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Speech Therapy Tools for SLPs and Educators

10 Online Sources of Free Children’s eBooks

free children's ebooks

I’ve seen a lot of people looking for free digital resources as they turn to teletherapy. Whether you’re practicing this as a temporary social distancing measure or it’s how you conduct most of your work in the long-term, you’ll need some great digital tools to work with your clients. I’ve found eBooks to be an…

April 7, 2020 allisonfors 2 Comments Filed Under: Books, Therapy Ideas

Free Spring Speech Therapy Activities

Free Spring Speech Therapy Activities

Free spring speech therapy activities, reinforcers, and clipart! Download and use now! Happy spring! I can’t wait for warmer weather! I have some spring-themed free resources and clipart I wanted to put in one easy place for you to grab and use in your therapy sessions and classrooms. Gliding Minimal Pair Flowers: Target the phonological…

March 23, 2020 allisonfors 2 Comments Filed Under: Speech Resources, Therapy Ideas

Thoughtful Conversation Starters for Kids and Teens

conversation starters speech therapy

Conversation starters and prompts are a versatile tool to teach a variety of skills in regards to speech therapy, autism, and your classroom! Get a question list to use and download a freebie. Have you ever gotten into the rut of using the same questions over and over again that you can think of off…

March 12, 2020 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Autism, Social Skills, Speech Resources, Therapy Ideas

The Best Preschool Language App EVER

my playhome app preschool speech therapy

I love love love working on preschool language and the app that I find myself continually coming back to time and time again with my students no matter their interests is called “My PlayHome.” It is perfect for speech therapy and developing language skills.  Discover why I love it and how I use it! This app…

February 20, 2020 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Apps, Preschool, Therapy Ideas

25 Valentine’s Day Books for Kids

Valentine's Day Books

February and St. Valentine’s Day books for your speech therapy sessions and classrooms!  Books are a big component of my therapy lesson plans and I love to use themed books throughout the year to teach new, applicable vocabulary and keep things fresh and interesting. The 14th is just around the corner… head to your local…

February 1, 2020 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Books, Preschool, Therapy Ideas

The Importance of Explaining the WHY of Therapy Sessions to Parents

Parent Communication

Parent communication – It’s important to explain to parents the WHY behind what you’re doing in your therapy sessions! Why does therapy just look like play?Why is her therapist using ASL? I want my child to learn to talk!Why is my child not making progress? Ever heard these questions? I’ve mostly heard them from friends…

January 13, 2020 allisonfors 1 Comment Filed Under: Early Intervention, Parent Communication, Preschool

Best Speech Therapy Blog Posts of 2019

best of speech therapy

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…

January 1, 2020 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Therapy Ideas

12 Ways to Elicit Language Development

Elicit Language Development

Learn ideas to stimulate language skills in toddlers and children! Use these 12 strategies to elicit language development, whether you are a therapist, teacher, or parent. There are many fun, simple activities to incorporate into your day to engage and encourage communication skills. These strategies are not only helpful for children struggling with language development…

December 12, 2019 allisonfors 4 Comments Filed Under: Early Intervention, Preschool, Therapy Ideas

5 Easy Speech Therapy Ideas Using Common Christmas Items

5 Easy Speech Therapy Ideas Using Common Christmas Items

Welcome and thanks to my guest blogger, Lindsay from Once Upon a Speech Room! Christmas is one of my favorite times of year to plan therapy. I’m continually inspired to bring more new ideas into my therapy sessions, but my most favorite items to use are always simple, common Christmas items. They are easy to…

December 3, 2019 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Therapy Ideas

How and Why to Teach Inferencing

Inferencing Speech Therapy

Being able to make inferences and draw conclusions is a critical component of communication. These fundamental skills can be difficult for those with language delays. WHAT ARE INFERENCES? WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? Inferences are educated guesses based upon the evidence available, plus our previous experience and knowledge. It is how we read between the lines…

November 25, 2019 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Speech Resources, 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…

“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
*most* of the areas of speech-language pathology 😉 What is your favorite area to treat?

I had to repost this during Better Hearing and Speech Month! 

Download this infographic for free ➡️ allisonfors.com/speech-therapy-handouts/

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