I love the Zones of Regulation. Through it, Michelle Garcia Winner and her colleagues incorporate all the things I’ve learned about sensory processing, emotion regulation, and self-care. I can’t recommend the Zones curriculum highly enough for all SLPs or, really, anyone working with children. I found when using the tools from this book I needed …
I recently ran into a problem: the toddlers I’m working with needed a toy that could help them learn to label emotions. Interestingly, our research is showing that it’s easier for children to label others’ emotions than it is for them to label their own so I start with kids labeling the emotions of others. …
For my “self-care” prizes I decided to use emoji erasers like these, which I got a couple years back and found that each kid either loves or hates them. I also got heart-shaped squeezers like these for my prize box. For 2026 I’m thinking about adding these heart-shaped sunglasses & these Valentine’s slap bracelets. You …
Here’s February’s self-care-themed virtual treatment room! Visit it to see the webcams, apps, videos, and websites I’m using this month. Here’s a link to my folder of themed virtual treatment rooms (so you can download and edit a room to make it your own). You can find my other themed virtual treatment rooms here.
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 love snow! We don’t get it often in Albuquerque so it’s very exciting when we get it. Here are the ways I’m incorporating “snow” into my practice for January… You can find my other themed naturalistic activities here. You can find my other themed virtual therapy rooms here. You can find more themed sensory …
For my snow-themed prizes I got these Olaf Doorables and used the snowmen and snowflakes from this eraser set (not pictured above). For 2026 I also got these wands because they include snowflake ones. You can find the rest of my themed prizes here.
For my snow-themed sensory bin I usually use white tinsel pom-poms , but since white Pluffle came with the black Pluffle I got for my April sensory bin I decided to try that this year. I added the same Olaf Doorables that I got for my themed monthly prizes as well as an Elsa Doorable …
Here’s January’s snow-themed virtual treatment room! Visit it to see the webcams, apps, videos, and websites I’m using this month. Here’s a link to my folder of themed virtual treatment rooms (so you can download and edit a room to make it your own). You can find my other themed virtual treatment rooms here.
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 You can find my other themed naturalistic activities here. Also: here are some ideas for using Disney shorts in speech & language treatment.
