The Future of Speech and Language Kids (and our Profession) There is a lot of uncertainty in the world of education right now. And even before talks of reducing funding for education, speech-language professionals were overworked and under-supported. But amidst this stress and uncertainty, I bring you a message of hope. Because this is The post The Future of Speech and Language Kids (and our Profession) appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
Speech Therapy Ideas for Functional Communication: Communicating Wants and Needs How do you help a child who can't speak to tell you what they need? What about a little one who has meltdowns and tantrums but can't tell you why? How can we teach a child some basic, functional communication skills that will help The post Speech Therapy Ideas for Functional Communication: Communicating Wants and Needs appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
The Cycles Therapy Approach for Children who are Very Hard to Understand If you haven't tried the Cycles Approach to phonology therapy yet, you're missing out! This is an amazing therapy method that is especially designed for children who are highly unintelligible and who have multiple phonological processes, or sound errors. The idea is The post The Cycles Therapy Approach for Children who are Very Hard to Understand appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
Using AI to Generate Custom Materials for Speech/Language Therapy Imagine being able to snap your fingers and instantly create a 3rd grade reading passage that's all about Minecraft and is packed full of /r/ words. Do you have anyone on your caseload that could use that? What about a word list of 6th grade The post Using AI to Generate Custom Materials for Speech/Language Therapy appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
Sensory and Movement Ideas for Better Participation and Behavior Little Alex comes into your therapy space like a Tasmanian Devil! He hasn't stopped moving since he stepped foot in the door and he's touched everything in reach. In fact, half of your stuff is already on the floor. What's a therapist to do? Never The post Sensory and Movement Ideas for Better Participation and Behavior appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
No-Prep Ideas for Language Therapy It's No-Prep December and that means that I'm challenging you NOT to prep any therapy activities for the whole month. But how do we do that for language therapy? How do we do it for younger children? Or teenagers? Or elementary-aged students? Is it possible to go no-prep for language The post No-Prep Ideas for Language Therapy appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
No-Prep Group Speech/Language Therapy Ideas When you're a speech-language pathologist with a caseload of 70 or more kids, group therapy is a necessary evil. Sometimes it feels like group speech/language therapy only happens because we don't have enough time to see each child individually. But there are actually a lot of really great The post No-Prep Group Speech/Language Therapy Ideas appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
How to NOT Take Data during Speech/Language Therapy Data or it didn't happen, right?? As speech-language professionals, it is crucial that we collect data to know exactly how our clients are doing. Or is it? Today we're going to explore the questions of how much data do you ACTUALLY need to collect and how The post How to NOT Take Data during Speech/Language Therapy appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
No-Prep December Challenge! I Challenge you to do Less Do you think you could go a full month without prepping any activities for therapy? Would you like to try? December is a notoriously busy month and usually our clients and students are all zany with that "pre-holiday" energy. So how about this year, you The post No-Prep December Challenge! I Challenge You to Do Less appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
Set up a Folder System for Effortless Speech Therapy Sessions Your students come into your therapy space and they know what to do. They grab their speech folders from the bin by the door. They walk to the table and sit down. They open their folders and get out their practice page. And they start The post Set up a Folder System for Effortless Speech Therapy Sessions appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
The Way of the Unstressed Speechie: Speech Therapy without Tears If you’re a speech-language pathologist, SLPA, SALT or some other alphabet soup doing speech therapy with kids... And you’re stressed out... And overwhelmed... You are not alone! There are so many kids right now that need support and not enough of us to go The post The Way of the Unstressed Speechie: Speech Therapy without Tears appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
Why Use AAC for Toddlers or Children? AAC devices are augmentative/alternative communication systems that allow a person to communicate with those around them without speaking. There are many different types of AAC but the most common are high-tech AAC Devices that allow a person to push a button to speak a message. These The post Why Use AAC for Toddlers or Children? appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
In this episode of the Speech and Language Kids Podcast, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark discusses the benefits of groups speech therapy for children and why speech therapists group children together. Carrie also discusses the types of cases that benefit from individual therapy. Click Here to Download Your Free Group Therapy Resource Pack The post Why Do Speech Therapists Group Children Together? appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
In this episode of The Speech and Language Kids Podcast, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark discusses what speech therapists can do to help with literacy (reading and writing) skills in children and adolescents. What is Literacy? Pre-reading skills like phonological awareness and basic language skills Reading skills Writing skills Why do Children with The post The Speech Therapist’s Role in Reading and Writing in Children and Adolescents appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
Hypernasality Speech Therapy: Treatment Ideas for Hypernasal Speech Hypernasality occurs when a child speaks with too much nasal resonance. Airflow tends to be directed up into the nasal cavity during speech instead of primarily through the oral cavity. Nasal emission is when that air comes all the way out through the nose. This The post Hypernasality Speech Therapy: Treatment Activities appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
Stuttering Therapy Techniques: The purpose of speech therapy for children who stutter is to help them learn how to communicate effectively and easily. Sometimes that means eliminating the stutter all together, such as with preschoolers experiencing developmental disfluencies. But often, especially for our older clients, the stuttering may never fully go away. Our The post Stuttering Therapy Techniques | Exercises and Activities appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
Childhood Apraxia of Speech: How to Do Speech Therapy for CAS Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a rare, neurologically-based speech disorder where the child knows what he wants to say but the message gets mixed up in the motor-planning and execution phase so the sounds come out all wrong. What are The post Apraxia of Speech: Speech Therapy Activities for CAS appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
Therapy for Non-Speaking Children: How to Boost Functional Communication Skills Do you know a child with autism who isn't able to communicate basic wants and needs? Does the child lack the social skills to participate in social interactions? Do you need a guide for how to improve functional communication in a young child with The post Speech Therapy for Non-Verbal Children: Building Functional Communication appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
How to Help a Child Repair Communication Breakdown "Communication Breakdown" is what we call it when something goes wrong in a conversation and there is a misunderstanding. Our communication can break down for a number of reasons but most of the time, we are able to clarify the confusion and keep going. Children The post Teaching Children to Repair Communication Breakdowns appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
Today, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark explains how to help a child learn to summarize an event or story through the use of literacy activities. Listen below! Show Notes: Step One: Teach Main Idea Click Here to See How to Teach Main Idea Click Here to Download my Free Main Idea/Details Worksheet The post Improving Summarizing Skills in Children Through Literacy appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.
Christina Coleman
this is the greatest podcast in existence, thank you.