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Teaching Conversation Skills-Older Students

Teaching Conversation Skills-Older Students

December 18, 2021

Are you working on conversation skills with your middle or high school students? Looking for ideas for working on conversation skills in your speech therapy sessions? The main conversation skills I cover in this post are: You might find these other blog posts on conversation skills helpful: Starting and joining a conversation Having meaningful conversations Conversation Skills: Dialogue versus Monologue… Read More

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Hanukkah, Kwanzaa & Christmas Vocabulary Activities

Hanukkah, Kwanzaa & Christmas Vocabulary Activities

November 23, 2021

Looking for vocabulary and language activities for speech therapy AND to facilitate understanding of multicultural traditions, including Hanukkah and Kwanzaa? Exploring these holidays is an activity rich in vocabulary! If you are working in a school district that still supports the “month-long Christmas-curriculum” in December, it might be time to make a change! If you need language activities for older… Read More

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Understanding Polite Lies!

Understanding Polite Lies!

November 19, 2021

What is a polite lie? A “polite lie” is also know as being a “social fake” or telling a “white lie.” We consider telling a polite lie when the unfiltered truth would unintentionally hurt someone or cause an unintended conflict. So, we filter what we want to say to avoid hurting someone’s feelings. When I tell a polite lie, I… Read More

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Teaching Tone of Voice

Teaching Tone of Voice

November 18, 2021

  Teaching tone of voice to middle and high school students can be a challenge! Updated 1/23:  Why?  It’s a type of nonverbal communication that most tweens and teens are not thinking about at this time in their life!  Add onto that, a student with a developmental challenge, such as autism and you’ve got your work cut out for you! … Read More

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