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Badger State Speechy

Unlocking Social Potential

Informal Pragmatics Assessment of Social Communication

The Evolving Definition of Pragmatics Informal pragmatics assessment of social communication should have both a receptive and an expressive component. Using a video based assessment tool allows the evaluator to efficiently obtain information about what the student understands about the skill as well as how the student uses it. The definition of pragmatics has evolved […]

Boom Cards for Social Skills

Are you using boom cards for social skills? Updated 1/23 Are you looking for online social skills games to use during speech therapy sessions? Are you a teletherapist that teaches social skills in an online format? Maybe you are already using some Boom cards, but you’re wondering “what makes a quality set of Boom cards […]

Lessons on Diversity and Bias

Updated 1/23 Do you incorporate lessons on diversity and bias into your speech therapy sessions? As speech language pathologists and teachers, we can be on the front lines of fighting racism. Have you been hesitant to incorporate lessons on diversity, bias or racism into your speech therapy sessions? Please don’t be-for some students, you might […]

Teaching Formal & Informal Communication

Formal or informal communication? updated 1/23 In the world of texting, social media and multiple avenues of communication via technology, the lines between formal and informal communication can be blurry.  Understanding the differences between them is a valuable skill for our speech therapy students.  Students need to understand that each type of communication has a time […]

Topic Appropriateness & Oversharing

Do you teach the skills of topic appropriateness and oversharing to your students with social communication differences? Do you have students that don’t know what information to share with others?  Do they have a good understanding of what things you can say to friends versus family versus strangers?  Topic appropriateness and oversharing are two important social […]

Perspective taking Older Students: beyond thoughts and feelings?

Perspective taking with older students:   beyond thoughts and feelings As SLPs and therapists, we often define perspective taking as the ability to identify the thoughts and feelings of another person. A common perspective taking IEP goal is improving the ability to provide a plausible thought or feeling of another person in a social scenario. […]