Unlocking Social Potential
Updated 1/23 In speech therapy, what is the end goal is for social skills or pragmatics instruction? For me, an important one is meaningful conversations. While individual therapists may differ on some of the details, we want our students to be able to function successfully in jobs and social settings, right? This boils down to relationships and connections. After all,… Read More
How do you do a social skills session during teletherapy? I get it. When you think of providing social communication therapy, teletherapy might not seem like the best service delivery option for speech therapy. You might even think, how can you work on social skills when you are not person to person? After all, the word “social” conjures up images… Read More
ARE YOU TEACHING RESPONSIBLE PROBLEM SOLVING TO YOUR MIDDLE OR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS? Updated 1/2023 Do you teach life skills such as responsible problem solving and decision-making? Do you cover the social skills and sportsmanship skills related to playing indoor and outdoor games, with your middle and high school students? This post will give you teaching ideas and resources for… Read More
Updated 1/23 Why do a deep r screening? An effective speech therapy intervention for the /r/ sound begins with a deep r screening. Why? The American English /r/ phoneme varies according to the sounds that proceed and follow the /r/ sound. So, if you are you only screening for the /r/ in the initial, medial and final positions of words, (as… Read More