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Social Communication and Speech Therapy: Interview With Allie Gallinger
Welcome to another installment of Interviews with Experts. In these interviews, I ask 5 questions to experts in various professions related to speech language pathology and early childhood development. It’s hard to believe that it’s been more...
Homeschooling During a Pandemic – Week 2
How is everyone doing? I hope and pray you all are staying healthy and sane. I know the sanity part is incredibly hard. I vacillate between thinking, -“ I love homeschooling. My children are behaving so well” to “Oh my goodness, I...
The Time Timer: What Most Speech Therapists, Educators, and Parents Should Own
“We’re leaving the house in 5 minutes.” “Bedtime is in 15 minutes!” “You have ten minutes to answer these questions.” To many children, these statements mean nothing. What does 10 minutes look like? What does it feel like? Time can be...
Fun Activities to Promote Listening Skills
Good listening is imperative to learning and academic success. In this post, I’m sharing some fun activities to promote active listening skills. Included, you’ll see pictures of a resource I created. This packet is...
Listening Skills: The Give Me Five Technique
Listening and learning go hand-in-hand. Weak listening skills can negatively impact a person’s ability to learn. Many children need to learn how to listen. According to speech language pathologists, Liz Spooner and Jacqui Woodcock, and...
Listening Skills: How to Get Your Child’s Attention BEFORE Speaking
Photo Credit: wildrosetn39 How often do we give a child a direction to follow, a task to complete, or a question to answer only to be met with a “What?” or no response at all? If you have a child who struggles to understand auditory...
7 Close-Ended Games, Activities, & Toys to Build Attention in Preschoolers
Close-ended activities are those that have an end result or a specific objective to achieve. These activities help build attention in young children. 7 Close Ended Games, Activities, & Toys to Build Attention in Preschoolers Photo Credit:...
Review: Behavior Management Strategies for Speech Language Pathologists by Smart Speech Therapy
Review: Behavior Management Strategies for Speech Language Pathologists product reviewed by moi, Kim Scanlon Ever have a child on your caseload and think, “Gee, I could really use some behavior management strategies to make these sessions more...