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Whose Turn? A Pronoun Activity Using One Scene and Character Cards

September 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This activity supports pronoun development using a park scene and character cards that state each person’s name and pronouns. Guide students to describe what each character is doing in the scene, building grammar skills while modeling respectful, identity-affirming language.
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Writing Goals That Reference Play (Not Just Skills)

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource helps therapists shift away from skill-only goals by showing how to write therapy goals that center meaningful, developmentally appropriate play. It includes play-based goal examples, a quick reference to types of play, and a worksheet to help reframe existing goals in a way that supports authentic engagement.
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Real-World Dysarthria Treatment: A Shift in Focus

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource helps you shift dysarthria therapy beyond drills by focusing on real-world communication, self-advocacy, and life participation. It includes therapy ideas, goal-writing guidance, and a patient handout that fosters supportive communication with partners like family, friends, and community members.
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Silly Visual Categorization Game

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This playful categorization game is perfect for sparking language, imagination, and movement in therapy sessions. With open-ended visuals and silly categories, kids get to justify their choices, explore flexible thinking, and have fun without worrying about being “right.”
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Frontal Lobe Brain Injuries

February 28, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Make frontal lobe brain injuries easier for patients and families to understand with this simple, clear handout. Designed to reduce overwhelm, it explains key challenges and how therapy supports recovery in a way that’s easy to follow and approachable.
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Breaking the Habit of Asking Questions to Elicit Language

November 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource helps parents move away from relying on constant questions to encourage their child’s language development. It provides age-appropriate strategies to foster spontaneous speech through observations, sentence expansions, and emotional acknowledgment. Share this guide with parents to support more natural and engaging communication with their children, from infancy through the teenage years.
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