Parent and Child Activity Calendars to Promote Better Speech, Language and Hearing About the Calendars The Calendars provide activities for all children, but will be very helpful for children who have special needs. These are activities that you and your …
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Enhancing Language Development Through Visual Teaching Strategies with Heather McRoberts (Recorded May 2006)
A workshop about using simple “play” to help develop and expand motor, language and social skills.
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Learn about using visuals
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We as adults all rely on visual helpers every day. We use calendars, day timers, street signs, grocery lists, maps, and so on. Using visual cues in our environment allows us to plan, organize, and most of all be independent. …
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What is a Speech and Language Disorder? A child’s communication is considered delayed when the child is noticeably behind his/her peers in the acquisition of speech and/or language skills. Sometimes a child will have greater receptive (understanding) than expressive (speaking) …
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Sharing is an important social skill that is difficult to learn for many children (e.g., “Would I give another child my toys, if I can have them all to myself instead?”) Children often become very attached to certain toys and …
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We communicate with others in different ways. We can greet a friend by saying “hello”, by waving our hand, or smiling at them. As a parent, teacher of early childhood professional you can use gestures or signs while speaking. This …
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This set of thirteen posters is designed to support the use of general communication strategies at home and in the classroom. All children can benefit from the strategies. It is important to place each poster where it will be useful …
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Token systems are part of our everyday lives. One example is how we work for money which has no value until we later use it to buy items or activities that are valuable to us. Just like we are motivated …
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