Executive functioning skills are a necessary part of cognitive development, including speech, language, literacy, and pragmatics. Being able to learn, generalize, and carryover skills all require executive functioning. What is executive functioning? Executive functions are a set of skills that we use every day to learn, work, and manage daily life. It is the “management…
27 Basic Concepts Activities for Speech Therapy
Speech therapy basic concepts activities round-up to download and use now! Basic concepts are an area that speech therapists address because they are the foundation of language development. Being able to understand and use basic concepts are the root of communicating and comprehending language. They are critical for effective communication and success in all other…
Why You Should Be Using Visual Supports in Speech Therapy
Visual supports enhance the learning process and benefit all students! They are something that everyone should be incorporating in their therapy rooms, classrooms, and other environments. Visuals can improve understanding, build confidence in new skills, encourage independence, and provide structure. What are visual supports? Visuals facilitate a more concrete representation of information, as opposed to…
5 Insightful TED Talks by People with a Communication Disorder
As providers for those with communication disorders, it is important to gain an understanding of what it is like to have a communication barrier! Here are 5 TED talks by people with various communication disorders providing insight into how they think and process information, as well as their thoughts on their disorders. 1.How I Learned…
Speech and Language Norms
Speech-language development milestones, hierarchies, and charts! Speech and language norms, charts, and milestones are helpful to see a general guideline of development, to help assess, and to structure therapy. They are especially beneficial for parents to gauge their child’s development and if they need to seek out intervention. The rate of development varies from child…
Speech Therapy Back to School Resources
Back to school resources and activities for your speech room! Help your students start the year off by discussing why they come to speech, what their goals are, what to expect, and your expectations. Don’t miss the free back to school activities towards the bottom of the post. BACK TO SCHOOL RESOURCES Back to School…
Top Read Aloud Strategies for Speech-Language Development
Reading is a top strategy for early language development! Books are an excellent way to build language and vocabulary. Use these read aloud strategies starting at infancy.Discover seven tips to get the most out of reading to children and how to make it a positive experience. 1. FOLLOW THE CHILD’S INTEREST Make it a positive…
Nonverbal Communication Skills: Making The Implicit More Explicit
Welcome and thanks to my guest blogger, Allie Gallinger! Today she is sharing how she works on nonverbal communication skills in speech therapy. When I was studying in the speech language pathology program, we were never explicitly taught how to help children with their social communication skills. Instead, it was an area that I have learned about…
Do You Know These Speech and Hearing Facts?
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month! Feel free to share this to help others better understand the roles of SLPs and become better educated on speech-language disorders, as well as hearing disorders! SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DISORDER FACTS By the first grade, roughly 5% of children have noticeable speech disorders. (asha.org) Research has found that 20…
Top IKEA Purchases for your Speech Room
IKEA has some great speech therapy finds for great deals. I have bought a random assortment of things from there over the years for my speech room. For those of you who don’t have an IKEA nearby, Amazon just started selling many IKEA items! Currently, the prices are more expensive on Amazon though so I…
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