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Speech Therapy Tools for SLPs and Educators

Why You Should Be Using Visual Supports in Speech Therapy

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Visual supports enhance the learning process and benefit all students! They are something that everyone should be incorporating in their therapy rooms, classrooms, and other environments. Visuals can improve understanding, build confidence in new skills, encourage independence, and provide structure. What are visual supports? Visuals facilitate a more concrete representation of information, as opposed to…

August 9, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Behavior Management, Speech Therapy Education, Therapy Ideas, Tips and Tricks

5 Insightful TED Talks by People with a Communication Disorder

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As providers for those with communication disorders, it is important to gain an understanding of what it is like to have a communication barrier! Here are 5 TED talks by people with various communication disorders providing insight into how they think and process information, as well as their thoughts on their disorders. 1.How I Learned…

July 5, 2022 allisonfors 3 Comments Filed Under: Speech Therapy Education, TED Talks

Speech and Language Norms

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Speech-language development milestones, hierarchies, and charts! Speech and language norms, charts, and milestones are helpful to see a general guideline of development, to help assess, and to structure therapy. They are especially beneficial for parents to gauge their child’s development and if they need to seek out intervention. The rate of development varies from child…

June 20, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Development

Speech Therapy Back to School Resources

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Back to school resources and activities for your speech room! Help your students start the year off by discussing why they come to speech, what their goals are, what to expect, and your expectations. Don’t miss the free back to school activities towards the bottom of the post. BACK TO SCHOOL RESOURCES Back to School…

June 11, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Back to School, Speech Resources

Top Read Aloud Strategies for Speech-Language Development

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Reading is a top strategy for early language development! Books are an excellent way to build language and vocabulary. Use these read aloud strategies starting at infancy.Discover seven tips to get the most out of reading to children and how to make it a positive experience. 1. FOLLOW THE CHILD’S INTEREST Make it a positive…

June 1, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Books, Literacy, Tips and Tricks

Nonverbal Communication Skills: Making The Implicit More Explicit

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Welcome and thanks to my guest blogger, Allie Gallinger! Today she is sharing how she works on nonverbal communication skills in speech therapy. When I was studying in the speech language pathology program, we were never explicitly taught how to help children with their social communication skills. Instead, it was an area that I have learned about…

May 12, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Social Skills

Do You Know These Speech and Hearing Facts?

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May is Better Hearing and Speech Month! Feel free to share this to help others better understand the roles of SLPs and become better educated on speech-language disorders, as well as hearing disorders! SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DISORDER FACTS By the first grade, roughly 5% of children have noticeable speech disorders. (asha.org) Research has found that 20…

May 1, 2022 allisonfors 1 Comment Filed Under: Better Hearing and Speech Month, Speech Therapy Education

Top IKEA Purchases for your Speech Room

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IKEA has some great speech therapy finds for great deals. I have bought a random assortment of things from there over the years for my speech room.  For those of you who don’t have an IKEA nearby, Amazon just started selling many IKEA items! Currently, the prices are more expensive on Amazon though so I…

April 14, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Therapy Ideas

What’s the Difference Between a Prompt and a Cue?

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Prompt versus cue – Have you ever wondered the difference? You’re not alone! It’s common for people to get hung up on these two terms. It seems like many use them interchangeably, but it is a critical distinction when goal and report writing. Both are strategies used to help teach a student new skills. But…

March 29, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Speech Therapy Education

23 Grammar Activities for Speech Therapy

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Speech therapy grammar activities round-up to download and use now! Grammar is one of the many areas SLPs address in speech therapy. It is critical to communication and academic success – speaking, comprehension, reading, writing, and more. Did you know that students with specific language impairment and developmental language disorder have persistent grammatical deficits? And…

March 12, 2022 allisonfors Leave a Comment Filed Under: grammar, Speech Resources

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Hi, I'm Allison! A speech & language resource author who loves the creative process of making therapy materials and clipart, as well as connecting with educators world wide. Learn more about me here! Read More…

Toy People and Language • You can never have eno Toy People and Language • You can never have enough! I love @fisherprice Little People bit also use peg people, action figures, and community helper figures.

What are you favorite toy people to use in therapy and what do you use them for?

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#earlychildhoodeeducator #playtolearn #openendedplay #speechtherapy #earlyintervention #pediatricslp
PLACES OF ARTICULATION 🗣 This graphic is inclu PLACES OF ARTICULATION 🗣

This graphic is included in the free Speech Therapy Handouts download. Find a place-manner-voice chart in the download as well! allisonfors.com/speech-therapy-handouts/

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#speechtherapy #articulationtherapy #slpeeps #slpa #ashaigers
[TPT GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY AT THE END] The TpT Back [TPT GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY AT THE END]

The TpT Back to School sale is running August 2-3. Everything in my store is 25% off - including this brand new resource and all bundles that are already discounted! Use code: BTS22 

Find links to resources + my store in my bio!

>> I have two TPT $10 gift cards to give away!<<

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I will randomly select the two winners on August 3rd at 2 pm PST.

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Visuals are always a good idea and a staple for sp Visuals are always a good idea and a staple for speech therapy!

NEW Language Visuals & Graphic Organizers - and it is 25% off now!

These visual supports are versatile in helping you teach new concepts, pair them with other activities, or use them for generalization. The graphic organizers are flexible and open-ended to use in many scenarios.

Great for…
➡️ having visuals at your fingertips to aid you in teaching a variety of language targets.
➡️ visuals that are age-appropriate for all grades.
➡️ functional room décor – posters, bulletin board.
➡️ using digitally – open it on your device!
➡️ printing black and white versions to send home.

Check out the 38 concepts + 17 graphic organizers included in the listing⤵️

Link in Bio // www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Speech-Therapy-Language-Visuals-and-Graphic-Organizers-8364687
I had to fit squeeze in one more cleft post on the I had to fit squeeze in one more cleft post on the last day of Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month!

Save this post for the next time you get a cleft affected child on your caseload!

Source: Trost-Cardamone, J. (2013). Cleft palate speech: A comprehensive 2-part set. Rockville, MD: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

#cleftspeech #cleftandcraniofacialawarenessmonth #speechtherapy #slpeeps
VOWELS • Swipe for examples! 🤗 School-based S VOWELS • Swipe for examples! 🤗 School-based SLP/SLPAs, when do you go back?!

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