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Pediatric Selective Mutism: Strategies to Achieve Voicing and to Increase Mean Length of Utterance
January 2, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Signs of selective mutism may be evident during early childhood. The disorder can continue into adulthood with increasing severity if left untreated. These activities may be used with children in the home, school, or clinical setting to help reduce anxiety, and to increase opportunities for global communication for improved socialization.
What is a Developmental Language Delay, or Late Talker?
January 2, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout is targeted towards parents and caregivers seeking more information, particularly immediately after their child has been evaluated. The handout describes how this diagnosis is a primary diagnosis and lays out specific challenges their child might face.
The Importance of Carryover and Ways to Practice Speech at Home
January 2, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes the importance of carryover and lists specific strategies for older and younger children to assist with this goal.
Helping Children Learn Basic Concepts
January 2, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes how to teach basic concepts, including general vocabulary, quantitative concepts, opposites, and spatial concepts. It offers 4 everyday strategies that can be implemented at home to improve carry-over of speech and language therapy.
Animal Crackers Snack Mat
January 2, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Fun and functional snack mat for feeding therapy. Use your favorite snack (e.g. animal crackers). This mat can also be used to address receptive, expressive language, matching, basic concepts, and following directions.
Pediatric Executive Functioning Milestones
January 2, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout breaks down the expected executive functional milestones between the ages of 0 and 18. Includes a brief description of executive functioning.
Object Association Activity (Summer Theme)
January 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This engaging activity helps children learn to make associations, sort, and categorize, which are all important skills for cognitive and language development. Instruct and assist the child to cut and paste the images that match the picture scene.
Outpatient Goal Writing: Capturing Short- and Long-Term Success
January 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This quick guide assists in writing strong, attainable goals that reflect progress, help guide therapy interventions, and meet external demands.
Teaching Language and Tantrums: How to Decrease, Avoid, and Prevent
January 1, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Many clients we see not only struggle with language, but have significant behavior challenges. This resource gives a guide for parents and clinicians to use to navigate supporting language to help behavior successfully.