Books are a fantastic way to introduce and model vocabulary in your Speech Therapy sessions and at home. These 15 food themed books are a great addition to your food themed Speech Therapy sessions in early intervention and preschool. My favourite food themed books for Speech Therapy I’ve gathered together a list of my favourite …
Children with language difficulties need specific support in developing their language skills. In this post you’ll learn about 3 engaging activities for teaching verbs in your early intervention Speech Therapy sessions. Why is it important to teach verbs? As therapists, we know that verbs are a crucial part of language development. Children’s early vocabulary is …
Books are a great way to target early language, especially early verbs, at home and in your Early Intervention sessions. You can target so many different goals with books. And you can coach parents and caregivers to use language facilitation strategies while reading books too. Keep reading for the 7 books I think every EISLP …
“I Spy” bottles are great to use in your Speech Therapy sessions, with children of all ages- from your little ones in Early Intervention and Preschool, to your older elementary aged kids. An “I Spy” bottle is a bottle filled with rice and mini-objects and you can use it for a range of speech and …
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This is Part 4 of the Parent-Coaching Mini-Series. In Part 3, I wrote about 6 characteristics of adult learning that we should incorporate in our parent-coaching sessions. Although it may sound complicated, there are various approaches/models you can use in your sessions that incorporate adult learning methods. In this post, I’m sharing an easy-to-understand evidence-based …
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This is Part 3 of the Parent-Coaching in Early Intervention Mini-Series (reads Part 1 and Part 2 here). This post is all about Adult Learning Methods and Parent-Coaching, and why they’re important. Parent-coaching is an evidence-based strategy/approach which is rooted in adult learning theory. We know that coaching parents/caregivers to use strategies/skills at home with …
Parent-coaching is a well-established evidence-based approach that therapists use in Early Intervention therapy sessions with parents and caregivers. In part one of this Parent-Coaching mini-series, I talked about the importance of parent-coaching. In this post (part two) I want to explain what parent-coaching is, and how we can explain it to parents and caregivers. What …
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As therapists, we know the importance of parent-coaching in Early Intervention. We know that not only is parent-coaching highly beneficial for both the caregivers and the child, we know that the evidence base that supports the use of parent-coaching in Early Intervention is huge. However, sometimes when working with young children, parents/caregivers would prefer that …
Do you struggle to choose target words to focus on in therapy with your little ones? Do you ever wonder if there’s a “better” way to choose target words for therapy, particularly for your late talkers? I got curious about all this myself and did a deep dive into approaches for choosing vocabulary for late …
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It’s fair to say that I love no prep materials; with a busy caseload and busy home life, I can’t seem to find the time to prep materials like I used to. Plus, there is just something so convenient about printing and using a resource straight-away, without having to cut or laminate anything, right? Well, …
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