Home Page Website Resources for School Based SLPs This compilation of links was created by Adam Jacobson, SDSU grad student, for the incorporation of laptops, interactive white boards, and other technologies in therapy sessions: Search For ActivitiesSEARCH FOR ACTIVITIES - Quia Websites MCombo Sounds (PBMHW) Concentration Combo Sounds (PBMHW) Flash Cards Combo Sounds (PBMHW) ID Matching Combo Sounds (PBMHW) Word Search PCombo Sounds (PBMHW) Concentration Combo Sounds (PBMHW) Flash Cards Combo Sounds (PBMHW) ID Matching Combo Sounds (PBMHW) Word Search Final B & P Concentration Final B & P Picture Match Medial B & P Concentration Medial B & P Picture Match PTK & BDG (Diadokinesis) Concentration PTK & BDG (Diadokinesis) Word Matching
Benefits of Speech Therapy for Autism Why do I need to register or sign in for WebMD to save? We will provide you with a dropdown of all your saved articles when you are registered and signed in. Autism is a developmental disability that usually shows up before age 3. Autism may be linked with a wide range of traits. These include: Repetitive activities Extreme resistance to changes in daily routines Unusual responses to things such as touch Inability to interact with environment People with autism may have major problems with both speech and nonverbal communication. What are the common speech and communication problems with autism? Autism can affect speech, language development, and social communication in many ways. Speech problems. Continue reading below... About one out of three people with autism has trouble producing speech sounds to effectively communicate with others. Communication problems. Because of these challenges, a child with autism must do more than learn how to speak. Speech therapy techniques might include:
Top Alternative & Augmentative Communication iPad Apps The iPad continues to make communication more accessible and cost-effective for persons with developmental and speech disabilities. Mobile apps provide many of the vocabulary building and text-to-speech features of alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) devices for far less than products such as the Dynavox Maestro. The following apps help persons who struggle to speak due conditions such as autism, brain injuries, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and stroke. 1. iTunes I Can Speak is an easy-to-use AAC app designed to meet most of the communications needs of those unable to speak. 2. iCommunicate, Grembe, Inc., $49.99) iCommunicate lets you design and customize such things as visual schedules, storyboards, communication boards, choice boards, flash cards, and speech cards. 3. iPrompts, Handhold Adaptive, LLC, ($49.99) 4. Locabulary provides vocabulary to communicate quick phrases, moods, and requests for assistance. 5.
Caroline Bowen Speech-Language Therapy dot com Aphasia [en Español] What is aphasia? Aphasia is a disorder that results from damage to the parts of the brain that contain language. Damage to the left side of the brain causes aphasia for most right-handers and about half of left-handers. Individuals with aphasia may also have other problems, such as dysarthria, apraxia, or swallowing problems. What are some signs or symptoms of aphasia? Some people with aphasia have trouble using words and sentences (expressive aphasia). Aphasia can cause problems with spoken language (talking and understanding) and written language (reading and writing). Aphasia may be mild or severe. A Person With Mild Aphasia may be able to carry on normal conversations in many settingsmay have trouble understanding language when it is long and/or complexmay have trouble finding the words (called anomia) to express an idea or explain himself/herself-this is like having a word "on the tip of your tongue" A Person With Severe Aphasia Characteristics of Expressive Aphasia Speech
Speech Therapy | Language Development | Speech Therapist Mom | Tips for Parents Children Teachers Pediatric SLP, OT and PT Blog | Pediatric and School-Based Therapy Blog for Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists and School Psychologists [Source: Smart Apps for Kids] We all love apps that help teach our kids about the ABCs, history, science or any number of other subjects important to their education, but there are also apps that assist parents with something even more important: their safety. DialSafe Pro is one of those apps and it helps children learn how to use a phone and dial important numbers, such as 911 and any other numbers programmed by parents. The app can support numbers from Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the U.S. DialSafe Pro, developed by Little Bit Studio, has five main options: learn, practice, challenge, simulator and games. Learn is a set of three helpful tutorials with valuable info about phones: what is a phone, 9-1-1 and what to do when a stranger calls. Lily was interested enough to yell “Please let me dial the phone!” DialSafe Pro could be a life-saver, is extremely well-done andis free. Please Support our Contributors!
Language Acquisition Chapter to appear in L. R. Gleitman, M. Preparation of the chapter was supported by NIH grant HD 18381 and NSF grant BNS 91-09766, and by the McDonnell-Pew Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at MIT. 1 Introduction Language acquisition is one of the central topics in cognitive science. Language acquisition is not only inherently interesting; studying it is one way to look for concrete answers to questions that permeate cognitive science: Modularity. Human Uniqueness. Language and Thought. This is an intriguing hypothesis, but virtually all modern cognitive scientists believe it is false (see Pinker, 1994a). But language acquisition has a unique contribution to make to this issue. Learning and Innateness. And not only do we know about the output of language acquisition, we know a fair amount about the input to it, namely, parent's speech to their children. The scientific study of language acquisition began around the same time as the birth of cognitive science, in the late 1950's. All dry.
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