Part II: New Positions When planning activities for children with disabilities, we have to be creative to ensure that fun activities remain accessible to them. This could mean trying different positions for different activities. Let’s get into it! For children…
Tag: Early Intervention
Playing with Assistive Technology pt. 1
Part I: Making the Playroom More Accessible As an opportunity to engage with others, have fun, and develop mentally, emotionally, and physically, playtime is vital for a child’s growth and well-being. Due to the general design of play spaces, however,…
AAC and Descriptive Teaching: Let Me Show You What I Know
During the pandemic, speech therapists and teachers have understandably focused more on the HOW of teaching than the WHAT. They have been challenged like never before. Google Classroom, Whiteboard, Jamboard, screen mirroring, document cameras…. Who would have imagined that these…
Let’s Give Them Something To Talk About
Language is like a garden that contains many types of flowers. We need to be able to ask questions, make comments, or even tell someone to take a hike! We need to be able to communicate about a whole range…
Learn to Play, Play to Learn
Cause and effect. Action and reaction. We need an understanding of this concept to know that we can have an impact on our environment. Without cause and effect, it is really hard to learn to play. As has been said,…