Social skill instruction is so important! All that practice should not stop when we’re on break from school, during the summer, or distance learning at home. If you are working with students who have autism or difficulty with play and leisure skills, this FREE packet will help! I’ve compiled some fun leisure activities for elementary…
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If you are in search of materials that are functional for your students who are working on increasing their social skills, this is the packet for you! The information included is appropriate for learners in grades pre-k to 5th grade. The packet includes step by step directions on how to engage in turn taking activities…
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Social skill instruction can be challenging! We want to make sure that we provide meaningful instruction that will help our students in their journey to more robust social skills. Analyzing pictured potential social situations can be a good first step. Discussing emotions depicted and having students relate this to their own life is an essential…
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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…
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Social skills can be a difficult area to work on as a speech therapist. Knowing what skills to address, how to collect data and how to maintain a small group of students can be overwhelming! It Can Be Fun and Games is a 90 minute webinar offered for .15 ASHA CEUS. It discusses assessment –…
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Working on conversation skills for students with autism can be a challenge. If your student has a goal to work on conversation skills, use the strategies below. We must first identify what our student enjoys. This will give us a wonderful starting point. Does your student love to shop at Justice? If so, “What store…
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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…
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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…
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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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If you are anything like me you have many students who are working on a variety of social skills. It can be a challenge to plan functional therapy for mixed groups of students. The video below shows you one of my favorite games to play with students. It can be played as a reinforcement after…
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