Christmas note for Santa’s lap

Christmas note for Santa’s lap

          When I had Ashlynn, I definitely never thought she wouldn’t be able to talk to Santa and tell him what she wants for Christmas, and I’m sure other parents of kids who are/were nonverbal have felt the same way.  A parent friend of mine made these cards for kiddos who want to talk to Santa, but who can’t yet use their own voice.  Thanks so

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Winter holiday themed Dauber games for repetitive practice

My kiddos love using BINGO daubers to for any activity.  The ones at Michael’s are the best as they are washable!   It’s great for getting repetitive practice for speech targets! Then we roll the dice and practice saying our target words the number of times on the dice while dobbing the board.  Give a board to each player, and whomever fills it up first wins!          

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Spooky Spider Web Game For Apraxia

Spooky Spider Web Game For Apraxia

Since Childhood Apraxia of Speech requires a different approach to treatment, principles of motor learning theory need to be driving therapy.   You can read more about this in my two interviews: Sharon Gretz interview and Ruth Stoeckel Interview Since getting 100-200 reps per session can be tedious and difficult to keep new and fresh, I came up with this fun Halloween game to play while you work on the child’s target sounds.

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Back to school speech folders.

Back to school speech folders.

I’m in a new district, a new school, and with a new bunch of kids this year!  One thing I’ve always done the first week is have the kids make their own “speech folder.” Kids love decorating their own folder!  I start with a long piece of construction paper that come pretty standard in most schools.  I then whipped up three template pages the kids can write on and then

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