Using functional communication in speech therapy is something I strive for with my students who have severe and profound communication deficits. I have started doing speech therapy once a week during the regularly scheduled "snack time" in my Life Skills classroom. In that classroom, I have students in first through third grades who are non verbal or limited in their verbal skills. Using visual supports to encourage language, along with food, has proved to increase their communicative intent and ... Read More about Speech Snacks: Santa’s Cookies
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Motivating Preschoolers in Speech Therapy
Keeping preschoolers engaged for an entire speech therapy session can be challenging! Working in a preschool with speech therapy students doesn't have to be. Having spent many years in the adolescent and young adult school setting followed by geriatric, my initial impression of the early childhood population was unintelligible and unmanageable! I am by no means an expert at this point, but I have found a few verified ways to survive a three year old for thirty minutes. Keeping preschoolers ... Read More about Motivating Preschoolers in Speech Therapy
Construction Theme for Preschoolers
In my quest for the most engaging, most comprehensive speech therapy activities for preschool students, there is no doubt that some of the most favored activities with preschoolers have the following components: dirt, wheels, noisy toys and a little mess! That's why this week I'm talking all about preschool activities for construction theme! Construction Theme for Preschoolers Today...you will get a ton of free activity ideas. I'm also going to share a product that I created specifically ... Read More about Construction Theme for Preschoolers
Teaching Vocabulary and Remembering it! Globes and Maps
On Monday, I walked in to the building and there stood the Persistent Principal, smiling ear to ear, holding a GLOBE! The kids were huddled around her throwing questions at her. She was pointing out the land versus the water and helping them find where they would be on this globe. As the different children came in that morning, we got an idea of where each one of them stood on the subject. My favorite was the pig tailed wide eyed wonder who came in and as her eyes were about to pop out ... Read More about Teaching Vocabulary and Remembering it! Globes and Maps
