is dedicated to addressing five… Read More