I’ve been working with children on the Autism spectrum for the last 16 or so years. I’ve noticed more consistently in my state (Minnesota) that these students are not always being serviced by the Speech Language Pathologist. I’ve heard some colleagues mention that these students need services from an Autism specialist or that they […]
Recycled Guest Posts: Teaching communication Alternatives to Challenging Behaviors in Young Children.
Shari was a 5 year old girl who just started therapy. She wasn’t producing any words, had minimal eye contact and cried during most of each session. She really enjoyed ball slide types of toys but became upset when she wasn’t allowed to control the entire interaction. When the clinician touched the ball she cried, tried […]
World Autism Day: Light it Up Blue
Today is World Autism Day. I’m lighting it up by changing my font color to blue. Last year when I wrote this, the prevalence was 1 in 88 children. This year that prevalence has changed to 1 in 68. Autism impacts a child’s ability to interact with their world and to process the information within that […]
Social Skills Materials: {linky party}
The super talented Jenna over at Speech Room News is hosting another Love it and list it linky party. This month’s theme is Social Skills Therapy Materials. I’ve been working with students and clients with autism for 17 years now. I love working with this population and have accumulated an entire bookshelf filled with […]
Guest Post: Scanlon Speech Therapy
I’m excited to be guest posting over at Scanlon Speech Therapy today! Head over to her site to learn some ways to teach communication alternatives to challenging behaviors.
Teaching the Social Skill of Eye Contact to Children: Twin Sisters Speech & Language Therapy Guest Post
I’m 6 days into the mother in law’s visit. The dog has only escaped twice. I couldn’t start the grill and my son has been a little precocious with his rhyming abilities. The weather has been fantastic. I’m enjoying time with her and my family. In the meantime, Manda, from Twin Sisters Speech & Language Therapy, […]
Ready, Set, Action Verbs: FREEBIE!
I realized that my freebie tab at the top of my page doesn’t work. I tried to highlight some of my free stuff on my 10,000 page view page. Maybe I will figure it out this summer-although the warm weather makes it difficult for me to concentrate. I really enjoy using the Tensebuilder App by […]
Video modeling: Editing out cues
Video modeling is an effective tool for strengthening new behaviors, teaching new skills and working on social skills. In general, video modeling should show your client what you WANT them to do. We want them to have as many positive models of the expected behavior as possible. If you want to work on Michelle Garcia […]
Teaching Imitation
I’ve been meaning to do a post on imitation for awhile. May 14th is the first Apraxia Awareness day so I thought a post on imitation skills would be appropriate. Imitation abilities one of the things that I assess during an initial evaluation. Speech therapy uses a lot modeling techniques so having a child […]
Behavior: When consequences don’t work the way we think they will.
When I first starting practicing, I worked with a child who used to bolt. About a week before my wedding, he bolted out the front door of the clinic in to a busy parking lot. I ran after him SO worried that he would be injured or hit by a car. He ended up falling […]
