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Speech Therapy Tools for SLPs and Educators

Top Read Aloud Strategies for Speech-Language Development

read aloud strategies books

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…

June 1, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Books, Literacy, Tips and Tricks

Nonverbal Communication Skills: Making The Implicit More Explicit

nonverbal-communication

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…

May 12, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Social Skills

Do You Know These Speech and Hearing Facts?

speech 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…

May 1, 2022 allisonfors 1 Comment Filed Under: Better Hearing and Speech Month, Speech Therapy Education

Top IKEA Purchases for your Speech Room

ikea purchases

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…

April 14, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Therapy Ideas

What’s the Difference Between a Prompt and a Cue?

prompt versus cue

Prompt versus cue – Have you ever wondered the difference? You’re not alone! It’s common for people to get hung up on these two terms. It seems like many use them interchangeably, but it is a critical distinction when goal and report writing. Both are strategies used to help teach a student new skills. But…

March 29, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Speech Therapy Education

23 Grammar Activities for Speech Therapy

grammar activities

Speech therapy grammar activities round-up to download and use now! Grammar is one of the many areas SLPs address in speech therapy. It is critical to communication and academic success – speaking, comprehension, reading, writing, and more. Did you know that students with specific language impairment and developmental language disorder have persistent grammatical deficits? And…

March 12, 2022 allisonfors 1 Comment Filed Under: grammar, Speech Resources

Tips and Tricks: How to Use Clipart to Create Speech Activities

how to use clipart

Have you ever had a student with a specific interest and you wished you had the perfect activity for them? Or needed a specific resource type to work for a mixed group? I think we’ve all been in a situation where we want to quickly create something for a particular student or group. I have…

February 21, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Therapy Ideas, Tips and Tricks

A Guide to the Language Processing Hierarchy

The language processing hierarchy is a general overview of language acquisition skills that can serve as a guide for professionals. Language Processing Disorder (LPD) is a neurological condition that affects how language is processed in the brain. It affects the ability to understand spoken language and/or clearly express oneself. Some main characteristics of LPD are…

February 5, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Speech Therapy Education, Therapy Ideas

Literacy Strategies for Language Development

Welcome and thanks to my guest blogger, Mary Elizabeth Shaw! Today she is sharing literacy strategies to utilize in speech therapy or at home. Mary Elizabeth Shaw has her masters in language and literacy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and her doctorate in educational leadership from University of Bridgeport. You can follow her…

January 10, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Books, Literacy

The 5 Best Speech Therapy Blog Posts of 2021

Happy New Year! 2021 was a one-of-a-kind year, with some both wonderful and challenging moments. Like many of you, I’m looking forward to 2022 and what it will bring. The new year is a great time to look back. I’ve rounded up this past year’s most saved and read speech therapy blog posts here for…

January 1, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Speech Therapy Education, Therapy Ideas

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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…

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Google is my best friend - but let’s save time a Google is my best friend - but let’s save time and streamline that process!

Have a quick reference system at your fingertips without googling.
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The perfect parent handouts for speech and language development.
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Both the free and paid versions are great for referencing a variety of speech and language milestones and skills, plus using as handouts for caregivers.

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8 LANGUAGE SAMPLE TIPS💡 Save this post and ta 8 LANGUAGE SAMPLE TIPS💡 

Save this post and tag a friend! Do you have other tricks for collecting language samples? 

Language samples often consists of at least 50-100 utterances. They are a great tool to assess and gather data on: utterance length, vocabulary, syntax, semantics, morphology, pragmatics, narrative skills, and comprehension.

Read more: allisonfors.com/language-samples/

Download the checklist: bit.ly/freelanguagesample
What is a delay versus a disorder? This is a commo What is a delay versus a disorder? This is a common question!

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