Unlocking Social Potential
updated 9/23 This post contains Amazon links. As an Amazon affiliate, I earn a small commission for clicks! Making a visual schedule or visual supports is a common intervention for neurodivergent students. Visual schedules give a sense of what is expected during each activity. They help create connections, increase language skills, and build independence. They provide the magic trio of structure,… Read More
If you are interested in building or expanding your library of neurodiversity books, as I am, check out the descriptions below! Looking to help a child celebrate their neurodiversity, be proud of their differences and understand their strengths in your speech therapy sessions? A carefully-chosen neurodiversity storybook is a great place to start! Affiliate links are used in this post…. Read More
Updated 2022 Teaching young children to identify real or pretend Halloween images is a valuable activity. Halloween is supposed to be such a fun time with children but it can end up as a fearful experience too! Think about all the media images related to it, monsters, witches and all sorts of ghoulish characters! Developmental psychologist, Jean Piaget found… 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