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My Calm Down Strategies

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricSLPExecutive FunctionLanguage Development
This handout provides strategies to reduce anxiety and overwhelm and effectively communicate to parents, caregivers, and other adults when they need a break. Includes 5 visual cards for calm down strategies, as well as a blank square that you can use to create an individualized strategy for the child.
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Multi-Syllabic Words Play-Dough Mats

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
This therapy activity invites children to smash play-dough while engaging with the different syllables and sounds of words. Inclues 4 sets of 2-syllable words, 2 sets of 3-syllable words, and 4 sets of 4-syllable words.
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Modeling Language with AAC

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricSLPAACLanguage Development
This therapy intervention task is designed for pediatric clinicians working with children to use AAC devices to effectively communicate wants, needs, and ideas. The printable resource includes a PDF with instructions on how to model language using AAC and includes a quick practice board with the words “want,” “go,” “stop,” “help,” “turn,” and “more.”
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Mealtime Communication Mat

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricSLPAACFeeding and SwallowingLanguage Development
Feeding therapy or mealtimes in general can be stressful for children with sensory processing issues or communication difficulties. Use this communication mat during snack, meals, or feeding therapy to model language for early learners.
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Handout

Types of Gestures in Pediatric Development

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This handout defines the difference between deictic gestures and representational gestures with guidelines on typical development guidelines for the pediatric population.
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Book Activities Pack: Giraffes Can’t Dance

Print Resource — US Letter — 4 pages
PediatricSLPLiteracy
Giraffes Can’t Dance is a touching tale of Gerald the giraffe, who wants nothing more than to dance. With crooked knees and thin legs, it’s harder for a giraffe than you would think. Gerald is finally able to dance to his own tune when he gets some encouraging words from an unlikely friend. With light-footed rhymes and high-stepping illustrations, this tale is gentle inspiration for every child with dreams of greatness.
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Book Activities Pack: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Print Resource — US Letter — 4 pages
PediatricSLPLiteracy
This book activities pack targets literacy skills, including print motivation and awareness, letter knowledge, vocabulary, phonological awareness, and narrative skills.In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the coconut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no–Chicka Chicka Boom Boom! The well-known authors of “Barn Dance” and “Knots […]
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Wh- questions

Print Resource — US Letter — 3 pages
PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This resource includes information about the natural sequencing for mastering different wh- questions as well as a matching card game that includes 3 sets of matching cards per wh- question cue.
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Language Task: Fall Scene

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
PediatricSLPLanguage Development
Includes 1 blank page with a ground and sky and 1 page with fall-themed objects that can be cut and used in the task. Can also be given to families to address goals in a home environment to improve carry-over of receptive language tasks like following instructions and understanding prepositions.
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Handout

Language Strategies During Shared Book Reading

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricSLPLanguage DevelopmentLiteracy
This handout gives ideas to structure shared reading interactions. Shared reading is a great way to offer opportunities for eliciting and scaffolding language.
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Language Processing Activity: Word Associations

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This activity addresses semantic language. Kids are challenged to select the word from a group of words that matches a key word.
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Language Expansion Pack: Fall-Themed Vocabulary

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This interactive therapy activity encourages language expansion by visualizing fall-themed vocabulary and asking children questions that draw out vocabulary words that describe the various objects.
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Language Activity: Fall-Themed Sorting for Kids

Print Resource — US Letter — 3 pages
PediatricSLPLanguage Development
These fun visuals are designed to help children practice sorting and categorizing based on vocabulary associated with fall/autumn. Includes two categories: Things we eat and things we wear.
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Language Activity: Build a Snowman

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
PediatricSLPLanguage Development
Build a snowman scene activity (cut and glue): Complete this fun activity with the child to target a variety of language skills including following directions, vocabulary expansion, identifying concepts (e.g., big/little) and sequencing.
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Handout

Kangaroo Care

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This handout is designed for parents/caregivers to give an overview of the possible benefits of skin-to-skin contact after birth, especially if their baby is in the intensive care unit.
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Handout

Intervention Ideas for Targeting Phoneme Specific Nasal Air Emissions Produced By Children With History of Cleft Palate

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
Nasal emissions can be very disruptive during speech production. This resource is for therapists and parents who need simple, cost-effective ideas for targeting phoneme specific nasal air emission for their children who have a history of cleft palate.
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Interacting with Children Who Have Communication Disorders: A Guide for Extended Family

Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page
PediatricSLPArticulation and PhonologyLanguage Development
Offering information to extended family on how to interact with children who have speech and language disorders/delays can ease any stress caused during any communication breakdown. This handout provides simple strategies to help improve interactions and conversations between extended family and children who experience speech and language delays/disorders.
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Interactive Book: Summer Themed Vocabulary

Print Resource — US Letter — 2 pages
PediatricSLPLanguage Development
Sitting down to read a whole book can be a tough challenge for some kiddos! This interactive book provides a fun way to engage with a quick, easy read that targets summertime vocabulary. Easily cut and fold book in less than a minute, then place target vocabulary words in the book as you read (using tape) and watch the words come to life!
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