Posts by joshyoung
Verbal Behavior Training
Welcome to my training tips and tools for introducing the verbal operants. In this blog post you will find a description of the operants mand, tact, echoic, intraverbal. At the bottom of the post, you will find a video that you can use with staff to “test” their understanding of these operants in a super…
Read MoreSpeech Therapy and Applied Behavior Analysis Webinar
If you are new here, welcome! Let me introduce myself. My name is Rosemarie Griffin. I am a speech language pathologist and a board certified behavior analyst. I work in both a public school and a private school for students with autism and other complex communication disorders. Being able to use my background in both…
Read More26 Free Fall Speech Therapy Resources
I don’t know about you, but Fall is my favorite season. I love the cooler Ohio weather and the leaves changing. Football season, Pumpkin everything… I could go on and on. There are so many amazing Fall freebies on TPT and today I wanted to share 26 of them here today! They are categorized by…
Read MoreFree Autism Resource Round Up
As we get settled into the new school year, we may be working with students with autism and other complex communication needs. It can be overwhelming to know where to start at times with students who are non-verbal or limited verbally. I have created many free resources that will help your students increase their overall…
Read MoreSocial Skills Therapy Activity: Double Up
I don’t know about you but I have really struggled with finding age appropriate therapy materials for students who are in middle school, high school and beyond. I know that when I am working with older students, I need to use products that contain real life and engaging pictures. I searched and searched but did…
Read MoreVocational Skills Activities
If you are working with middle school or high school aged students, you know the importance of direct instruction with vocational skills. Vocational skills can help a student gain competitive employment, which can be an essential part of their education in middle school and beyond. As a speech language pathologist, I am always trying to…
Read MoreProgress Monitoring For Classroom Based Therapy
Classroom based speech therapy services or push in therapy services can be powerful for some of the students on your caseload. One thing that many therapists find to be overwhelming and a challenge is developing a progress monitoring system for these services. Let me be your guide in helping you capture that data! In…
Read MoreA social skill activity, you can’t live without
Are you working with students who would benefit from work on social skills? Today I am sharing a versatile activity that can be used in many different ways! It has been a staple of my therapy for as long as I can remember. I love to use activities that give me…
Read MoreAn introduction to verbal behavior
The Importance of Verbal Behavior In Applied Behavior Analysis, verbal behavior is an important component in what we do everyday. It helps us understand and teach people how to interact with other people, whether it’s asking a server to get you water, or engaging in complex discussions, like debates. It describes the system behind how…
Read MoreA social skill hack for elementary to high school students
Working with students who vary in age and are working on increasing their social skills can be a bit of a challenge. This hack will help you use one material – that you probably already have- for many different clients. This material is UNO. UNO is a very popular game that is played often…
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