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Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Best “Toy Story 3” Toys for Creative Play, Speech Therapy

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Elementary School Age, Language, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Toys

Wow, Toy Story 3 has only been out a few weeks and I am seeing products everywhere. I even went to the grocery store and saw Toy Story cookies and...

Costumes Transform Toddlers to Imaginary Land

| Birth-3 year-olds, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Pretend play begins after a child's first year as they offer an empty cup to a teddy bear or cover him up with a washcloth to stay warm. Little kids...

Play-Doh Uses in Speech Therapy and Play

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Language, play, Preschool, Speech and Language Delay, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Once again, I saw the advantages of having a ittle Play-doh on hand. One of my more creative players, Duncan, was setting up his Playmobil boat, van...

Typical Peers Helpful to Children with Autism in Speech Therapy

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Autism, Books, Elementary School Age, Preschool, Speech and Language Delay, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

This is part two of my blog about the advantages of having a typical peer join your speech therapy session. Yesterday I talked about the impact a...

Autistic Kids and Typical Peers for Play in Speech Therapy

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Autism, Elementary School Age, play, Preschool, Speech and Language Delay, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

It is well known that providing typical peers for play with children on the autism spectrum is helpful as they learn from models of appropriate...

Recommended TV Shows for Boys on the Autism Spectrum

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Autism, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Last week I was in a collaborative meeting regarding a 5 year-old boy I work with on the autism spectrum. We discussed what play topics were hot...

Conversation in Pretend Play

| 3-6 year-olds, Autism, Birth-3 year-olds, Language, play, Preschool, Speech and Language Delay, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

When parents and therapists model conversation in pretend play, kids start to imitate them and learn to take turns in conversation with their little...

The Influence of TV on Preschoolers

| 3-6 year-olds, Birth-3 year-olds, Language, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development, Uncategorized

When I was visiting 3 year-old Will, he requested that we have a "scavenger hunt." Now I have been known for my "candy hunts" I conduct on family...

Putting Little People in Preschool Play

| 3-6 year-olds, Birth-3 year-olds, Elementary School Age, Language, play, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I have several parents who encourage me with their application of ideas that I have taught them. I am always trying to teach parents what to look...

Building Flexible Play with Children on the Autism Spectrum

| 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Autism, Books, Language, play, Speech and Language Delay, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

One of the challenges of working with children on the autism spectrum is to model, encourage and teach flexible play. Children with ASD tend to get...