I love to incorporate theme or holiday activities into my speech therapy sessions. Sometimes I struggle with how to maximize my therapy time when I am working on an activity with a client. I try to think through an activity and the steps in the activity prior to the sessions so I can identify potential […]
Simply Sequencing: Apps, Products and Online Resources
Looking for materials for sequencing? I’m rounding up the month with a few of my favorites online resources and apps. Online Resources: Here are some of the resources that I used when I was doing virtual therapy. I really liked using Quia-their jeopardy style game was a big favorite in therapy. (and an awesome way to […]
Getting Hip with the Middle Schoolers-Using Vine videos for Sequencing & Story Retell
Although it’s probably NOT hip to say “hip.” I’m always looking for new activity or ideas to engage my older clients and students. Vine allows users to create a 6 second video which automatically loops. Users can post the videos on social media sites. A quick word of caution: A lot of Vine videos are inappropriate for […]
Digging a Little Deeper: September Sequencing
My September topic of the month is sequencing. I think it fits since so many of us are trying to figure out scheduling and our students are trying to figure out how their day is supposed to go. I ALWAYS find myself writing sequencing goals. These are my first steps in working towards narratives. I […]
BUILDING effective communicators: the one who makes you play Mad Libs®
The one who makes you play Mad Libs®: This is the client who really struggles with vocabulary. Their stories are difficult to understand because they are using the wrong vocabulary OR because they are using too many non specific words. “So then I told him that I wasn’t going to be okay with him […]
BUILDING effective communicators: the one who requires a flow chart to comprehend:
The one who requires a flow chart to comprehend: This client is able to share different information but doesn’t know how to sequence it. They start in the middle of the story and jump around trying to give me all of the information. I have to ask more questions to figure out what they […]
BUILDING effective communicators: The one who gives a monologue
The one who gives a monologue: This client has the opposite problem of the one who needs to be interrogated. If I ask anything about their weekend they start at 4 pm on Friday and give me a blow by blow account of every single thing they did. “I got on the bus and […]
BUILDING effective Communicators: Personal Narratives and the one who needs to be interrogated
One of the things that many of my clients struggle with is being able to share a simple story or information about what they have done during their day. If I ask them what they did or what they ate for lunch, they simply shrug and say, “I don’t know.” These same clients struggle […]
Tuesday Turkey Leftovers: 3 super quick crafts
I love holiday weeks because I can pick 1-2 activities and use them with most of my clients. It saves on my planning and set up time. I pick up little activities as I see them in the store. This year I went a little bit crazy for Thanksgiving. So instead of saving myself prep […]
Light Box Therapy
Last year, there was a plethora of postings about using your own light table during therapy. I saw postings on Play at home mom, Testy Yet Trying and Speech Room News. This was also around the time that I started having some anxiety about the lack of fun sensory experiences I’d given to my then […]
