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Speech and Language Therapy: At Home and At School

Lauren Anick MS, CCC-SLP and Sydney Robert MS, CCC-SLP

Parent Workshop 12/18/2013

+What does speech therapy look

like in school?

General areas of focus: Receptive language – attending to and following basic

directions, identifying familiar vocabulary by pointing or choosing from an array.

Expressive language – communicating wants and needs through speech or an AAC system.

Social skills – responding to name, appropriate social greetings, basic social interactions, turn-taking.

Feeding – introduction of new foods to picky eaters, safe and appropriate chewing/swallowing skills.

+What does speech therapy look

like in school?

Strategies Pull out sessions – lessons done in the speech room

Push in sessions – collaborative sessions done in the classroom in order to encourage interaction with peers, generalization of skills.

+What does speech therapy look

like in school?

Community experiences – trips to the store or the supermarket in order to foster appropriate behavior and life skills (street safety, stranger danger, shopping/money skills).

Instructional meal time – sessions that occur

during breakfast, snack or lunch to encourage

good eating habits, social interaction, and

following directions.

Skill-based lessons – cooking/baking activities,

art projects, school-wide projects.

+Is there anything we can do at

home to help?

Things to try at home and ideas to keep in mind: Require that your child request food or toys that he/she

wants. Skill targeted: Expressive language, social skills

Narrate your actions and point out objects of interest in your environment.

Skill targeted: Receptive language (vocabulary) Include your child in the activities you do at home (cooking,

cleaning, etc). Skill targeted: Receptive language (following directions)

PLEASE don’t use baby talk! Skill targeted: Developing appropriate grammar and

syntax.

+Is there anything we can do at

home to help?

Cut pictures from market circulars or

magazines and use them to label items

in your kitchen or bathroom. Skill targeted: Receptive language (vocabulary)

+Is there anything we can do at

home to help?

Create routines based on Activities

of Daily Living and use pictures to

help illustrate the steps. Skill targeted: Receptive language

(following directions)

+What’s our ultimate goal?

Our end goal in speech is always independence. That means: Independently identifying ourselves. Indicating wants/needs across all settings. Using appropriate social skills with adults and with peers. Fostering a sense of independence and empowerment.