Starting speech therapy with a new speech-language pathologist is the start of something new for you and your family. Getting a good understanding of the child’s interests and strengths before speech sessions starts is important. As a speech-language pathologist I always start my speech therapy sessions with something that I know the child can do....
Read MoreSpeech therapy by teletherapy is now the new normal. Here are some online essentials to make everything a little bit easier. Assessments DAGG2 (The Dynamic AAC Goals Grid) Objective: Assess and reassess an individual’s current skills in AAC and to assist partners in developing a comprehensive plan for improving the AAC user’s independence. Sensory Profile ...
Read MoreOnline learning has completely taken over the world. Learning is currently happening in the comfort of your own home, rather than the four walls of a classroom. Parents have now become private tutors and children are now having to adapt their learning styles. Online learning is completely new for everyone, so here are some tips...
Read More*read to me // + video Literacy development results in advancement of our reading, writing speaking and listening abilities. We use literature, in teaching to take concepts from literature and apply them to real life. Therefore it is important we don’t stop teaching literacy to our young ones. Literacy online can be something fun for...
Read MoreInferencing through videos is a way to bring to life, social situations and experiences with characters and/or actors who solve problems and break down the “why” in others behaviors and actions. Inferencing is the way we pick up on certain non-verbal and verbal cues, based on our reasoning and previous knowledge of situations. Inferring is...
Read MoreWhat has become very clear to me is that before any online speech therapy session I MUST go over with family member that is sitting with the child a prompting hierarchy that is tailored for the child. If not, this is what happened to me on one of my first ever teletherapy sessions. Rebecca “I see a little duck what do you see” I wait,...
Read MoreMy Top Three TeleSpeech Strategies for Online Speech Therapy: 1. Caregivers clued into speech therapy plans & goals: I try to make sure parents know why things are happening when they are happening. For example, I had a session this week with a little boy recently diagnosed with autism. The activity we were looking at...
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