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Commonly Used Toys in Early Language Intervention

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes many of the toys included in an SLP’s tooklit and how parents and caregivers can use these toys at home to carry-over practice for speech therapy goals.
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Figurative Language Pack

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
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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Fall Themed Language Pack (Vocabulary, Following Directions, and Sorting)

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
An abundance of opportunities for enhancing language skills comes with the changing of the season. In this language activities pack, children of all ages improve their ability to follow directions, expand their vocabulary repertoire, sort and categorize, learn grammar/syntax rules, identify concepts, and more!
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Expressive Language Integration During Screen-Based Activities

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Have any clients that are addicted to screen time and parents who are terrified to take away the screen for fear of a behavior? Use this handout to provide parents and caregivers with some ideas on how to support language development within the context of screen-based activities.
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Expressive Language Development for Preschoolers

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Children with expressive language delays struggle with developing a wide range of grammatical structures and also exhibit limited mean length utterances (MLU) for their age. Below is a quick resource to guide SLPs in choosing developmentally age appropriate grammatical goals for preschoolers (12 months – 46 months).
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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 receptively by age (12 month to 36 months).
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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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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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