As SLPs, we all use prompting in our speech therapy sessions. It helps us build upon what a child already knows by scaffolding the skills that we target. There are many forms of prompts and scaffolds. We’ve spent time talking about the importance of verbal prompts and visual prompts in the past. Today, let’s chat about ways to use gestural… Read More
How to Easily Use Visual Supports to Scaffold
My student stared at me across the kidney table with big brown eyes. I recognized the blank look. We had read a passage together, and now I was asking him questions about what we read. We needed to back it on up a step. I took out a shorter passage that included a visual picture. We read it and referenced… Read More
Easy Ways to Use Prompts & Cues in Speech Therapy
A while back I was charged to do an in-service for the paraprofessionals at my school. I talked to them about using prompts and cues in speech therapy and in the classroom. Fortunately, the paras did great and were immediately able to start implementing some of the strategies we discussed! All that to say, I hope that this blog post… Read More