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10 Activities to Help Middle & High School Students with Conversation Skills

10 Activities to Help Middle & High School Students with Conversation Skills

August 12, 2018

Teaching conversation skills to middle and high school students can be a challenge.  Part of the challenge is that  today’s social skills are defined by texting, instant messaging, and social networking.  Unfortunately this does not help our students develop the conversation skills necessary for successful interactions with peers OR in the academic or future workplace environment. Of note, some of… Read More

Filed Under: Conversation, Expressive Language, Middle School, Social Skills, TpT, Uncategorized

Peaceful Communication: activities to improve conflict resolution & interpersonal communication

Peaceful Communication: activities to improve conflict resolution & interpersonal communication

July 29, 2016

I found myself thinking about the new school year before the last school year ended. In my prior post, Helping Students Talk About Tragedies, I touched upon my concern over the violent climate of our times and our roles as SLPs in helping children process and express their thoughts and feelings. As violence unfurled over the summer, my immediate thoughts… Read More

Filed Under: Behaviors, Conversation, emotions, Expressive Language, Perspective Taking, Problem Solving, Social Skills, TpT

Working With Teens: Helping Conversation Flow

Working With Teens: Helping Conversation Flow

September 24, 2015

My teen group is busy establishing connections in an effort to get to know each other better.   We had a great session last week (which you can catch here)  and I tried this fun activity a few days ago: Last week, the group was instructed to bring four items to this week’s session.  An item that represents: something they… Read More

Filed Under: Conversation, Expressive Language, Social Skills, Teenagers, Uncategorized

Conversation Skills

Conversation Skills

April 9, 2015

Having good conversation skills is one of the essential ingredients to developing and maintaining meaningful relationships in adolescence and into adulthood.  However,  difficulty having good conversations can create a significant social barrier for making and keeping friends.   This is especially true for children on the Autism spectrum.  In my clinical experience working with children with social challenges, many commit… Read More

Filed Under: Conversation, Social Skills, Uncategorized

Ideas to Teach Friendship Skills

Ideas to Teach Friendship Skills

March 26, 2014

Many of the students I work with in social cognition groups struggle with displaying curiosity in the interests of their peers.  Most of us learn about our friends through a combination of observation and asking questions.  It’s important that we store this information so that we can remember what we know about our friends.  This shows that we are interested… Read More

Filed Under: Auditory Processing, Conversation, Perspective Taking, Social Skills, Uncategorized

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  • Working with older students in speech therapy and counseling can be challenging!  Here is an easy, fun therapy ideas for middle school and teen students to target emotions and feelings.  There are even links to free worksheets to help students identify and express their emotions!  #emotions #socialskills #zonesofregulation<br>
  • Learning about social context clues is FUN when you're a detective! In our social skills groups, kids learn to focus on important clues.  Speech therapists and counselors can easily use with Social Thinking curriculum.  #socialskills
  • Read how I use music in speech therapy--playlists included!
  • Read how my students created an emotions color wheel in the school hall! Fun long-term project that can be done collaboratively with teachers & counselors!
  • Working with older students in speech therapy and counseling can be challenging!  Here are easy, fun therapy ideas for middle school and teen students to target emotions and feelings.  There are even links to free worksheets to help students identify and express their emotions!  #emotions #socialskills #zonesofregulation<br>
  • Listening skills are important for social skills and academic skills.  Here are fun activities to help middle school students improve their active listening skills!  Active listening will help them with friendship, conversation and classroom success!  #socialskills #listening<br>
  • Try this easy strategy to deepen comprehension and critical thinking skills!
  • Teach young children emotions vocabulary with these fun activities!  Free downloads included.
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