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Speech and Language Therapy: At Home and At School
Lauren Anick MS, CCC-SLP and Sydney Robert MS, CCC-SLP
Parent Workshop 12/18/2013
+What does speech therapy look
like in school?
General areas of focus: Receptive language – attending to and following basic
directions, identifying familiar vocabulary by pointing or choosing from an array.
Expressive language – communicating wants and needs through speech or an AAC system.
Social skills – responding to name, appropriate social greetings, basic social interactions, turn-taking.
Feeding – introduction of new foods to picky eaters, safe and appropriate chewing/swallowing skills.
+What does speech therapy look
like in school?
Strategies Pull out sessions – lessons done in the speech room
Push in sessions – collaborative sessions done in the classroom in order to encourage interaction with peers, generalization of skills.
+What does speech therapy look
like in school?
Community experiences – trips to the store or the supermarket in order to foster appropriate behavior and life skills (street safety, stranger danger, shopping/money skills).
Instructional meal time – sessions that occur
during breakfast, snack or lunch to encourage
good eating habits, social interaction, and
following directions.
Skill-based lessons – cooking/baking activities,
art projects, school-wide projects.
+Is there anything we can do at
home to help?
Things to try at home and ideas to keep in mind: Require that your child request food or toys that he/she
wants. Skill targeted: Expressive language, social skills
Narrate your actions and point out objects of interest in your environment.
Skill targeted: Receptive language (vocabulary) Include your child in the activities you do at home (cooking,
cleaning, etc). Skill targeted: Receptive language (following directions)
PLEASE don’t use baby talk! Skill targeted: Developing appropriate grammar and
syntax.
+Is there anything we can do at
home to help?
Cut pictures from market circulars or
magazines and use them to label items
in your kitchen or bathroom. Skill targeted: Receptive language (vocabulary)
+Is there anything we can do at
home to help?
Create routines based on Activities
of Daily Living and use pictures to
help illustrate the steps. Skill targeted: Receptive language
(following directions)
+What’s our ultimate goal?
Our end goal in speech is always independence. That means: Independently identifying ourselves. Indicating wants/needs across all settings. Using appropriate social skills with adults and with peers. Fostering a sense of independence and empowerment.