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Communication fans are highly under-rated. Print and laminate your fans, pop on a key ring or a string. And bam! You have your highly portable visuals at hand which you could use to support both & . They are incredibly easy to store too by hanging on a small hook for easy access for adults. I love using these in situations where fringe vocab is necessary to facilitate participation in an activity - such as our Halloween Biscuit Decorating event with .mt & this Saturday 👻 Happy 🥳

Celebrating month by helping you stock up on your Halloween treats! Join speechtherapy.space & Biskits on 29th October at 2pm at Embrace Diversity Organisation for a biscuit decorating event for children with Complex Communication Needs. Invite a friend, family member, or sibling to join :)

Register your interest on: https://forms.gle/1aA8Gw3v2qhEhFBW6
Get in touch with us on speechtherapy.space for more information.
Booking is secured at a €5 non-refudable deposit.

Price:
€12 pp (incl. biscuit decorating kit)
€10 pp for Embrace Diversity Organization clients

Tip #2 of our “Embedding intervention goals at home” series … coming your way.

Sorting is a pre-verbal skill that supports the development of language. It allows kids to develop linguistic organisation through play. It sets the way for vocabulary organisation later on in life … among other cognitive-linguistic skills.

You may have seen your Speech-Language Pathologist play sorting games with toys in the clinical setting.

Creating new routines to accommodate intervention goals is easier said than done. Don’t fret. Get your kids to help you sort out your laundry. Model/show your kids to separate the whites from the colours. Pair your demonstration focussing on key words such as “clothes”, [colours], etc. Be ready to jump in with gestural cues to support successful sorting. Be careful not to over-prompt.

You can take this activity one step further by categorising according to colour (white vs. red. vs. blue, etc.)

Happy sorting!!