After 26 years in the field, I am in a group private Speech-Language Pathology practice in Gordon on Sydney's north shore, seeing a general paediatric and adult rehab caseload. In this era of ever expanding technology, effective language and communication skills remain all important. Providing motivation and positive reinforcement to young clients is a constant challenge. Sometimes simple games and ideas still provide the best type of language-learning environment. Here are some activities and ideas, old and new, that I find useful and fun.
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1 Balls and boxes |
2 Matching/contrasting card
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3 Coco Crazy Unfortnately Coco Crazy appears to have been discontinued and is no longer available in Australia. It can be ordered from Jig Saw Jungle.
Coco Crazy
4 Goonks View Caroline Bowen and myself with the Goonks 5 Spot Books by Eric Hill
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/03992 6 A Sound Way 7 Sparc Revised 1994 http://www.linquisystems.com/search.php3?WU=80a298c3b2806cld
8 Listen, Think and Remember 9 On my way to school I saw a . . . 10 Language in pictures Look for LIP 1 to10: http://www.blacksheeppress.co.uk This article was written for the ACQ and is published in the October 2000 edition. More Top Ten Resources |
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