Category: Speech Therapy

9 Strategies for Teaching Regular and Irregular Verbs

In this post we will look at teaching verbs to your younger elementary students. Teaching regular and irregular verbs can be approached using various strategies to make the learning process engaging and effective. Here are 9 strategies for teaching regular and irregular verbs you may wish to use in your

6 Ideas For Using Party Favors in Speech Therapy

Here you’ll find 6 ideas for using party favors in speech therapy. Have you ever thought about using party favors in your speech therapy sessions? Well it’s a great change of pace and will bust the therapy boredom that can happen when we don’t get a break from school in

How to use one item to target multiple goals in mixed group therapy

How To Use One Item to Meet Multiple Goals In Mixed Group Therapy

I have been asked many times how to use one item to meet multiple goals in mixed group therapy. I think this is something that many of us really old therapists learned to do out of necessity in the very beginning of our careers. I’m talking way back before Pinterest,

Highly Motivating Games for Speech Therapy

Keeping your students motivated is key! Kids get bored so easily these days. If you want to make progress with them you must keep them engaged and motivated to practice. There is no better way than with games. Fact: kids love games and when you can add learning to the

3 Tips For Creating A Functional And Time Saving Speech Therapy Space

Use these 3 tips for creating a functional and time saving speech therapy space. No matter the size of your therapy space there are some things you can do to make it functional and time saving! It may not be a glamorous room like you see on IG but it

Using Games in Therapy the Right Way

I LOVE using games in therapy because they really engage kids. When kids are engaged they are learning! Games are the best attention getting tool you can use. However, there is a right way and a wrong way to do this. The wrong way to use games in therapy! The

Early Intervention with Speech Therapy Part 2

This is a continuation of how to work with your Speech and Language Early Intervention kids. Our focus with be the 24 month to 3 year old child. We’ll look at what this age child should know and how to target appropriate goals during your sessions. What should they know

Early Intervention with Speech Therapy Part 1

This blog post series is going to focus on speech and language therapy ideas for early intervention. My focus will primarily be kids in the 18 month through 3 year-old range. I want to review with you some goals you should be targeting and ways to work with these wee

The How and Why of Teaching Categorization

Wikipedia defines categorization as the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood. Categorization implies that objects are grouped into categories usually for some specific purpose. Ideally categories show the relationship between objects. We use categorization to build a foundation for how we learn, relate, store, and

How to Teach WH Questions

There is nothing mystical, magical, or terrifying about teaching your students how to ask and answer WH questions. The key is making sure they understand what each of those words mean before you start. Several years ago my friend, Leah, was struggling with a group of ASD kids who could