by Shannon Archer | Sep 4, 2016 | Receptive-Expressive Language
What’s the function? The number of words a child knows while important, is not always indicative of their language development or ability to communicate. Sometimes children can have an extensive vocabulary, but minimal language. Language development is so much...
by Shannon Archer | Aug 21, 2016 | Receptive-Expressive Language
Speech therapy activities – Being Creative! Being creative with therapy is a must! For a student that has significant deficits, they might spend a great deal of time in speech therapy. Looking at the same articulation or language cards can get boring. I get...
by Shannon Archer | Aug 1, 2016 | Articulation, Autism, Receptive-Expressive Language
It’s a Linky Party! What’s in your cart? It’s a Best Year Ever sale on TPT! “It’s starting to look at lot like…” I can’t even say it… back to school. So while I get to keep my flip-flops and beach chair out for a...
by Shannon Archer | Jul 19, 2016 | AAC, Apraxia, Articulation, Autism, Receptive-Expressive Language
Egg-citing Speech Therapy Activity I am excited to share with you an eggciting therapy activity. I got this idea from some colleagues of mine in San Diego. I love this idea and all its implication. Supplies for this speech activity: plastic eggs egg carton small...
by Shannon Archer | Jul 13, 2016 | Articulation, Receptive-Expressive Language
Playing “I Spy” for speech therapy I love using “I spy” for articulation and for increasing length of utterance. It is a fun and easy activity that requires little to no preparation. You can use “I Spy” to work on articulation or...
by Shannon Archer | Jun 17, 2016 | AAC, Receptive-Expressive Language
Functional Core Vocabulary Core Vocabulary is a small set of words that have high frequency use across languages and contexts. 85 % of what we say consists of 200 basic words. It is applicable across various subjects and settings. Most of our AAC programs from low to...
