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Activity Ideas for Turn-Taking and Sharing

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Children learn to take turns and share with others through natural experiences such as play and routines. When children have sensory processing difficulties or deficits in social skills, turn-taking and sharing may be more challenging for them, therefore, these skills may need to be taught in a more structured manner. This handout provides caregivers and parents with ways to work on turn-taking and sharing.
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Activities To Do with Kids with Hearing Loss

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes various activities to use with children who have some degree of hearing impairment. Designed for therapists, teachers, parents, and caregivers to spark conversation and ideas of how to provide opportunities for leadership, participation, and communication for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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Book Activities Pack: Poodle Draws Doodles

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This book activities pack targets literacy skills, including print motivation and awareness, letter knowledge, vocabulary, phonological awareness, and narrative skills.Poodle loves to doodle everywhere – walls, doors, floors, no surface is safe! Poodle is soon in trouble. But could her alfresco drawing skills actually come in useful? This entertaining story for beginner readers has simple […]
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8 Parts of Speech

December 20, 2021 by Megan Berg.
8 parts of speech posters: verb, pronoun, noun, conjunction, preposition, adverb, adjective, and article.
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AAC Questionnaire

December 9, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This questionnaire is designed to assist parents, therapists, and teachers select the most important and meaningful vocabulary for children who are beginning to use an AAC system. This can be a great way to get parents and caregivers to participate in the programming process. 
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AAC Mini Simple Communication Board for Kids

December 9, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout is designed for speech-language pathologists working with kids on verbal and non-verbal communication using AAC. The simple board includes 18 icons for basic words as well as suggestions for how to incorporate the board into structured therapy sessions.
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5 Pocket-Sized Low Tech AAC Cards for People with Aphasia

December 9, 2021 by Megan Berg.
5 low-tech AAC cards designed for people who want a low-key, basic, pocketable communication tool. The five cards feature an alphabet board, basic words (nurse, doctor, bathroom, medications, glasses, shoes), emojis to communicate emotions, a visual pain scale, and yes/no card with communication strategies.
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10 Voice Commands for Voice Activated Systems

December 9, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout is designed for rehabilitation therapists working with people who no longer have the mobility or fine motor control to operate phones, computers, lights, blinds, etc. Using voice activated systems (such as the Amazon Echo or the Google Home), these patients can use voice commands to increase independence, reduce reliance on caregivers, and optimize their quality of life. This handout provides 10 voice commands to serve as a starting point for incorporating this type of technical compensatory strategy into your rehabilitation program.
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/sh/ and /ch/ Sound Production Visual

December 9, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This visual addresses articulation of /sh/ and /ch/ sounds. Includes practical verbal cues to help children produce these two sounds.
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