Speech Therapy For Students With Autism Without Overwhelm
I remember when I started providing therapy in the field during graduate school. I had a wonderful mentor SLP and she worked with many students with severe autism. I loved working with all of my students, but the students with autism were where my passion was. Being able to hear a student say their…
Read MoreSummer Social Skills Packet Elementary
Social skill instruction is so important and all that practice should not stop just because it is summer! If you are working with students who have difficulty with play and leisure skills, this packet will help! Feel free to print off and use as a guide for therapy. Feel free to print off and provide…
Read MoreSpring Would You Rather Freebie
I love to use Would You Rather questions in my therapy! By using real life photos, this activity is age appropriate for learners of all ages! Use these questions to start a group of any type. It is a wonderful way to get students started with communication! Also use these to work on answering and…
Read MoreSpeech Therapy Tip To Increase Communication For Emerging Communicators
Working with early learners who are developing a way to communicate with the world can be so very exciting! Watching a student learn that their communication matters and is powerful is an amazing process. Manding or requesting is a vital skill to work on for student’s at this language level. Below I will chat about…
Read MoreAssessment For Students Who Are Limited Verbally
Assessment and Free Webinar Training Knowing what assessment to use for students with more complex communication needs can be overwhelming! I wanted to share with you a tool that is very helpful in my practice. The VB-MAPP. The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) is a wonderful assessment that is such a valuable…
Read MoreVerbal 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 MoreIEP GOAL BANK AUTISM
Working with students with autism can be overwhelming! How can I get my student to attend to the materials I am using? How can I goal set, when there are so many areas to work on? Using a robust assessment is a great first step. The VB-MAPP ( Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program)…
Read MoreLife Skills High School and Middle School: Life of a leisure skill
Do you work with individuals in middle school, high school and beyond who have very limited leisure skills? Leisure skills allow us to enjoy life and have something fun to engage in either alone or with friends. When leisure skills are a deficit, they need to be addressed within a student’s day. If we do…
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 MoreNon-verbal Autism Speech Therapy Webinar for ASHA CEUS
We are so very excited to let you know that registration for our 5 hour course all about helping students who are non-verbal and have autism develop a way to communicate with the world is now open! Learn more here. This course is not built like any other CEU course. This course is in-depth and…
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