Important Dating Skills for Students with Autism
Pretend you are the parent or teacher of a teenager with Autism or a Social Language Disorder. Your teenager comes up to you one day
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Engaging Fall Articulation Activity For Preschoolers
Wouldn’t it be nice if your preschool students had an engaging fall themed activity where they learned new, salient, vocabulary while they work on their articulation? Be honest,
How Does A Normal SLP Start a TPT Store Anyways?
Have you ever wondered about the stories of your favorite TpT authors, bloggers, and online mentors? What prompted them to start this journey, more importantly what motivated them to stick with it? I can’t speak for them, but I would love to share the start of my TpT journey with you.
First Day of Speech Therapy Activities
Have you ever had the “Why do I come to speech” conversation? Or worse, the “Why does he come to speech” conversation? It’s tricky, you know.
Must Have Pragmatic Language Evaluation Tools and Tips
My favorite speechie thing to do is pragmatic language evaluations and therapy. I even like to write the reports. *gasp* . Try not to judge
How to Teach Conversation Skills
Conversation skills…what are they exactly? How do we teach them? More importantly, how do we help our students learn them?
How to Make Friends
This blog post explains how to teach friendship making skills to students with Autism or social language disorders.
Oral Narratives In Speech Therapy
“Why should I be working on oral narratives in speech therapy?” I am so glad you asked! As it turns out, there are quite a few reasons you should be working on narratives, but for this post I am going to focus on the three that stood out to me.
Fun Activities to Teach Body Parts To Preschoolers
It doesn’t matter if you are a parent, a preschool teacher, an early interventionist, or a speech-language pathologist, you know the importance of teaching body parts. According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), children should be able to identify a few body parts between the age of 1-2 years.
Nonverbal Speech Therapy Homework Activities
I was sitting in an IEP meeting and a cold dread started seeping from my throat to my toes. I was terrified of what I
How to Teach Tone of Voice: In 4 Easy Steps
If you have ever wondered how to teach tone of voice, you are not alone. I have been there, sitting across from a boy who has confusion written across his face, as I try and explain that yes, saying I’m sorry is usually a good thing, but that it was his tone of voice that made his teacher upset.
Activities for Teaching Empathy to Middle Schoolers
How do you define empathy? I mean, really, take a second and try to put words to it. When I first sat down and tried to define empathy, the first thing I felt was an emotion. I know what empathy feels like, but a definition with words took a little more thought. After doing some research and reflection, this is the definition I settled on:
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