Welcome to the Speech-Language Pathology segment of our monthly newsletter!
Here, you'll find resources and knowledge shared from our Related Services Department's wonderful S.L.P.s!
Here, you'll find resources and knowledge shared from our Related Services Department's wonderful S.L.P.s!
January 2025 - Winter Activities
Read a book: Enjoy the down time and snuggle up on the couch or before bed and read or talk about a book. Use a favored book or a winter theme book, (some suggestions: “The Mitten” by Jan Brett; “The Snowy Day,” by Ezra Jack Keats; “There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow,”).
Flashlight “I spy”: Turn out the lights and use a flashlight to find items in the room.
Window “I spy”: Look out the kitchen window, living room window and talk about what you see “I see (I spy) a squirrel (a tree, a red car, etc).
Sing songs: Sing favorite songs to activate voice and use your body to enforce the action words.
Read Aloud a Winter Poem: Reading aloud a catchy winter poem can be a great way to share quality time at home with family. While reading aloud, encourage your child to produce the sounds of key words playfully and to the best of their ability. For example, when reading a poem you might emphasize: “winterrr, mmmug, snowballlll, fffffights, etc.” Read from a book, search online for winter poems, and have fun!
Helping in the Kitchen: You may have an assistant chef living under your roof and not even know it! Cooking is a wonderful activity to build upper body strength. Following directions in a sequential order is a great way to support executive functioning skills. Gathering all the materials from your kitchen can focus on your child’s visual scanning skills. Encourage your child to label and describe the items being used. Once the cooking is complete, challenge your child to sequence the process by recalling what they did first, second, last, etc. Keeping the utensils and ingredients used in sight may help your child remember and retell the steps they completed.
Capture the Moment: Taking photographs of the activities you and your family share is a great way to help your child recall and retell the experiences you shared. While viewing pictures of shared activities, encourage your child to add details in response to “who,” “what,” “where,” and “when” questions. You can also add descriptive words like “fun,” “cold,” “exciting,” etc. If your child is having trouble getting started, you can describe the photograph first and then invite them to try again.
New Year’s Resolution: Encourage your child to think about the future by formulating 2-3 New Year’s Resolution goals. For example, “In the new year, I would like to (try a new food, use the treadmill more, meet up with a friend outside of school).” Write down these goals and review them with your child throughout the break so that they can share them with their peers when they return to school.
Capture the Moment: Taking photographs of the activities you and your family participate in is a great way to help your child recall and retell the experiences you shared. While viewing pictures of shared activities, encourage your child to add details in response to “who,” “what,” “where,” and “when” questions. You can also add descriptive words like “fun,” “cold,” “exciting,” etc. If your child is having trouble getting started, you can describe the photograph first and then invite them to try again.
- Written by the Speech-Language Pathology Department at Celebrate the Children
Flashlight “I spy”: Turn out the lights and use a flashlight to find items in the room.
Window “I spy”: Look out the kitchen window, living room window and talk about what you see “I see (I spy) a squirrel (a tree, a red car, etc).
Sing songs: Sing favorite songs to activate voice and use your body to enforce the action words.
Read Aloud a Winter Poem: Reading aloud a catchy winter poem can be a great way to share quality time at home with family. While reading aloud, encourage your child to produce the sounds of key words playfully and to the best of their ability. For example, when reading a poem you might emphasize: “winterrr, mmmug, snowballlll, fffffights, etc.” Read from a book, search online for winter poems, and have fun!
Helping in the Kitchen: You may have an assistant chef living under your roof and not even know it! Cooking is a wonderful activity to build upper body strength. Following directions in a sequential order is a great way to support executive functioning skills. Gathering all the materials from your kitchen can focus on your child’s visual scanning skills. Encourage your child to label and describe the items being used. Once the cooking is complete, challenge your child to sequence the process by recalling what they did first, second, last, etc. Keeping the utensils and ingredients used in sight may help your child remember and retell the steps they completed.
Capture the Moment: Taking photographs of the activities you and your family share is a great way to help your child recall and retell the experiences you shared. While viewing pictures of shared activities, encourage your child to add details in response to “who,” “what,” “where,” and “when” questions. You can also add descriptive words like “fun,” “cold,” “exciting,” etc. If your child is having trouble getting started, you can describe the photograph first and then invite them to try again.
New Year’s Resolution: Encourage your child to think about the future by formulating 2-3 New Year’s Resolution goals. For example, “In the new year, I would like to (try a new food, use the treadmill more, meet up with a friend outside of school).” Write down these goals and review them with your child throughout the break so that they can share them with their peers when they return to school.
Capture the Moment: Taking photographs of the activities you and your family participate in is a great way to help your child recall and retell the experiences you shared. While viewing pictures of shared activities, encourage your child to add details in response to “who,” “what,” “where,” and “when” questions. You can also add descriptive words like “fun,” “cold,” “exciting,” etc. If your child is having trouble getting started, you can describe the photograph first and then invite them to try again.
- Written by the Speech-Language Pathology Department at Celebrate the Children
December 2024 - CTC Coffee Corner
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CTC's Coffee Corner had its grand opening on Thursday, November 7th! The CTC Coffee Corner is a new, student-run business giving Young Adult Program students an opportunity to practice soft skills, executive functioning skills and social-communication skills.
These skill sets will ultimately be transferable to a variety of vocational and social environments in the post-21 year-old world. It is spearheaded by the Y.A.P. therapy team: Keri Sharpe, SLP & Immy Moustafa, OT, as well as the teacher in charge of the Food & Beverage in-house internships, Andrew Reynolds. Staff, be sure to come visit us in the back of the Y.A.P. building or place your order online! -Keri Sharpe, Speech-Language Pathologist at Celebrate the Children |
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November 2024 - Robotics Club
The speech department and occupational therapy department have joined forces and creativity to start a Robotics Club. This new endeavor will allow for the students to work collaboratively with peers, using shared control and engagement, to complete multi-step tasks. The students present with the maturity to read each step, identifying the components of the task, problem solving and adhering to the sequence to see a finished product. The initial role-out of such a group has yielded high interest and gleam in the eye from the students. Verbal language and critical thinking are paired with fine motor and executive function skills to achieve a cohesive goal. We hope to expand the group to more like minded students who enjoy seeing how things work. -Michelle Attardi, Speech-Language Pathologist at Celebrate the Children |
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October 2024 - Mouth Breathing and Your Child
Source: Michelle Attardi, Speech-Language Pathologist at Celebrate the Children
