Unlocking Social Potential
New Years Activities for Middle and High School Students! Updated 12/22 Looking for some new years activities to use during speech therapy with older students? Upon returning to school after a break, is the perfect time to have students reflect upon challenges and accomplishments of the prior year. Since many of them may have watched or participated in a new… Read More
Keep your making inferences activities and perspective taking scenarios relevant by working on how to receive a present and choose the right gift! Do your students celebrate Christmas, Kwaanza, or another holiday where gift-giving is part of the custom? If this answer is “yes,” this post is for you. Most of our students love to receive presents! However, the process… Read More
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. Perspective taking is a complex… Read More
updated 3/2023 How do you teach your students to succeed in joining a conversation during your speech therapy sessions? An important social competency, it can be a difficult social communication skill for many of us to acquire, especially when we are joining a conversation with unfamiliar people. I like to start by discussing with my students that there are two… Read More