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Language & Literacy Buckets for Preschool Children!

Language & Literacy Buckets for Preschool Children!

November 14, 2017

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

Filed Under: Early intervention and Elementary, SLP 2 Comments

Fairy Tales to Teach Perspective-taking to students with autism

Fairy Tales to Teach Perspective-taking to students with autism

October 8, 2017

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

Filed Under: Early intervention and Elementary, Social Communication Leave a Comment

Six Ways to See Social Skills Progress

Six Ways to See Social Skills Progress

August 10, 2017

Are you looking for ways to see more progress from your social skills interventions?  We’ve all been there.  We’ve worked with a student on their social communication skills for lengthy periods and we have not seen significant improvements.  Why?  There are lots of reasons that your student/client might not be improving. Six ways to see social skills progress from your interventions…. Read More

Filed Under: Assessment and Progress Monitoring, SLP, Social Communication 2 Comments

Social Rules & Sportsmanship for Playing Games!

Social Rules & Sportsmanship for Playing Games!

May 18, 2017

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

Filed Under: Autism, Middle and High School, Social Communication 1 Comment

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