Early intervention activities

Parent advocates will learn about early intervention and autism and early signs of autism and interventions to support development.

Looking for early intervention for sensory differences? This article covers everything you need to know about SPD in early intervention.

Over the past five and a half years I have learned a lot while working as a school-based speech-language pathologist. When I first started I created a set of homework tasks cards called Toddler Toys and felt that it was time for an update. Through the years I have realized that many of my school-age children benefit greatly from play-based speech therapy and that these cards are not just for toddlers. So, I have updated the file and compiled 15 of my favorite, most used play-based speech…

Toy cars are perfect toys for encouraging early language skills with your late talkers, or language delayed preschoolers. I've shared 5 engaging activities you can do with toy cars to develop early language skills in your early intervention therapy sessions. Use toy cars to target language strategies, imitating actions, symbolic sounds, and more. Check out the 5 engaging early language activities over on the blog now.

The best way to help a child's speech and language development is through play. Here are 10 simple activities that you can do at home, including the key vocabulary to focus on, to help develop your child's speech and oral language. The key to these activities is about engaging with the child and using simple, useful language that matches the actions of play. This puts the language into context with what they are experiencing and gives them opportunities to hear, use and practice the language…

The Play Project Autism – A New Approach to Early Intervention Therapy. A resource that is a must have for parents of autistic children

Are you just starting in Early Intervention or a seasoned expert seeking resources to enhance your EI practice? Whether you're an Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, Speech Therapist, or another Early Intervention professional, this post is a treasure trove of Early Intervention resources de

Looking to get started in Early Intervention as an Occupational Therapist? This post covers all the things you need to know about getting started in Early Intervention including the role of the Early Intervention Occupational Therapist and 9 tips and resources every new Early Intervention OT needs t

It's no secret that I love toys and including play into my therapy sessions. If you haven't already downloaded my FREE Play-Based Speech Therapy Homework you can download it HERE! One toy that I use often but have never really included is a shape sorter. Sometimes this one may seem a little "babyish" but I am always surprised by my kiddos who want to play with it. This toy can be used to target many language goals and I thought I'd put together a little list of ten goals you can target with…

What is early intervention? What is school speech therapy? What happens when my child enters early intervention? What if my child doesn’t qualify for early intervention? These are some of the questions this article addresses. Save this post to be as informed as you can be when deciding what speech therapy options are best for your child.

Requesting is a preverbal skill that is often targeted in Early Intervention. If you are looking for some early interventions speech therapy tips and tricks, make sure to check out this blog post! Read some easy early intervention activity ideas for your toddlers and preschoolers. These speech therapy activities can be used at home, in school, and in individual therapy sessions.

Let your child's imagination fly while you feed the tennis ball and squeeze in some fine motor practice while you're at it.

Planning and prepping for your early intervention speech therapy sessions has never been easier thanks to these must-have resources for parent coaching EI therapy! Includes resources for parent coaching in play based therapy and daily routines. Resources are all written in parent-friendly terms; perfect for sending home as homework or distance learning. Perfect for early intervention speech therapy sessions with late talkers and language delayed preschoolers. Check out these SLP materials…

Are you searching for early intervention activities to work on symbolic sounds and exclamatory words? My blog gives you 8 engaging speech therapy activities to use with early intervention speech therapy. Some fun speech therapy activities you can do to encourage animal sounds are playing the What’s in the Bag activity with different animals, singing Old MacDonald, and playing Peek-a-Boo by hiding animals. Read all of these easy play based speech activities you can do for late-talkers.

SLP’s rely on a number of tools and toys to motivate their students. Play-Doh is a great motivational tool and is perfect for language and articulation therapy. Here are some great ways to utilize play-Doh in speech therapy sessions. | Speech therapy | Special Education | Freebies | Downloads | Crafts | Speech activities | Early intervention | Speech therapy materials | Elementary | Language | Articulation | Apraxia | Fluency | Phonology | Classroom Fun | Games

32 Sensory Play Activities For Kids With Autism. Sensory Play helps all children learn, but for kids on the autism spectrum, it can

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Basic Concepts If you are not yet familiar with what basic concepts are and why they are important, be sure to check out THIS BLOG POST. Below you will find 3 groups of basic concepts that are often targeted in speech therapy. Temporal Concepts Temporal concepts are those related to time: before, after, first, next, l

Explore these engaging and educational activities that will help your child increase their language skills. Be consistent and have fun with your little one!

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