How Not to Teach Social Communication What is the opposite of using scaffolding to teach social communication skills during your speech therapy sessions? “Read this story about ____ (insert social communication skill), answer these questions and then show me how you mastered the skill.” Yikes! No structured learning, no vocabulary review, no self-assessment, no practice, no feedback, no safety net…and… Read More
Teaching Social Rules
Are you teaching social rules? updated 1/23 What do we mean by social rules or social norms, aka inferred rules? Are there really rules for social interaction? Yes. They are not absolute like, say school rules or sports rules. As SLPs and special education teachers, we often discuss what skills are important to teach in our social skills or speech… Read More
Teaching Personal Space: Middle High School
Updated 8/23 September is a great time to teach personal space skills with your middle and high school students during your in-person or online speech therapy or special education sessions. Of course, you may need to revisit the topic throughout the year! This blog post is on personal space activities with older students. If you are looking for personal space… Read More
Goal-directed Summer Homework
Do you send goal-directed speech therapy summer homework to your students? Updated 1/23 I’ve never been a fan of sending huge summer speech therapy packets home with students, even when I was in a brick and mortar setting, unless they were requested by a parent. I figured if the parent was asking for work, there’s a fighting chance they will… Read More
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