[Source: Stay At Home Educator] I LOVE sorting activities to reinforce letter identification and sounds. Such activities have been wildly successful with my preschoolers in reviewing those important beginning reading skills. Sometimes, though, it is appropriate to bring out something completely new,…...
Editor’s Note: Written for parents, but an excellent list to share with your clients’ families. [Source: North Shore Pediatric Therapy] Your child’s first three years of life are the most intensive period for speech and language development. Children learn through modeling, imitation,…...
[Source: Bilinguistics] Why focus on categorization in speech therapy? Whether a child is monolingual or bilingual, focusing on categorization in speech therapy helps us get a more thorough understanding of word knowledge than single-word vocabulary tests. How a child produces vocabulary when asked…...
By: Donna Freeman of Yoga In My School Yoga is highly effective when used as a therapy and fitness routine for children with Down Syndrome (DS). This ancient practice can easily be modified to suit various conditions and personal interests and is…...
[Source: Your Therapy Source] While it is true that a picture (collage) can paint a thousand words, I highly recommend you go on over to Your Therapy Source to read Margaret’s post on three great hand strengthening activities to do in the kitchen…...
Editor’s Note: Melissa doesn’t meantion where you can get the printable Steve Heads, but I found them HERE [Source: Miss Melissa’s Speech] For any of you that know exactly what Minecraft is, it’s probably no surprise that many of our students are…...
[Source: Medical News Today] A new study shows for the first time that prolonged exposure to loud noise changes how the brain processes speech, suggesting the damage such exposure causes is not limited to physical changes in the ear itself. According to…...
[Source: Science Daily] Of cerebral palsy, caregivers and patients know this is an understatement: it’s not easy. The permanently debilitating condition, which occurs in babies from the prenatal stage to toddlers, comes with more than its fair share of lifelong challenges —…...
What tests/assessments do you have experience with? How will you handle a situation when a standardized assessment doesn’t go as planned? What alternatives to standardized assessments are there that you like or have used? How have you adapted testing situations when a…...
Book by Cara Koscinski, MOT, OTR/L Review by Lindsey Biel, M.A. OTR/L Every so often a book comes along that you know you have to recommend to the families and caregivers of the kids you work with. This wonderful, self-published book by OT…...
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