Since we all benefit from rest and fun I like to add a little fun into the summer (while kids get time off of school, but they don’t get time off of private practice speech and language treatment). This summer I’m doing “spirit days” to add a little more fun into our appointments during the …
Author: Amy
Using Disney Shorts for Pragmatic Langauge & Social Inferencing
For a lot of kids who are learning to navigate our highly-social world, some of the most advanced skills are inferencing others’ wants, needs, thoughts, and relationships. When I worked in a clinic with lots of people around I had lots of opportunities to practice these skills while using the people around us as examples. …
Zones Tool: Tune-In Corner
With so many of my patients now vaccinated I wanted to make sure I had lots of supports to help them sort through their emotions about the ongoing pandemic, continued inconsistency, and returning to in-person appointments. So I created a “tune-in corner” (though I usually just call it a “quiet corner,” but I’m using it …
Regulation Tool: Tune-In Corner
With so many of my patients now vaccinated I wanted to make sure I had lots of supports to help them sort through their emotions about the ongoing pandemic, continued inconsistency, and returning to in-person appointments. So I created a “tune-in corner” (though I usually just call it a “quiet corner,” but I’m using it …
My Favorite Zones of Regulation Tools
I love the Zones of Regulation! The curriculum has taught me so much about regulation and the tools have helped so many of my patients engage in speech and language treatment! Here are my favorites. Zooey Weighted Lap Buddy A “weighted lap buddy” is like a small weighted blanket in the form of a stuffed …
Review: Webber® HearBuilder® ⭐⭐⭐⭐_
A few years ago I received a referral from a neurologist who had concerns about verbal memory. I did some research and found that, despite my lack of training in this area this is within an SLP’s scope of practice. I also found that there wasn’t a lot of evidence-based techniques for this area. The …
Using Disney Shorts in Speech & Language Treatment
Disney shorts are the secret to my success with telehealth. When the word switched to online treatment due to the COVID-19 pandemic I started using these videos as an unstructured activity for grammar, pragmatic langauge, and narratives. Since then I’ve done lots of research about attention and brain waves during video calls and I find …
Play-Based Activities for Articulation/Phonology Skills
Toca Life World This is how I spent so much money on Toca Life World: each addon you buy gives you new items in your house “store” (accessed by touching the blue chair button once you’re inside one of the houses in the neighborhood where you can build them). I prefer getting my articulation targets …
My Favorite Narrative Activities & Tools
Whether I’m working on narrative creation, narrative retell, or using correct language structures during narratives I like to keep the activity as fun as possible. I find that this can be one of the hardest tasks for kids and giving them a fun way to work on it (with Disney videos, video games, or story …
How To: Envelope Visuals (Token Reward/Countdowns, Limited Choices, First-Then, & Schedule)
When I was helping parents of children who have Autism Spectrum Disorder around the state I often made these envelope visual schedules and first-then schedules. They’re not too big to carry around and you can fit the tokens, icons, and/or a marker into the envelope. Once I was working in the schools I found them …