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Expressive and Receptive Vocabulary Milestones

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Children with speech/language delays do not meet vocabulary milestones at the same time as typical, same-aged peers. Because of this, children with language delays need increased verbal input and exposure to new words. This resource serves as a quick reference for clinicians and provides information on the number of words children generally acquire expressively and […]
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Expanding Expressive Language Through Home-Based Activities

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout is designed for therapists who are looking for fun activities to address expressive language skills in the home setting with toddlers and young children. This handout is also a resource for parents who want to continue building their children’s expressive language goals outside of the therapy setting.
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Encourage Language While Playing with Simple Toys

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Carry-over of speech therapy at home with family is vital for lasting success. This handout provides concrete suggestions related to 5 toys that parents/caregivers can use to encourage language while playing with their child at home.
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Emotional Vocabulary Expansion Activity

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Children with social pragmatic communication disorders often have a limited range of emotional vocabulary words (e.g., excited, depressed, sad, angry, happy, etc.), which affects their ability to express feelings in a healthy way. It is our job as speech-language pathologists to provide these children opportunities to learn and understand a wider variety of emotional vocabulary.
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Early Intervention: How to Target More Than Nouns in Play

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Nouns emerge first in early developing language, but to help kids push into multi-word phrases and meaningful dialogue with communication partners, it is important to help them build up other types of words in their vocabularies. This handout provides a quick way to extend word types across play and everyday activities.
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Developmental Grammar Milestones

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout is designed for speech-language pathologists and other language specialists and outlines 8 major grammar milestones for children from 19-50 months.
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Daily Routine Visual Sequencing Strips

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This visual resource is designed for clinicians working with the pediatric population to address sequencing of functional daily routines.
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Core Word Picture Cards for Everyday Therapy

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
These visual cards can be used in therapy and at home as a functional activity. One way to use these cards is during play routines (e.g., practice “in” and “out” while playing with a toy; prompt the child by asking, “Is the ball in the box or out of the box?” and point to the correct cord word image).
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Core Vocabulary for the Word “GO”

December 23, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This therapy activity is designed for therapists targeting 3 word phrases using the word “go.” Includes squares featuring the words “Cars,” “go,” “fast,” “slow,” and “home.”
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