Have you considered using games to build social inferencing?! Many students with language delays struggle to make inferences. That means they struggle to comprehend nonliteral language. They struggle with information not explicitly stated/told. They struggle to read between the lines. What is social inferencing? Many students that struggle with social situations have difficulties with […]
All About Me Collages for Speech Therapy
Looking for ways to work on social skills and perspective taking?! Use all about me collages! We know that our students have a tendency to struggle with understanding that what they are interested in talking about might be different than what others want to talk about. For example…they think ALL want to talk about […]
Fun Ways to Use a Supermarket Theme With Your Life Skills Speech Students
You want to incorporate more community themes but want to keep it fun and functional? Here are a few ways you can use a supermarket theme and work on a variety of speech and language goals in a fun way! (Disclaimer: this post contains Amazon affiliate links) Why is the supermarket theme my favorite? It […]
Freddie the Fly Motormouth Book Review
Looking for more ways to work on social skills? How about perspective taking? This review of Freddie the Fly Motormouth will give you ideas! When I was contacted by the author, Kim Delude, to review this book, I was so excited to learn about a new resource that can be used in a fun […]
Using Supermarket Ads in Speech Therapy
Want to make your speech and language sessions fun and functional? Use supermarket ads! They come in the mail, now you can bring them from home to work! This will allow you to bring the community into your speech room. (Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon Affiliate links) What can you do with them? Vocabulary: Students […]
Socially Speaking App Review
Are you looking for more ways to assess social skills with your early intervention and preschool students? Yes, you read that correctly! There is an app, and ONLY one app out there currently that is designed for assessment of social skills with children in early intervention and preschool. This app was created by the extremely […]
Functional Life Skills Activities For Older Speech Students
Looking for fun and functional ways to work with your life skills students? Here is a recap from my webinar! Did you catch the FUNctional Autism Awareness webinar series?! Don’t know what I am talking about?! Click HERE to sign up and view replays for the month of April! In my presentation, I mentioned some […]
Fun Ways Of Using The Paper Bag Princess Book In Speech Therapy
Want to incorporate more literacy activities in speech? Check out how I use The Paper Bag Princess book to work on a variety of speech goals! Are you familiar with this book? It is so stinking cute! It is about a princess that is in love with a prince but a dragon comes and burns […]
Social Problem Solvers We Thinkers Volume 2! Product Review
Do you love social thinking and their programs? Want more to add to the mix! Social Problem Solvers Volume 2 is ready and I got to try it out! I was fortunate to have been offered the opportunity to preview and try out the Social Thinking Curriculum for Preschool and Early Elementary Years program by […]
Social Skills Activities That Will Encourage Carryover
Social skills activities, do you target them in isolation or incorporate them into every day speech and language activities? Unless I need to target a specific skill (initiating conversation, emotions, body language, etc.) I prefer to incorporate models and strategies to encourage carryover! Woah? How do I do that?! Below are my top three ways: […]
