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Speech Therapy Tools for SLPs and Educators

Best Speech Therapy Blog Posts of 2019

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Can you believe it is 2020?

Here is a round-up of this past year’s 5 most-read and saved speech therapy posts here on the blog! Happy reading!

5. Using the Auditory Sandwich as a Language Intervention Tool: Have you heard of the “auditory sandwich”? It is a valuable strategy for those with hearing impairment. Discover what is it and how to use it!

Auditory Sandwich as a Language Intevention Tool Speech Therapy

4. How and Why to Teach Categories in Speech Therapy: Categorization is a common speech therapy goal. Why are they important? Learn the developmental order of categories and different ways to work on them!

Categories in Speech Therapy

3. Why You Should Be Using BOOM Cards in Speech Therapy: Looking to make your life simpler with no assembling and carrying around activities? Try digital resources! Boom cards are a great addition to your speech therapy toolbox! Discover what they are and how to use them.

Why You Should Be Using Boom Cards in Speech Therapy

2. 12 Ways to Use Mr Potato Head in Speech Therapy: Mr. Potato Head is a smart addition to your speech therapy room. This toy is a fan favorite because it’s a crowd-pleaser and is so versatile! Read 12 speech and language goals to target with this toy!

MrPotatoHeadSpeechTherapy

1. Preschool Must-Haves for Speech Therapy: Do you work with preschool-aged kids in language intervention? Discover must-have toys and activities to use in speech therapy! I compiled a list of my must-have, go-to resources for this population broken into 5 categories: pretend play, basic toys, sensory play, games, and books.

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Hi, I'm Allison! A speech & language resource author who loves the creative process of making therapy materials and clipart, as well as connecting with educators world wide. Learn more about me here! Read More…

Effective communication comes in all shapes and si Effective communication comes in all shapes and sizes! Verbal, written, gestures, sign language, an AAC device...

As educators we understand this but it’s also our responsibly to relay and explain this to caregivers!
“Children gesture before they begin to speak and “Children gesture before they begin to speak and continue gesturing throughout the language learning process...children’s early gestures not only precede, but also predict, the onset of a number of linguistic milestones–nouns, nominal constituents, simple and complex sentences. Gesturing may thus play a causal role in language learning, and could do so in two ways: (1) Gesturing gives children the opportunity to practice expressing ideas in a preverbal form. (2) A child’s gestures offer parents and other communication partners insight into the child’s linguistic level, thus giving the partners the opportunity to provide input tailored to that level.”

Goldin-Meadow, S. How gesture helps children learn language. (2014)

Some caregivers worry that we are giving up on verbal language when we begin using gestures or other non-verbal forms of communication.But gestures can be an amazing stepping stone to words. They seem to help the concept of communication click for a child...If I do this, then I get what I want/need! Have you found this to be the true?
SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY • I updated this graphic SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY • I updated this graphic with the newest research!

Note: These numbers are based on unfamiliar listeners in an unknown context. You will notice the dark blue is the milestone (when 95% of children at this intelligible) and the light blue is the average (when 50% of children are this intelligible.)

The snapshot on the left is a summary given by the researchers (Hustad, et al.) as a quick way to remember and recite this new information.

Find these updated intelligibility levels in the Free SLP Handouts!

The paid handouts were updated a while back with this new information and have a more detailed summary, including word-level intelligibility. If you own them, be sure to redownload!

Free Speech Therapy Handouts: bit.ly/FreeSLPHandouts
Speech-Language Development Handouts: bit.ly/SLPHandouts
Save this post! 📚 Some favorite books for soc Save this post! 📚 

Some favorite books for social emotional learning >> inferencing >> verbs >> negation

You can find more book round-ups by categories at: allisonfors.com/?=books
📣📣📣 Phoneme awareness is the ability to b 📣📣📣 Phoneme awareness is the ability to break down a word into the smallest unit or sound. This includes phoneme isolation, blending, segmenting, addition, deletion, and substitution.

It’s ESSENTIAL to work on these skills starting in Preschool and continuing to focus on them in Kindergarten and First Grade!

The Speech-Language Development Handouts break down what to target at each grade level + the phonological awareness steps with definitions and examples!

bit.ly/SLPHandouts
What can we expect from toddler attention span? ⏰ It’s easy to over-expect the amount of time a child can sit and attend to a structured activity. Do these numbers surprise you or are they what you’d expect?

Memory trick 💡 You can remember the number of minutes a child can attend is approximately twice the child’s age.

Note: Don’t forget to use developmental age.

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Gaertner et al. (2008) Focused Attention in Toddlers

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