Unlocking Social Potential
Conversation Scripts. When you think of the word “script,” you might think of words spoken in a conversation during a play or movie. Or, if you are a Speech Pathologist familiar with autism, you might think of “scripting,” when a student with autism recites lines from movies, books, or video games. In this blog piece, I coin the term conversation… Read More
Speech language pathologists and speech therapy can help identify accommodations for students with selective mutism. updated 2024 Children with selective mutism often talk normally in settings where they are comfortable, like home. In other places, such as speech therapy, at school or the community, they can’t speak due to anxiety. A first step in treating these children is to remove… Read More
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
Why improve perspective-taking in students with autism? Our speech therapy students with autism and social communication disorders 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… Read More