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Allison Fors, Inc.

Speech Therapy Tools for SLPs and Educators

Early Intervention & Preschool

early interention and preschool speech therapy

This page is a compilation of my content and my favorite resources available for early intervention and preschool speech therapy – discover tons of ideas, activities, websites, and resources for this population! Bookmark this page or save it to Pinterest with the image at the bottom!

BLOG POSTS

Cause and Effect Toys for Early Intervention
Preschool Must-Haves for Speech Therapy

Sensory Play in Speech Therapy
Using Interactive Books (+ a freebie)
The Importance of Movement
Creative Ways to Use Trinkets
Easy Speech Therapy Activities to do Today
Using Pictures for One-Item, No-Prep Therapy
Strategies for Tantrum-Free Transitions
How to Use Sensory Bottles
5 Easy Ways to Make An Activity Engaging
The Importance of Open-Ended Play

USING TOYS IN THERAPY:
Play Kitchen in Speech Therapy
12 Ways to Use Mr Potato Head
Toy Farm in Speech Therapy
6 Ways to Use Ball Poppers
Playhouse in Speech Therapy
Wind Up Toys in Speech Therapy
Train Set in Speech Therapy
Play Dough Mats in Speech Therapy
Unique Ways to Use Puppets

WEBSITES

Teach Me to Talk– A fantastic resource geared towards parents. The posts have lots of thorough information for early language.
Linguisystems Communication Milestones – A downloadable PDF breaking down speech and language milestones. 
The Hanen Centre – A great resource for early language. 
Preschool toys ideas
Open-ended play ideas
Versatile therapy tools

APPS

MyPlayHome – Target just about every language goal and easily incorporate articulation or discuss pragmatics. I mostly use it to work on pronouns, verbs, following directions, sentence formulation, sequencing, and turn-taking. There is also a school, stores, and hospital ones! A free “lite” version is available.

Make a Scene – A sticker app with sound effects! Use for vocabulary, following directions, prepositions, describing, wh questions, or as a reinforcer! There are 10 themes for $19.99 or purchase individually for $2.99

RESEARCH

The Informed SLP – A subscription-based service that summarizes new research every month!

FREEBIES

Farm Interactive Book – Farm themed interactive book targeting various speech and language goals.



Behavior Social Story – A social story mini-book on how to handle frustration in color and black & white. A great way to discuss feelings and appropriate ways to express them!


Category Match-Up – Practice categories and associations with this NO PREP resource!



Barrier Games – Barrier games are a great way to incorporate many skills: expressive skills (giving directions), receptive skills (following directions), social skills, basic concepts, vocabulary, categorization, sentence formation, and storytelling.


Play Dough Mats – Use as an open-ended reinforcer, for following directions, play skills, or fine motor skills.



What Doesn’t Belong Scenes – Practice negation, association, and categories with this 5 page, no-prep activity!



RESOURCES

Speech-Language Development Handouts – Speech therapy development charts, milestones, and hierarchies for early intervention, preschool, and elementary-aged children! Evidence-based infographics with definitions and explanations.

 

Basic Concepts Bundle – Temporal, Qualitative, Quantitative, Negation. Perfect for introducing basic concepts in repetitive, consistent activities that keep kids engaged. No prep, print and go pages (or just open on your device)!

 

Basic Concepts 2 Bundle – Adjectives, Opposites, Emotions, Categories. Perfect for introducing basic concepts in speech therapy with repetitive, consistent worksheets that keep kids engaged. No prep, print and go pages (or just open on your device)!


Prepositions Bundle – Perfect for introducing prepositions and positional concepts in repetitive, consistent activities that keep kids engaged. No prep, print and go pages (or just open on your device)! Black and white pages included for an ink-saving option or to send home!

Seasons Language Scenes – Versatile, no prep or no print scenes to target many language goals: WH questions, following directions, verbs, prepositions, possessive nouns & pronouns, third-person pronouns, formulating sentences, and conversation skills. Grab the growing bundle to get all sets discounted + all future sets for free!

Interactive Books Bundle – Keep busy bodies engaged, are a perfect on-the-go therapy tool, and target countless expressive and receptive goals. Included are flashcards, worksheets, and activities for pronouns, possessive nouns, verbs, sentence structure, WH questions, following directions, inferences, categorizing and more.

Sensory Bin Seasons Vocab & Object Function – Target object function and seasonal vocabulary with this fun activity! This product was made as a sensory bin activity but can also be used as flashcards with any game.


Home Themed Life Skills – Target many expressive and receptive language goals with these fun interactive books that are house themed! All first pages include the room scene with items to move and use with the scene. The rest of the pages target a variety of goals that are interactive (coloring, circling, writing, and connecting answers).

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Early Intervention Preschool

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…

Echolalia is actually a positive prognostic indica Echolalia is actually a positive prognostic indicator for autistic children! We don’t treat it this way most of the time even though it’s a communicative function for the individual. Instead of ignoring or trying to get a child to stop, we should try to shape the content into meaningful communication by teaching the meaning of the words or modeling appropriate language.
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Echolalia is a repetition of another person’s spoken words. This often presents in a child quoting favorite movies or repeating a question directed towards them.
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(Prizant 1987)
Resurfacing this for Better Hearing and Speech Mon Resurfacing this for Better Hearing and Speech Month 👄🗣🧠👂🏼 

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Nasal emission: The audible release of bursts of air through the nose during speech while producing a consonant that requires a buildup of air pressure.

Nasal turbulence: The escape of air through the nasal cavity, but it is perceived as turbulent, a snort or nasal rustle.

Dentalized: When the tip of the tongue is pushed against the back of the upper teeth.

Hypernasailty: A condition when air flows through the nasal passage during voiced consonants and vowels causing too much nasal resonance. It may or may not be audible.

Hyponasality: A condition when there is not enough nasal resonance on nasal sounds due to a blockage in the nasopharynx or nasal cavity.

Fronted: When a sound produced in the back of the mouth is replaced with a sound made in the front of the mouth.

Backed: When a sound produced in the front of the mouth is replaced with a sound made in the back of the mouth.

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SPEECH VS LANGUAGE. BHSM seems like a good time to SPEECH VS LANGUAGE. BHSM seems like a good time to share this again. 

Oh how many times I’ve explained these two terms! Do you find yourself breaking down the difference between speech and language?

This graphic is in the Free SLP Handouts download. 🔗 allisonfors.com/speech-therapy-handouts/
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Video myself.
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I realized I wasn’t giving enough wait time for my students. Turns out what feels like eternity after you ask a question, is really half a second. 😂 It took a lot of retraining to be ok with the quiet and not try to fill every moment with a teaching opportunity. Try counting to 10 before you jump in!

Have you ever filmed yourself in therapy? What was your biggest takeaway? 
If you’ve never done it or it’s been awhile...do it!

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