Most students we work with, not just those on the autism spectrum, do better with structure and predictability. Sure, curve balls happen and we need to prepare our students to handle those. But making Speech an enjoyable experience will make for easier transitions, fewer tantrums, thus, more progress. (*This post contains affiliate links*) This year, […]
I am so happy to have Rosemarie Griffin, CCC/SLP BCBA guest blogging today. Rosemarie brings a new perspective to therapy, given her ABA background. I hope you can use her tips! Has this happened to you before? You go to a classroom or a waiting room to get a student for therapy. The student is […]
This week with my Preschoolers, ID, and Autism rooms I made ornaments. We started with a template copied onto different colored construction paper. Each child got to choose which color ornament they’d like to start. I showed them all of their options for decorations: rectangles, circles, and gingerbread men. I cut these with my […]
Ok, so I’m really behind in posting these but I wanted to show you regardless. My students loved both of these fall/Halloween craftivities. One even spanned two weeks! First, we did shaving cream mummies. I started by printing a gingerbread template onto dark gray paper. (If you google “gingerbread template” you’ll find tons of options!) […]
This week in Speech/OT group, we made flags. My OT colleague found the idea, but I was unable to find the original pin where she found it. It looked something like this, though it’s not the exact one. We started with pre-cut pieces of white paper with a blue square glued to the top left corner. […]