White boards

I bought some whiteboards and wondered how can I use them in speech therapy!

1. You can take a picture of the kids with their name and information and use when you have 100 kids to assess to help you  remember! Helps all of you SLP's put a face to the name and test form!


2. Win, Lose or Draw! Draw something, while giving the student clues about the item (important information)  and have them try and guess what the item is.


3. Summarize a story. Read a book and have the kids rephrase the story using pictures that they draw!

4. Reinforcement- play tic tac toe, or another reinforcing game after the student has completed some work. :)


What ideas can you come up with?

Cheers,
Mindy

Reinforcement

 Reinforcement!

About this time of year we need to work on reinforcement. I want to be outside in the sun, just like the kids do. I am tired of working on /r/ and pronouns for the 100th time too! We need to get some good ideas that are reinforcing for the kids...

I told you last week about my books for reinforcement but what about those kids that it just doesn't work? Maybe they aren't reading yet or books just aren't the reinforcement that works. That's when I bring out the big guns! iPad! There are a lot of games on it that are free and only take about 30 seconds to play! Love it! They have a quick game and then do some more repetitions or practice some more language skills. You can even use the game to target some goals. With the game pictured you can target pronouns, and verbs. With some imagination, you can use it to target some other goals. 

Cheers,

Mindy

Mini Books

Mini Books as reinforcement!

I think I've mentioned before that I use a treat bucket as reinforcement for a job well done or completion of a goal/homework! I wanted to find something a little more useful than gum or a cheap little toy that is broke before the kid returns to their classroom! I found these mini books that fit the bill! They are older, I think they were published in the 80's, but they fit the bill. My kids look forward to getting a new book which is great because summer is coming up and kids can practice reading.

The books I have tend to be Robert Munsch but you can use anything you can find! You can also use them for questions and comprehension and ask them about the book on their next speech visit.

 

You can look for them on amazon or eBay! 

Enjoy!!

Cheers, 

Mindy