Pragmatic language activities speech therapy

We are constantly working with our students trying to get them to keep the conversation going. For many students, starting the conversation can be challenging. Many students require prompting in order to talk to their peers. Whether it is working with a group on a project in class, sitting at lunch, or at ...

Social Pragmatic Goals In Speech Therapy are designed to help your child in everyday language. These goals and activities support progress.

You've received a referral to assess the language abilities of a school aged child with suspected language difficulties. The child has not been assessed before so you know you’ll need a comprehensive language test to look at the child’s ability to recall sentences, follow directions, name words, as well as perform a number of other

Children love playing simple games such as Simone Says! I use this game in speech therapy sessions to target listening skills and following directions. You can play this at home (get the whole family involved!) Explain the directions: only do the task if you hear "Simone Says."(I don't always use this rule with the younger ones though). To work on simple following directions/listening skills, here are some simple ones to use: • “Simone says clap your hands” • “Simone says touch your nose

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Looking for a cheap, easy to use therapy material? How about paper bags? I love using paper bags for a variety of activities. Here are some simple ways I have incorporated paper bags into my therapy sessions. 1. Puppets My students love to use puppets to "eat" their articulation cards or other target cards. They also love to use them to tell stories. Making puppets from paper bags is a great, inexpensive way to engage your students in a variety of activities! You can easily make a puppet to…

Someone is learning and making progress! Meredith of Peachie Speechie and I (Mandi of Panda Speech) have teamed up to talk about how we play games in speech! It is a commonly known fact that SLPs use board games in therapy sessions to engage their students. It is definitely not as easy as it sounds! We have to incorporate other materials relevant to each of the student’s objectives in between turns, not to mention cueing and modeling social skills. Let me say this, it is NOT all fun and…

Not bad behavior is a pragmatic language activity for our younger students/clients (4-8) that teach the concept of unexpected versus expected behaviors using games and activities. Behaviors are not inherently bad or good but depend on the context. There are activities for a group as well as individual work, just what is EXPECTED! FUNctional pragmatic language activity.

Games! Games! Games! It is one of the reasons I love being an SLP. The tricky part is turning commercial games into therapy tools. My students love to play games, so what better way to motivate them to practice their speech targets. I love to use Pop Up Pirate, Jumpin Jack, Shark Bite, Pop the Pig, the Sneaky Snacky Squirrel, Yeti in my Spaghetti and Fishing games. One way you can use them is with articulation or language decks. The students practice their sounds or language target and then…