As the 2017-18 school year wraps up, it’s time to start planning summer vacations, continuing education and how to make things EVEN better next year! The Speech Banana’s Project Momentum Supporting Endless Potential for Incredible Children Project Goals: Increase on-task behavior, positive communicative acts and participation within the classroom setting. Through the use of strategies […]
MoreEveryone is guilty of inadvertently reinforcing attention-seeking behaviors. We do it without realizing and ultimately pay the price when the unwanted behavior pops up at the most inconvenient times. Have you ever asked your child or a student to stop doing something and immediately get an increase in the behavior? Have you ever started preparing […]
MoreRemember, children are not built to sit and attend for lengthy periods of time! A list of the “old fashion” brain breaks. 🙂 Cross the River: Place flashcards on the floor in a winding manner. Each card represents a stepping-stone in a river. As the students go across the river, they must…(many different ways you […]
MoreWhich of these do you agree with? Intelligence is fixed at birth. Some people are creative, others aren’t. You can become a world-class expert through enough practice. You can change your personality. If you agreed with the first two statements, you’re coming from a fixed mindset. If you agreed with the second two, you possess […]
MoreI really enjoy social skills interventions and cultivating a theory of mind skill set. Around age 4, children improve on tasks of theory of mind and are able to understand that someone may be acting based on a false belief about an object or event (Kloo et al., 2010). False-belief understanding, independent of a child’s […]
MoreOne major challenge for students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is making sense of the lesson format and routine. A slight variation from the “normal routine” can present a challenge for both the teacher and the student. Teachers often vary from the daily routine to present mini-lessons in order to connect prior knowledge. Students […]
MoreIf you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. ~Albert Einstein Differentiated instruction is “organic” and dynamic. Based on the premise that teachers and therapy providers should adapt instruction to the specific needs and learning styles of their students. It is not […]
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