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Where is Bunny: Creating your own Preposition Cards

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Last year I scored big at Goodwill when I found a barely used Flamingo Bingo from Super Duper Publications for 1.99!!  What a great deal. Spatial concepts can be difficult to teach children.  I think they are probably more difficult for children with motor planning problems or sensory integration dysfunction.  It’s that connection between language […]

Praxis: It’s not just a test you take after school

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A few months ago I went out after dinner with an occupational therapist friend of mine.  We spent the night catching up and geeking out on therapy techniques.  She was describing a class she had taken on Ideational Praxis.  I found an article online called, “A Theoretical Model of Ideation in Praxis” by Theresa May-Benson, […]

What Am I: Vocabulary AND Articulation Extension Packs

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Sometimes I struggle with clients who have language or vocabulary goals.  I can’t teach EVERY vocabulary word they might need to know.  So what to do?  I find myself more and more trying to teach “strategies” to the child. When I have clients who come in who come in with vocabulary deficits and difficulty with […]

Light Box Therapy

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Last year, there was a plethora of postings about using your own light table during therapy.  I saw postings on Play at home mom, Testy Yet Trying and Speech Room News.  This was also around the time that I started having some anxiety about the lack of fun sensory experiences I’d given to my then […]

Having your cake and Eating it too

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Last week was my birthday (in case you missed it.)  We celebrated by making Cakes in a Cup. This activity had more ingredients then I typically like to use.  But I liked the theme and was really curious how Microwave cake tastes.  (very, very, very dense.) I got the recipe from Makinglearningfun.com Here’s what we […]

Come on Snake Eyes: Using Dice Games in Therapy

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I’ve gone dice crazy.  Dice are fun because it inserts that element of chance into a session.  It’s not me that’s making you do six repetition of your target-it’s the dice.  Plus the dice games are really motivating for kids.  AutismTeachingStrategies.com has a fantastic blog post on using game like elements to teach social skills […]

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