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Handout

Game Ideas for Practicing Speech Sounds at Home

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PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
Games at home are a wonderful way to carryover speech therapy strategies! This handout is designed to give parents and caregivers the strategies and insight needed to practice speech sounds at home while playing fun games together.
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Therapy Material

Functional Oral Motor Exercises using Foods/Liquids

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
Feeding therapists may use certain tools for oral motor exercises prior to or in conjunction with eating. When these tools aren’t accessible or available, food and drink can be used in functional activities to meet oral motor development goals. This resource contains quick and functional exercises using various food items to improve the strength, coordination, and mobility needed for safe eating.
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Handout

Fun Ways to Practice Articulation at Home

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PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
Motivation is key in getting children to practice their speech sounds at home.  Here are some fun ideas for incorporating practice into different games/activities at home. 
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Handout

Food Textures/Consistencies with Examples (Pediatric Feeding Therapy)

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This handy reference is helpful in understanding differences in food textures and consistencies when working with children on feeding therapy goals. The terms used for various textures can be used at mealtimes/during therapy to help children describe what they see, feel, and taste!
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Therapy Material

Food Group Sorting Activity

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
Feeding therapy often targets goals to increase a child’s comprehension and knowledge of food groups and nutrition based on their age. Visuals help children understand concepts better, and examining images of food may improve tolerance to interacting with the actual food. This activity offers an opportunity to learn about food groups and specific items in each group to promote balanced eating.
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Therapy Material

Food Diary for Home Carryover

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
When a child participates in feeding therapy, carryover to the home and other settings is imperative for generalization (i.e., using skills outside of therapy). Tracking what is offered to the child and what the child accepts is a great place to start using this handy diary.
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Handout

Food Chaining Approach to Picky Eating

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This handout describes and visualizes the food chaining approach to addressing picky eating.
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Therapy Material

Find The Word Picture Scene (Teletherapy Friendly)

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PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
This fun activity helps to keep the child engaged when practicing speech sounds. Pointing to and naming pictures in this scene is also a great way to work on vocabulary. Includes /s/, /l/, and /r/ sounds.
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Therapy Material

Find the Hidden /R/ Activity

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PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
This seek-and-find articulation activity targets /r/ in all positions of words and can be used in structured speech therapy sessions or for daily practice carryover at home with parents and caregivers.
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Therapy Material

Final Consonant Deletion Drill Practice

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PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
Use the picture cards to help children with low intelligibility due to the phonological process of deleting final consonants. Includes 2 pages with a total of 30 images for structured therapy within session.
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Therapy Material

Figurative Language Pack

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
The activities in this pack can be used with middle and high school aged children who need support in improving social/pragmatic language skills, and higher level language skills. Page one features some classic idioms with engaging graphics. Page 2 provides an opportunity to discuss facial expressions/vocabulary as tied to emojies, while the final 2 pages challenge kids to look at real photos of people and describe the emotions and infer possible situations that are occurring in the photos.
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Handout

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD)

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PediatricSLPLanguage DevelopmentPediatric Brain Injury
This handout accompanies the course: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: From Identification to Intervention. The handout covers fetal alcohol syndrome, (FAS), alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND), alcohol-related birth defects (ARBD), and neurodevelopmental disorder associated with prenatal alcohol exposure (ND-PAE) diagnoses. This handout also outlines FASD quick facts, therapy supports for children with FASD, strengths of children with FASD, challenges for children with FASD, and other common behavioral characteristics seen in children with FASD.
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Handout

Pediatric FEES vs. MBS

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This resource is a checklist that clinicians may use to help determine which swallow instrumentation is best suitable for their patients. Clinicians may also use this as a resource when inservicing other disciplines on swallow instrumentation, or when communicating with patients and families about assessment options.
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Therapy Material

Feeding Therapy Visual: Eating Sequence and Reward

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This visual provides a clear pathway from taking a bite, chewing the food, and swallowing, with a blank space to put a special reward that the child is working towards during therapy or at home.
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Feeding Positioning for Children with Neurological Impairments

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PediatricSLPFeeding and SwallowingPediatric Brain Injury
This handout visually describes the proper positioning for comfort/safety, trunk/abdomen/back, table/tray, head/neck, and pelvis/legs/feet specifically for children with neurological disorders. This handout is targeted for therapists, parents, and caregivers.
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Therapy Material

Feeding Intervention: Messy Play + Recipe

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This intervention handout includes information regarding how messy play can help address sensory issues related to picky eating and includes a basic recipe for play-dough that can be used in sensory play activities.
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Handout

Feeding Babies

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This handout is based on the course: Feeding Babies from Birth-12 Months presented by Allison Stamm, MA, CCC-SLP. The handout covers anatomical differences of preemie babies vs full-term babies, anatomical differences between infant vs older child, and bottle/breast issues + strategies.
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Therapy Material

Feeding Activity – Edible Mud Recipe

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This handout provides a recipe idea that can be used with young children for feeding therapy, to practice language skills, or get sensory input.
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Eval Tool

Family Friendly Standard Score Visualization

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AdultPediatricOTSLPCaregiver Supports
This family-friendly standard score visualization graphic makes it possible to easily explain standardized test scores to families.
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Therapy Material

Falling Leaves Fricatives Activity

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PediatricSLPArticulation and Phonology
Fricatives are difficult sounds that are frequent flyers in the speech sound disorder caseload. This activity provides a fun and interactive way to practice these target sounds for the fall season.
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