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Tip Tuesday: Myth: “Play Therapy Isn’t Structured Enough for Speech Therapy”
Today I’d like to address the myth I hear very often from other SLPs about play therapy. “Play therapy is not structured enough to reach my speech therapy goals.” I believed the myth too once upon a time: Ok let me first say I too was that therapist that believed this 12 years ago […]
Spotlight on Schoolhouse Talk: Using Marble Runs in Speech Therapy!
Today’s spotlight guest blog comes from the clever Abby over at Schoolhouse Talk! If you haven’t read her blog, I’d recommend you head on over there and check it out. She has some novel and fun speech therapy ideas and this guest blog is no exception! Check out all of her links at the bottom […]
Tip Tuesday: Mini-Golf in Speech Therapy!
I was asked a questions months ago about how I use mini-golf in speech therapy so I thought I’d share some of those ideas here. If you have some other great ideas, I’d love to hear them! Just comment at the bottom of this blog. I’ve been perfecting my mini-golf game for some time now […]
Tip Tuesday: My Introduction to the ECO Language Program!
Picture courtesy of: Amazon.com(click on picture to take you to the link) Through a FB thread several months ago, it was recommended to me to look into James MacDonald and Barabara Mitchell’s work in the SLP field. I didn’t know much about them so I went to my favorite source when searching for books…Amazon! There […]
Tip Tuesday: Incorporating Literacy into Play therapy for Non-readers!
Today I’ll be sharing simple ways in which I incorporate literacy in play therapy for non-readers (and early readers). This is part 3 of my literacy series. You can find part 1 here and part 2 here. Enjoy! 1. Restaurant Menus: Playing restaurant is so much fun for our PK kiddos; taking turns being the […]
My Top 10 Favorite Songs for Early Language Learning!
As a Speech-Language Pathologist, I feel music, singing songs and finger plays are a very important part of communication as these activities improve auditory processing and comprehension skills while teaching language, prosody, turn taking and so much more! So I thought I’d share with you my Top 10 favorite songs and explain why I love […]
Pretend Play: Keeping Track of Progress!
Data Collection is probably the most difficult thing to master when participating in pretend play with our clients/students/children. How can we PROVE that progress has been made? **Picture courtesy of onestepahead.com** Here are a few things we need to think about first: 1. Baseline skills: the most imporant thing to do prior to determining appropriate […]
Pretend Play: Choosing Materials to Target Speech & Language Goals!
Pretend play is crucial for a child’s cognitive, communication and social development. But how can we as SLPs and parents use this activity to target specific language goals? There are a few rules to follow when using pretend play to target specific goals: 1. Choose interesting materials: If your child is not interested in the materials you […]
Pretend Play: Why it’s Important!
I was at the Dollar Tree in early September and look at what I found?!! Some great Halloween/ dress up goodies for…well you guessed it, $1 a piece! Look at the wonderful pretend play outfits I found for a total of $6 (plus tax)! Pretend play is sometimes overlooked in the Speech Pathology world because we are trained to “make the […]
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