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How to Use Storybooks in Speech Language Intervention
3. How to Use Storybooks in Speech
Language Intervention
We are great at speech therapy, but what if we could magically triple our therapy materials and
activities for the same amount of effort? Or reduce our planning by a third? Using research on
literacy-based intervention and culture, we have created a structure for use before, during, and after
book-reading to maximize a story’s magical effects, both for us and our students.
This section is divided into 4 parts
1. Planning for Literacy‐based Intervention Sessions
This section covers tips and tricks to rapidly plan for individual and group sessions
and capture our work so that each year gets easier and easier.
2. Pre‐Reading Activities – Before you Open the Book
There are many activities that can be undertaken before the we even open a
storybook to maximize our efforts with the student, ensure comprehension of the
story we are about to read, and increase the retention of all the new vocabulary that
each book introduces. If you typically read the book in your first session, this is
going to be eye-opening and has the potential of cutting your planning time in half.
3. Book‐Reading Activities
Here is the part we are all most familiar with and where we are happiest – reading
the book. But did you know that there are three ways to dramatically enhance your
therapy? We will cover scaffolding strategies, brain-based learning, and story-
grammar development. SLPs have shared that these activities have become the
most enjoyable aspects of their work day.
4. Post‐Reading Activities – After the Book is Closed
Do you move on to a new topic or book after you have finished a story? After
reading the story, children finally understand the plot, have the vocabulary to talk
about it, and the motivation to show what they know. This creates the perfect
environment to write similar stories, tell the story, and create games that follow the
character’s adventures. Pre-reading activities cut your therapy planning in half.
Post-Reading Activities extend your lesson plans and reduce planning even further.
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