Echolalia refers to when a child repeats a vocalization or something that has just been said. Echolalia can be immediate or it can be delayed. An example of Immediate Echolalia would be: Me: Do you want to eat a sandwich? Tell me yes or no. Client: Yes or No. Delayed echolalia happens when […]
Lazy Speech Therapist Virtual Friday Hints
I wrote on Facebook awhile ago that Virtual Speech therapy fridays are the best because it is “Business on top and a pajama party on the bottom.” Today I’ve been super lazy and haven’t even changed out of my comfy red polka-dotted bottoms. In honor of my laziness today, here are 6 fun, easy and […]
Kool-aid eggs for next year.
I’m mostly taking Easter off this year but I wanted to share this in case you had an Easter egg dyeing emergency and thought to check my blog for answers. Due to my husband’s measuring deficits, it was taking EXTRA long to get our Easter eggs dyed this morning. I remembered that last year I […]
More Easter Activities.
A few more things going in my Speech world this week Easter Cookies I found this cookie set at Target and thought it was great for targeting attribute + noun phrases (red frosting, green sprinkles), sequencing, and choice making. Egg-laying Chicken. This toy cracks me up. Wind him up and he walks around the […]
St. Patrick’s Day Festivities
My son’s daycare celebrates St. Patrick’s Day by having Sally the Leprechaun visit every month. Sally is a very naughty leprechaun. The other day she stole someone’s socks at nap time because she loves the color green. Since then, my guy has been wearing all green to daycare. I guess he’d just prefer to go […]
Praxis: It’s not just a test you take after school
A few months ago I went out after dinner with an occupational therapist friend of mine. We spent the night catching up and geeking out on therapy techniques. She was describing a class she had taken on Ideational Praxis. I found an article online called, “A Theoretical Model of Ideation in Praxis” by Theresa May-Benson, […]
Having your cake and Eating it too
Last week was my birthday (in case you missed it.) We celebrated by making Cakes in a Cup. This activity had more ingredients then I typically like to use. But I liked the theme and was really curious how Microwave cake tastes. (very, very, very dense.) I got the recipe from Makinglearningfun.com Here’s what we […]
Come on Snake Eyes: Using Dice Games in Therapy
I’ve gone dice crazy. Dice are fun because it inserts that element of chance into a session. It’s not me that’s making you do six repetition of your target-it’s the dice. Plus the dice games are really motivating for kids. AutismTeachingStrategies.com has a fantastic blog post on using game like elements to teach social skills […]
What to do with your old packaging and a GIVEAWAY
This was adapted from an idea I’d seen on Pinterest. The idea was to put sight words onto bubble wrap and then let the students pop the bubble wrap. I’ve been waiting for big bubble wrap to come in a package to try it out, but have only received the little itty bitty bubble wrap. […]
Not for the weak of Heart: Bologna Valentines
People generally have strong feelings about bologna. I remember my first bologna sandwich. I’m pretty sure it was on the now defunct “Wonder bread” with one slice of bolonga and my name written in mustard on it. The best part of these sandwiches was that when you placed your finger down it would leave little […]
