What is NVLD? updated 1/2023 Children with Non-verbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) struggle with social and spatial disabilities. There is currently no diagnosis of NVLD in the DSM (diagnostic and statistical manual for mental disorders). Poor spatial skills combined with good verbal skills is the essential feature required for a diagnosis of NVLD. These children […]
Conversation Scripts: A Social Language Tool
Conversation Scripts. When you think of the word “script,” you might think of words spoken in a conversation during a play or movie. Or, if you are a Speech Pathologist familiar with autism, you might think of “scripting,” when a student with autism recites lines from movies, books, or video games. In this blog piece, […]
School Supports for Students with Selective Mutism
Speech language pathologists and speech therapy can help identify accommodations for students with selective mutism. updated 2024 Children with selective mutism often talk normally in settings where they are comfortable, like home. In other places, such as speech therapy, at school or the community, they can’t speak due to anxiety. A first step in treating […]
Language & Literacy Buckets for Preschool Children!
Looking for ways to improve language and literacy in your preschool students? When our district moved to a home and community-based model for service delivery of our three-year-olds with special education needs, it prompted a change in my speech therapy practices. At the same time, we were moving classrooms and office space around which lead […]
Fairy Tales to Teach Perspective-taking to students with autism
Why improve perspective-taking in students with autism? Our speech therapy students with autism and social communication disorders find it difficult to take the perspective of another person. This makes it challenging for them to navigate social relationships. It also has an academic impact upon their literacy skills. As our students move on into the early […]
Six Ways to See Social Skills Progress
Are you looking for ways to see more progress from your social skills interventions? We’ve all been there. We’ve worked with a student on their social communication skills for lengthy periods and we have not seen significant improvements. Why? There are lots of reasons that your student/client might not be improving. Six ways to see social […]
Social Rules & Sportsmanship for Playing Games!
A part of our speech and language therapy might include some type of game playing and alluding to good sportsmanship. Games are fun! If we don’t make learning fun, we risk losing the attention of our students. Our students also play games in their classrooms and out at recess and exhibiting good sportsmanship is […]
Progress Monitoring Language Goals with Rubrics
I’m excited to join the Frenzied SLPs to share ideas about progress monitoring using rubrics. updated 1/23 I find it so much easier to progress monitor the IEP goals of my articulation and phonology students. There is less grey area with articulation, it’s either correct or incorrect and this makes it easier for gathering quantitative […]
Preschool Social Communication Therapy
updated 1/2023 I love working with preschool children on their social communication. Here are some approaches and activities I have used over the years. If you are looking for a rationale for working on social skills in the preschool classroom, School Readiness: more than Academics. Tap into the preschool classroom curriculum Does the child’s […]
Evidence-based Interventions for Busy SLPs!
Many SLPs want to dedicate themselves to evidence-based practices but can’t find the time! updated 1/2023 Did you know the American Speech Language Hearing Association’s (ASHA) website offers Speech Language Pathologists online support for evidence-based practices? They are called “evidence maps” which are searchable online tools on ASHA’s website that assist SLPs in making […]
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