Posts by Rosemarie Griffin
Episode #005: Social Skill Instruction and Teletherapy with Tricia Detig
We’re all thinking and adapting to new strategies this year as we flex with the changing school schedules during Covid-19. As a SLP that serves the middle school population, Tricia Detig has had to adapt to teletherapy while still meeting her students’ IEP goals, and today she’s going to share strategies to engage students during virtual sessions using games.
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When a student comes into a therapy session full of energy and excitement, how do you calm them down enough so that they can give you their full attention? SLP Jessie Ginsburg shares engagement techniques today for capturing the attention of children with autism.
Read MoreEpisode #003: Autism Speech Therapy IEP Goals
Creating specific, observable goals that are appropriate for a child with autism doesn’t happen by accident. By collaborating with parents, teachers, and paraprofessionals, speech language therapists and their clients can create goals that move a child forward in their communication goals.
Read MoreEpisode #002: Autism Teletherapy Strategies
Adjusting to virtual therapy services this year has been a challenge for students, parents, teachers, and speech therapists alike. In this episode, I will share 5 strategies speech language pathologists can use to keep students engaged throughout a virtual therapy session.
Read MoreEpisode #001: Welcome to Autism Outreach
Welcome to Autism Outreach! In this introductory episode, I want to tell you about my background, and why I am passionate about helping speech therapists learn strategies that will better serve their patients with autism. In this podcast series, you’ll learn communication strategies that my guests and I are practicing in the trenches as we actively practice what we teach.
Read MoreSocial Skills and Teletherapy
Building Social Skills with Boom Cards! Interested in engaging students to build social skills? Social skills are so important to our learners, especially students with autism! What better way to develop social skills than with Boom Cards! Boom Cards are an incredible resource that is completely digital, and interactive! They can easily be used in…
Read MoreAdapted Books For Speech Therapy
Speech therapists are often tasked with providing therapy for learners with various language levels. When taking on the task of multiple language levels and also teletherapy, the challenges are already magnified. Take some time off your plate with these Adapted Books for Speech Therapy. The books offer so many great opportunities for students to develop…
Read MorePicture Scenes For Speech Therapy
In-person? Teletherapy? Are you looking for easy ways to open the doors of functional communication for your students with real-life images? These Picture Scenes for Speech Therapy are exactly what you need! Photographs are one of the backbones of language skills for students with disabilities, especially autism. Let’s give students authentic opportunities to learn to…
Read MoreThemed Language Activities For Students With Autism
Building language skills is the ultimate foundation of communication for our incredible students! We are always looking for the best therapy resources that are functional for our students with complex needs. Well, you have come to the right place! This new series of themed language therapy activity workbooks have it all! The workbooks are themed…
Read MoreLanguage Activities For Students With Autism
We know that students with autism struggle with their ability to generalize their skills. So a student may be able to label a picture that he/she has seen in therapy with the speech therapist but may not be able to label a slightly different picture of the same item. Using multiple examples helps our students…
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