Working on speech at home.... thoughts? Ideas?

Re: Working on speech at home.... thoughts? Ideas?

• sasa625 member

  July 2011

  What is he working on (speech/articulation, expressive/receptive language)? Pretty much any activity can be made into a speech therapy activity (I'm a speech therapist )

  

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• ali0608 member

  July 2011

  I'm not sure anyone can answer that but you and your SLP.  What works for my DS may not work for yours.  And I agree with the PP.  Our SLP turns EVERYTHING my DS does into an activity.  I think it drives him crazy sometimes, but I find it fascinating.  He tried to "escape" her last week to play with his own toys and every toy he grabbed, she was practicing something with him.  Like I said, I found it brilliant.  I love our SLP so I think that's key.

   

  Sorry I wasn't more help. 

  

  

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• Shayna0182 member

  July 2011

  We just had our first session with the speech therapist, and dh and I really like her.  One problem ds has is telling us what he wants.  Mealtimes are usually a disaster, and we a rarely take him to a restaurant to eat, because he screams, tries to clear the table, and disturbs other people.   One thing the SLP told us to do is to take pictures of food and drink items, and point to the picture as well as say the word.  It does seem to be helping so far. 

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• ridesbuttons member

  July 2011

  Both my kids have been in speech therapy, it takes time.  3 months is not a lot of time.

  We work on stuff integrated into play, and for my younger son, working at night before bed seems to be a very good fit.  My older son responded well to 'drills' (fun drills) in the car while we were driving.

  Think about what motivates your child and use that to your advantage.  Without knowing what exactly you are working on, it's hard to give specific advice.  But with my younger son right now, asking him to shout the sound helps get the blowing part of the sounds out and takes the emphasis off of the 'work' for example.

   

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• LoveEeyore member

  July 2011

  I am a data driven person.  Once a week I write down every communicative attempt- I made a chart- is it verbal?  did he get the initial consonant the right vowel? Was it a label/request/or joint attention.  Did he self correct when I didn't understand?  Was he responding to someone else's initiation.  Anyway I have like 8 categories that I check off and for 4 hours every morning I try to note all of his attempts.  I started this before he started therapy. 

  I have 8 activities that I do with him.  Each day is broken up into 3 parts (5 a.m.-9, 9-12:30, after nap-dinner) and I have a big chart on the kitchen cabinet and I move a sticker to what the activity for that period is.  During play, or eating, or all, social opportunities I focus on that.  Some examples are:

  "Wide mouthed frog"  We practice imitating silly face gesture while making a sound- any sound.  Fun with cars.

  "LOUDsoft" I over exaggerate volume during play- really loud or whispering when talking to him and encouraging him to modulate his pitch.

  I made up a bunch based on his difficulties.  I circulate through the activities and it helps me feel like I'm not forgetting or missing anything.

  Once a day we watch Leap Frog Letter Factory because he loves letters and he really attempts to imitate the letter sounds throughout the whole video. 

  My son is apraxic and just can't get vowels out.  Until I started "my" program he was silent.  Giggles and crying, but no regular vocal attempts to imitate. 

  He is in speech through EI and his therapist is a waste.  I am trying to change now.  I'm doing a lot and she is not adding anything to my program, no insight, no morale support for me.  If the 2nd therapist isn't any better, I'll take a chance on my own.

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