At KidSpeak, LLC we offer a variety of different social groups so that all our children can have a good social group focusing on each of their individual social goals. We spend a lot of time first pairing all the children in the most appropriate group and with their best peer matches. When creating social groups you want to focus on pairing children on a few things: 1) what skills do they have in common, 2) what skills can they help teach the other children, 3) what skills can they learn from their peers, 4) do their personalities match, and 5) and much more.
Read MoreAt KidSpeak, LLC we offer a variety of different social groups so that all our children can have an appropriate group that focuses on each of their individual social goals. We spend a lot of time placing the children in the most appropriate groups and then with their best peer matches. When creating social groups, you want to focus on pairing children based on a few things: 1) what skills do they have in common; 2) what skills can they help teach the other children; 3) what skills can they learn from their peers; 4) do their personalities match and much more.
Read MoreAt our office we utilize photographs throughout all therapy sessions as well as recommend our families to use photographs in many different ways. Today we wanted to share with you six fun and easy ways you can use photographs to help increase your child’s understanding, expressive language, social communication as well as Theory of Mind and perspective taking skills.
Read MoreTurn taking is one social communication and play skill that can be very difficult for kids with language delays, language disorders, autism and other special needs. It’s a wonderful skill to work on during therapy sessions, throughout your child’s school day and while at home. Sometimes it can be difficult to know where to start. Here are a few steps that you can follow to help your child begin to understand turn taking as well as to take turns with friends and family.
Read Moreor our 4th and final Blog of our “Beat the Heat” Series we want to focus on Obstacle Courses! At KidSpeak, LLC we LOVE a good Obstacle Course! They may look fun and easy…..but they are working on so many different important skills such as: balance, core muscles, gross motor skills, following directions, sequencing, organization, and much more.
Today we are going to walk you through all different ways to do obstacle course to Beat the Heat and work on your language skills.
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