Special Education
Articulation:
Read with your child focusing on their target sounds
Find items at home, outside, etc. that have their target sound
Play board games/card games (have child name the picture, practice asking for each item with good speech sounds, etc)
Make a list of words containing target sounds
Engage your child in conversation about their favorite movie, book, hobbies, etc.
Language:
Read with your child
Focus on vocabulary your child may not know
Retell the story
Have your child describe items in the story
Have your child identify nouns, adjectives, verbs from the story
Ask them questions about the story
Play games targeting:
Following directions
Vocabulary
Turn taking
Engage your child in conversation
Ask them questions (Who, What, When, Where, Why)
Practice turn taking in the conversation
Pretend play (request items, name items, etc.)
Go on walks and talk about nature
For our older students:
Ask “How” questions (How do you brush your teeth?)
Ask how objects are alike/different. (airplane-bird, sun- banana)
Synonyms/Antonyms
Engage in reading books
Have your student predict what will happen next
Have them describe the setting, characters, etc.
Answer questions related to story
Play games
Practice turn taking, conversational skills, requesting items, etc.
Fluency: (Stuttering)
Encourage your child to practice their stuttering strategies
Read a book and have your child retell the story
Have your child recall events from the day
AUTISM SUPPORTS:
Social Skills
https://do2learn.com/organizationtools/SocialSkillsToolbox/index.htm
Visual Supports
http://www.autismcircuit.net/tools
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Activities
SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS:
UDL Toolkit Text-to-Speech for Writing