Yesterday I wrote about how my views on eye contact have changed over the years. Today I am going to talk about some of my favorite therapy activities to teach facial referencing and eye gaze. My goal with these games and activities is to facilitate awareness of why the child needs to check in visually […]
Autism Awareness Month: Eye contact
Every year, I write a post about eye contact. This is a combination of posts that I have written in the past as well as some new information. When I first started in working with individuals on the autism spectrum, I remember writing goals like, “Johnny will maintain eye contact for a 2 minute period.” […]
The Eye contact debate
Should you encourage eye contact for children on the autism spectrum? When I first started working as a speech language pathologist, it was common to see goals such as “Johnny will sustain eye contact for 5 minutes” or “Johnny will maintain eye contact for 90% of a conversation.” This is a great goal if your […]
What’s New at Speech2u: January Edition and a Giveaway
Once a month, I take some time to share some of the products that I have created which are available on my Teacher’s Pay Teacher’s and Teacher’s Notebook stores. This allows me to spend the rest of the month focused on fun products, soapbox Saturday’s and therapy ideas. I call it’s What’s new at Speech2U […]
Teaching the Social Skill of Eye Contact to Children: Twin Sisters Speech & Language Therapy Guest Post
I’m 6 days into the mother in law’s visit. The dog has only escaped twice. I couldn’t start the grill and my son has been a little precocious with his rhyming abilities. The weather has been fantastic. I’m enjoying time with her and my family. In the meantime, Manda, from Twin Sisters Speech & Language Therapy, […]
Autism: Eye Contact
April is Autism Awareness Month and April 2nd is World Autism Day. I’m lighting it up blue by changing my font color for the day. According to Autism Speaks, the prevalence of Autism has now increased to 1 in 88 children. Autism is more common in boys. For boys, the prevalence is 1 in […]
February: Joint Attention Games
January was my month to get organized. February is a month of love, relationships and (most importantly MY BIRTHDAY! Sadly I am way too old to still get excited about my birthday but I do. In keeping with the theme of the month, I thought I could write about some of my favorite games to […]
January Organization: Speech Kits-Social Skills Edition
There’s nothing better in January then reorganizing your materials. A year ago, I took some time to organize my Speech cabinet into Speech Kits. You can see my Same and Different Kit here: I’ve been practicing for 15 years, so I’ve accumulated ALOT of toys, materials and odds and ends. Most of the materials in […]
