I’ve been coming up with monthly themes that I can recycle each year so I can use my time and energy elsewhere. Each month I add the theme to my practice through a virtual therapy room (which has themed webcams, videos, books, and websites), prizes, sensory bins, apps, and activities. Here are the themes I’ve …
As I transition to re-usable monthly themes that will help me maximize my time and energy I’m continuing to use a virtual therapy room. I started making these during the COVID-19 lockdown, but I’ve actually found that they’re as helpful and motivating for in-person appointments as they are for the online ones! I’ll update my …
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, …
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. You can find a list of my themes here. Ways to Use Sensory Bins in Speech & Language Treatment June (Superheroes) July (Space) August (Learning) …
When I write these posts I don’t like to say any of my lists are exhaustive. I often realize, “I use this material all the time, yet I haven’t written about it on my blog!” That’s why I like to write each list about my “favorite” things instead of the ones I use most often.
Toca Kitchen Monsters is another FREE app from Toca Boca. In this one we get to choose a monster, choose different ingredients, and try to prepare food that the monsters will eat. Here are some ideas for using Toca Kitchen Monsters as a naturalistic activity during speech & language treatment… Here are some more ideas for targeting …
As a part of Mental Wellness Month I wanted to share my favorite self-care ideas. “Self-care” is a hot topic these days, but I often find myself debating about what it really is. Sometimes I relate it to regulation so that I think of self-care as “doing things that keep me at my most regulated, …
Following directions is a common goal for my patients of all ages. I try to keep these activities fun and play-based, but for the older kids that’s an especially challenging endeavor. Here are some of my favorite activities for working on following directions… Here are some more ideas for using Toca Kitchen Monsters in speech …
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 …
I met my first therapy dog when I was volunteering at the New Mexico Preschool for the Deaf – the dog was named Jackson and he belonged to one of the audiologists at the preschool. This started my interest in using a therapy dog in my future treatment. The first thing to know about therapy …
