Here’s another category sorting game I made simply using clip art from Microsoft PPT. I needed more pictures to work with my language delayed kiddos who needed support for their semantic networks. So I made another categories game. This packet includes 9 insect and musical instrument pictures, and 30 additional transportation pictures that can be […]
Can training parents in play improve communication skills in children with ASD? Can parents become the interventionists? Can parents successfully implement techniques that positively affect communication skills in their children with ASD? These are questions that have been asked for decades. Dr. Stanley Greenspan, developer of the DIR/Floortime Model of therapy intervention, not only believed […]
Oh subject/verb agreement is one of those grammar skills we as SLPs seem to work on forever sometimes to teach the unwritten rules of language. Of course you’ve seen this cute clip art before, I’m sure! I thought it would be fun to make an Is/Are vs. Was/Were activity for my language kiddos. You can […]
It’s Tip Tuesday and today I would like to talk to you about an amazing opportunity I had over the summer to participate in an 11 hour professional development course on The Greenspan Floortime Approach. As you may know, Dr. Stanley Greenspan developed the DIR/Floortime approach. And although DIR has been observed to be a positive […]
I am finally moving into the technology age (I suppose) with my very first twitter account. I will do my best to keep you all updated. Sticking to 140 characters will most definitely be a challenge for this talker but what can I say?! Ha! Anyway, find me and follow me on twitter: C_Stationspeech There […]
This product is a MUST HAVE for any speech-language pathologist, experienced or new to autism spectrum disorders, graduate students or even educators who have, are, and will work with children with ASD. Before any child can learn, he/she must be in a state of alertness otherwise known as self-regulation. For our students with ASD and […]
It’s Christmas time! Today is Christmas Eve and I am planning on spending the next two weeks focused on my family. This means I will be taking a two week break from my Tip Tuesday and Freebie Friday posts. I hope you too will be enjoying some family time over your Christmas break as […]
I wanted to make a fun holiday activity for my clients who are readers. So I made this Christmas Carol Scramble sheet so we can have a bit of fun while working on our speech and language goals. A few ways to use this sheet: 1. Individually students can attempt to complete this sheet […]
Here’s another fun Christmas activity you can do with your clients. We all love mad libs! Well how about a fill-in-the-blank activity for the famous Twas the Night Before Christmas poem? This is a simple way to work on parts of speech, rhyming skills, reading and conversational articulation skills, and even understanding humor. You can […]
Article: Increasing Social Interaction Using Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching with Nonverbal School-Age Children with Autism Citation: Franco, J., Davis, B., & Davis, J. (2013). Increasing social interaction using prelinguistic milieu teaching with nonverbal school-age children with autism. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 22, 489-502. doi: 10.1044/1058-0360(2012/10-0103) Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect […]
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