Bilinguistics

Fun Online Activities

Administrator — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:19:39 +0000

Hi everyone,

Here are some online materials that can be incorporated into therapy. The kids love getting on the computer, and it can be a nice change of pace for us too!

• Storyplace.org is an online library of animated English and Spanish stories. The animations and dialogue are fun for the kids, and pages can be navigated at your own pace which is great for stopping to ask comprehension questions. Related activities and recommended books accompany each theme.
• Do2Learn.com is a collection of resources and activities for children with special needs, with a focus on autism. This is an English site, but it’s easy to adapt several of the games and activities by providing your own instructions in Spanish. My kids really enjoy following directions with location and sequence words to create a room, and also like playing what’s different?, which is great for vocabulary building and category naming.
• This one is not interactive, but Early Learning Activities by Evan-Moor is a great resource for bilingual printable materials. There are lots of cut-color-paste activities that are great for practice with following directions, categorizing, and sequencing. (Grad student hint: the entire book is available for purchase, but there are plenty of sample pages you can access for free.)

Have fun!

Great Site for IPA Symbols

Administrator — Tue, 01 May 2012 08:00:06 +0000

Hey everyone,

Here is a really great site for finding IPA symbols in all languages. You can cut and paste them easily into other documents.

http://ipa.typeit.org/full/

Frog Stories

Administrator — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:51:27 +0000

As we face a flurry of evaluations in these last few months of school, many of us are going to find ourselves asking the same questions over and over, including that old favorite, “Frog, Where Are You?” Mercer Mayer’s wordless picture books are now part of most clinicians’ tried and true language sample collection process, thanks in part to SALT software. Now you can find the Frog Story scripts and audio files on the SALT software website so that your students can listen to a recording of the stories prior to eliciting their narrative retell. The site also provides some helpful reminders on eliciting a good language sample that you may find useful. Hoppy Spring!

Parent Training and ADHD

Administrator — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:00:00 +0000

As SLPs, we often work with children who have been diagnosed with ADHD. The following article from The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), a research branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, explains the most recent research regarding parenting programs for preschool parents and their efficacy in managing the condition. Let us continue to put parents in contact with parent support specialists and other school personnel who can help them find much needed support. Please read further to learn more about parenting and ADHD. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/236781.php

Childhood Apraxia of Speech vs. Inconsistent Speech Disorder

Administrator — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 08:00:50 +0000

Inconsistent Speech Disorder accounts for 10% of children with Speech Sound Disorders (Broomfield & Dodd, 2004). How can we differentiate between Childhood Apraxia of Speech and Inconsistent Speech Disorder? See the attached table from the book “Interventions for Speech Sound Disorders in Children” by Williams, McLeod, and McCauley for the characteristics of each.

https://bilinguistics.box.com/s/bb79bf70a27a26351026

Got Carryover?

Administrator — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:00:49 +0000

Need some ideas for generalizing speech therapy goals to the classroom? The busy spring semester is a great time to think about how to get carryover of your students’ progress in the therapy setting into their classroom and home environments. Many teachers want their students to remain in their classrooms during state testing periods, which gives us as SLPs a great opportunity to integrate our therapy goals into the general education setting. Also, as we look towards the end of the school year, getting into the classroom will help us make better determinations about whether our students are ready for dismissal. Activities for increasing carryover are an essential component in this process. See the attached for some suggestions.

https://bilinguistics.box.com/s/2085d66d71d38845f7d7

A New Site for Free Therapy Materials

Administrator — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:55:11 +0000

Hi all! Pediastaff has put together additions to a site for sharing therapy resources that are grouped on “pin boards.” See: http://pinterest.com/search/?q=pediastaff. They have topics such as language, phonology, fluency, and articulation. You can add your own great therapy ideas or download ideas that others are contributing. We are redoing an activity wall in our waiting room and thought that using this oil pan as a magnet board for kids was a great idea. Enjoy!

See you at TSHA 2012 in San Antonio!

Administrator — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 19:25:59 +0000

Bilinguistics is looking forward to participating once again in this year’s TSHA Convention in San Antonio, March 8-10 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. This year we are excited to be giving 6 presentations! Also, make sure to stop by our booth where we’ll be featuring our two newest products: The SMILE for Young Children Program and the Bilingual Articulation and Phonology Assessment (BAPA). We can’t wait to see you there!

Presentation Schedule:

March 8

8 am Mary Bauman and Barbara Fernandes: An iPad Speech Assessment for English and Spanish Speakers

4pm Keith Lebel and Meagan Morgan: Cultural Competency and Evaluation of Children from Diverse Backgrounds

March 9

10:30 am Marie Wirka and Katherine Marting: SMILE for Young Children: A Bilingual Program for Improving Communication Skills

11:30 am Kara Sanchez and Alyson Hendry: Literacy-Based Intervention: from Theory to Practice

1:30 pm Scott Prath and Ellen Kester: Even More Ethical Considerations for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations

4:00 pm Scott and Keith: TSHA Conference: Maximizing Treatment Effects with VPI and Cleft Lip and Palate

For a description of each presentation, check out the Events page on our website at http://bilinguistics.com/live-workshops-presentations.

Product links:

The SMILE for Young Children Program http://bilinguistics.com/smile-program

BAPA http://store.bilinguistics.com/ipad/bilingual-articulation-and-phonology-assessment-bapa/

Improving Grammar and Sentence Structure through Meaningful Activities and Scaffolding

Administrator — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:00:39 +0000

Research suggests that listening to target forms of sentence structures and imitating them in drills is not very effective in order to increase children’s sentence structure in conversation. This resource provides some good ideas for improving sentence structure through meaningful activities and interactive scaffolding.

https://bilinguistics.box.com/s/66x8h2qjgo1e0vdjt4c2

Levels of Cueing

Administrator — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:00:32 +0000

When we talk about cueing, what does minimum/moderate/maximum mean exactly? Our team put together a quick description of the levels of cueing so we could all be on the same page. Please see the attached and feel free to respond with your thoughts!

https://bilinguistics.box.com/s/phkkhv1tszvb20imomol