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! I have colleagues who hate the Zones of Regulation because it gets confusing for kids whose teachers use the color-coded behavior charts. to be …
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 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 …
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). I also moved my Encanto Doorables (which I originally used for my June/superheroes bin) to this one …
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.
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 …
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.
By popular demand, I got these Li’l Woodzeez Babeez Suprise and Li’l Woodzeez Bobbleez blind boxes for my wildlife-themed prizes. They’re 6 times more expensive than the usual prizes so I only got 1 for each child. If the kids want more in the future they’ll need to save their points (they earn 100 each …
I’ve developed monthly themes that I reuse each year to save me time and energy. “Learning” is my theme for August. You can find the rest of my monthly themes here. And here are the ways I’m incorporating “learning” into my practice this month… You can find my other themed virtual therapy rooms here. You …
For my learning-themed sensory bin I started with Lakeshore’s Translucent Letters and a variety of miniature items (each of which corresponds to each letter). I got some clear plastic rocks and small puck lights (which have since been recalled due to safety concerns so I ordered these ones to try in 2026) and added them …
