I’ve made reusable monthly themes to help save me time and energy. As a part of this I’m incorporating themes into the naturalistic activities I regularly use during treatment. Here’s what I have so far…
Themed Naturalistic Activities
Author: Amy
Themed Prizes
As I create monthly themes that I can reuse each year in order to preserve my time and energy I’m adding a themed prize to my prize box each month. Each of my patients can visit the prize box at the end of their appointment as long as they finish all their work. In fact, …
Themed Sensory Bins
Here are the themed sensory bins I’m using each month. You can see what materials I’m using (and even get links to the materials) to make each bin for yourself. Ways to Use Sensory Bins in Speech & Language Treatment Here are some ideas for using animal miniatures in speech & Language treatment You can …
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 …
My Favorite Wordless Short Videos
Wordless videos (like wordless books) can be great for speech & language treatment! They give kids so much to talk about! We can help by asking questions like, “What’s happening?” “What would he say if he talked?” “How’s he feeling?” etc. Here are some of my favorite wordless short videos…
AD/HD & Speech-Language Pathology
October is ADHD awareness month! I actually learned very little about ADHD’s effects on communication as a graduate student and it wasn’t until I began seeing lots of patients with ADHD that I started to wonder about the connection between the disorder and speech and langauge. Since then I’ve had the opportunity to work with …
October’s Theme: Magic!
October is my favorite month so as I’ve been developing monthly themes that I can reuse each year, I was most excited for this one! I started with “spooky” as the theme, but the more I thought about it “MAGIC” is better because it includes all the spookiness while still including topics for kids who …
Magic Sensory Bin
For my magic-themed sensory bin I bought glitter kinetic sand, added iridescent black plastic rocks, fairy minis, unicorn minis, and dragon minis (which I got from How to Train Your Dragon blind bags that are no longer sold). You can find the rest of my themed sensory bins here. And you can find the rest …
Magic Naturalistic Activities
Each month I switch out the apps, websites, and videos I use during treatment. Here are the ones I’m using this month… Toys/Board Games/Apps Books Videos Also: here are some ideas for using Disney shorts in speech & language treatment. You can find my other themed naturalistic activities here.
September’s Theme: Wildlife
I’ve developed monthly themes that I can reuse each year to save myself time and energy. You can find the rest of my monthly themes here. I’ve made “wildlife” my theme for September. Here are the ways I’ve incorporated “wildlife” into my practice this month… You can find more themed naturalistic activities here. You can find …