Unlocking Social Potential
A critical skill: detecting sarcasm in tone of voice. Can your students do it? updated 1/2023 Are the following statements examples of sarcasm or sincerity? Yeah,….right. Wow. Well, duh! The correct answer? You don’t know. Why? Sarcasm is typically identified by tone or voice and facial expressions, neither of which you have access to when reading a blog post! Detecting… Read More
updated 1/2023 Spring idioms lessons are engaging ways to teach figurative language! (If you are looking for Valentine’s Day activities for older students, check here!) The first day of spring will be upon us before we know it and there’s nothing like a lesson on spring idioms to kick off the season! Students with autism and language disorders or… Read More
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, I coin the term conversation… Read More
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 an important skills. Playing games… Read More