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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
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
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
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
So happy 😊I came across this YouTube video again! This is my lesson for my middle & high school students for next week (and many more weeks)! 👏🏼👍🏼
Have you used this one?
m.youtube.com/watch?v=HDi66yKKxDM
Inferences and Conclusions Practice - True Move Commercial
I have taken a 3-minute commercial from True Move, a mobile communication company in Thailand, to offer students practice with drawing conclusions and making...
Wanted to share how I use rubrics with students so they can assess their own progress: bit.ly/2hrZnxP
I'm starting my year working on building emotions vocabulary. Check out my latest post with 4 activities my students love! I've included a few free downloads (only on the blog)! bit.ly/2xdUBgN
Helping students understand sarcasm can be fun & easy with my latest resource!
Check it out here >>>>>http://bit.ly/2vSqY3Z
