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#Socialstory, #articulation and #comprehension – all in a morning’s #telepractice. #telehealth #SLPeeps #homeprogramme

Posted on by Belinda Buckley

Great morning’s work – video-meeting with a home programme team supporting a boy with ASD – screen-share helped us to jointly identify social communication targets.

Twinkl resources for ‘s’ articulation were fab for my next client – and the two-way video works so nicely for practising sounds and modelling articulation.

Finished off with a session focusing on comprehension of Why and Keeping to the Topic. Lovely interactive feature of the platform enables children to colour in, draw and stamp on documents!

So good to provide continuity for children with speech, language and communication needs while schools are shut.

 

Can’t you sleep, little bear?

Posted on by Belinda Buckley

Martin Waddell and Barbara Firth’s timeless children’s story is so helpful for teaching –

Two-word level phrases: BIG BEAR, LITTLE BEAR

Verbs: READING, SLEEPING

Nouns: CAVE, NIGHT, FIRE

Comparatives: BIG, BIGGER, BIGGEST

But best of all – what better way to spend ten minutes than to share a story?

Click on the link for free PECS pictures for this story – great for visual learners, #DevLangDis #Autism #SLCN!

https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3A0bf5846e-2498-4220-9775-701013d33716

 

Feedback comments by parents 2020 :)

Posted on by Belinda Buckley

‘The therapist is brilliant, very engaging and creative within the sessions. My son’s pronunciation is really improving as a result of Belinda’s expertise.’ Mother of 7 year old boy with speech difficulty attending direct one to one therapy, February 2020.

‘I think the service is very helpful for my child, using pictures and good eye contact and gesture. I like this way.’ Mother of 6 year old girl with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) attending direct one to one therapy, February 2020.

‘Greatly appreciating the sharing of the expertise. As a parent I have a better understanding of my child’s developmental journey and I feel better equipped to support him between sessions.’ Mother of child with complex needs attending Parent Child Interaction sessions, March 2020.