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Many children with autism need effective communication photos for visual support. I’m a speech-language pathologist who has young children with autism on my caseload. I am also a friend and family member of people with autism. I have seen how using visual supports for children with autism can make a
Try this frosty snowman craft this January This easy winter craft provides so many vocabulary and language opportunities. Children love to talk about snow and snowmen, even if they live in the south. Me too, and I’m wishing for a little snow in Texas this winter. This cute snowman craft
Are you super busy during the holidays and have no time to prep for your speech therapy sessions? No-Print Christmas Following Directions The holiday season always seems to be a giant time crunch for me …and that means precious little time for prepping great activities to use in speech therapy.
Story props make a great story come to life. Young children love hands-on story activities. Even my most reluctant communicators engage with me when I bring out a few fun props in speech therapy. Story props are wonderful for increasing story comprehension, spontaneous language, and story re-telling. They draw in
There are monsters in my speech therapy room. I’m ready for Halloween in my speech therapy room, with bats and ghosts and pumpkins galore. But this week, the monsters moved in. Monsters have been here before, helping us to learn prepositions, concepts and telling us stories. But this time the
What are your favorite books for speech therapy? That’s what I asked nine talented SLP blogger friends, and I’m excited to share their favorites with you and check them out for myself! If you’ve stopped by Speech Sprouts before, you know I think literature-based therapy is terrific.
Here’s what to look for when hunting the best books for speech therapy: The best speech therapy books offer plenty of opportunities to work on speech and language skills. It’s a huge bonus when the story is sound-loaded for articulation too. Here’s what I look for: Summertime means there’s plenty
Have you tried water play activities in your preschool speech therapy sessions yet? I love using water play in my therapy room. Why should you include water activities in speech and language therapy? Glad you asked! Water play and preschoolers are a natural combination. What preschooler can pass a
Reading The Mitten Book is one of my very favorite winter speech and language activities. Perfect for winter speech and language therapy, this sweet and simple story offers many opportunities for working on language skills. The story is a Ukrainian Folktale beautifully re-told and illustrated by Jan Brett. The story
The year is winding down, and I have been blessed in so many ways this year! December is time for giving, and I am joining the Frenzied SLPS in giving back to you! We will each be posting on Facebook about our holiday traditions and giving away one copy
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