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Collaborating with Students in Speech Therapy

Collaborating with Students in Speech Therapy

We hear a lot of great discussion over the importance of collaborating with other professionals in order to best serve our students. Working with teachers, parents and other therapists is incredibly important and benefits our students in numerous ways. But how about student-clinician collaboration? If they are the target of our services, shouldn’t we also focus on making them active… Read More

Using AAC with Adolescents: Tips for Success!

Using AAC with Adolescents: Tips for Success!

It has been a LONG time since I’ve used an AAC device in my speech therapy sessions.  The last time was probably over 15 years ago when I worked with multiply handicapped children, and the AAC devices were LOW tech.  If I were a betting person, I would have put money on never encountering an AAC device again in my… Read More

Fun & Effective Social Skills Role-Play

Fun & Effective Social Skills Role-Play

Whenever I work on social skills I frequently incorporate role-play.  Role-playing is a fun way to help build social skills and learn about social rules.  The kids always love these activities (whether watching or acting) and their attention increases.  I wanted to share some of my ideas for making role-play fun and effective in your speech room: Demonstrate the role-play… Read More

Using Amazon Echo in Speech Therapy

Using Amazon Echo in Speech Therapy

When our school IT director asked if I wanted to try out the Amazon Echo Dot with my students, I quickly said “yes!”.  I’ll admit I had no idea what I was going to do with it or what the Amazon Echo Dot even really was, but I’m always eager to try new things!  Using Amazon Echo in speech therapy… Read More

Activities to Improve Active Listening Skills

Activities to Improve Active Listening Skills

  Listening is a skill that is a lifelong process and our students with attention and social cognitive difficulties need to continually work on active listening.  I like to use the term active listening instead of whole body listening with my middle and upper elementary students for several reasons.  First,  although active listening includes whole body listening,  there is more… Read More

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  • 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 my students created an emotions color wheel in the school hall! Fun long-term project that can be done collaboratively with teachers & counselors!
  • If you work with children who have difficulty expressing their feelings and emotions, check out these fun activities! Many of my students with autism and emotional regulation issues need direct teaching to learn to identify and express their emotions. This activity works well with Social Thinking curriculum! #socialskills #emotions
  • If you work with children who have difficulty expressing their feelings and emotions, check out these fun activities! Many of my students with autism and emotional regulation issues need direct teaching to learn to identify and express their emotions. These are easy ideas to use in speech therapy, counseling and at home! #emotions #socialskills<br>
  • Read how I use music in speech therapy--playlists included!
  • Help older students learn important social skills for success in and out of the classroom! This resource is especially helpful if you are working with students with autism, language-based learning disabilities, and behavioral/emotional disorders.
  • 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! Read how to implement a collaborative activity that targets emotional regulation and reading comprehension! #emotions #socialskills #zonesofregulation
  • 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>
  • Help older students learn important social skills for success in and out of the classroom! This resource is especially helpful if you are working with students with autism, language-based learning disabilities, and behavioral/emotional disorders.
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