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Small Speech World

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Dayton, Ohio, United States
About the store
I have been an SLP since 1994. My primary experience has been working in schools. I have worked with Pre-K,primary, elementary, middle school and high school, as well as Pre-Vocational students. I have served populations of students with Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Williams, Language Impairments, Articulation and Phonological impairments, Pragmatic Impairments and many low incident unique children. I have also worked as a Professor at the University level teaching sophomores to graduate students all about language development.
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Preview of Being a Good Sport Visual

Being a Good Sport Visual

Need help teaching your students how to be a good sport? Here is a one page visual that covers all the basics. It's an overall summary of expectations. It has phrases and visuals. I have used it when teaching some of my special education students lessons about social language. I have had teachers post it by games and on the playground to remind students of the expectations. See other activities in my store to see activities and visuals I use to teach "being a good sport".
Preview of Spring Sign Language Page

Spring Sign Language Page

Here are 24 signs to correlate with the theme of "Spring". Sign language pictures are provided by the Boardmaker Program from Meyer-Johnson. These signs are good to not only use for those students with hearing impairments but they are also good visuals for younger students or students with disabilities. I suggest learning these yourself and then demonstrating them to your student's. Hope these are helpful!
Preview of Clothes Sort Winter vs Summer

Clothes Sort Winter vs Summer

Real photos good for those students who are not yet symbol ready. Cut out these cards and use them as a Winter vs. Summer Clothes Sort. There are 17 cards in all. Many of these clothes correlate to the book "The Jacket I Wear in the Snow". You can also use these as flashcards as well.
Preview of Sign Language Pages for the Book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

Sign Language Pages for the Book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie"

Here are 24 signs to correlate with the book " If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Numeroff. Sign language pictures are provided by the Boardmaker Program from Meyer-Johnson. These signs are good to not only use for those students with hearing impairments but they are also good visuals for younger students or students with disabilities. I suggest learning these yourself and then demonstrating them to your student's. Hope these are helpful!
Preview of In the Winter I Wear...Free Powerpoint Book

In the Winter I Wear...Free Powerpoint Book

This PowerPoint is a great simple way to introduce or review clothes that children wear in the winter. It is a pattern book. It has pictures as well as audio that will read the book to your students. You can use it as a switch book for some of your AAC users or for young students. The clothes shown in the presentation also correlate with the book "The Jacket I Wear in the Snow" by Shirley Neitzel & Nancy Winslow Parker. It has the carrier sentence 'In the winter I wear_____". It shows pictures o
Preview of Getting Teacher's Attention Task Analysis

Getting Teacher's Attention Task Analysis

This is a simple visual that shows students how to get a teacher's attention appropriately. It gives options since depending on the classroom scenario different ways can be appropriate. This activity was created with special education students in mind who are working on pragmatics (social language skills). It could also be appropriate for very young normally developing students as well.
Preview of My Valentine Gives Me- Adapted Interactive and Core Word Book for the word GIVE

My Valentine Gives Me- Adapted Interactive and Core Word Book for the word GIVE

This AAC Core Vocabulary Book targeting the high frequency word "GIVE (S)" is made to use in speech therapy, special education and with students on the autism spectrum disorder. It especially targets students using AAC (augmentative-alternative communication) and those students who are minimally verbal or non-verbal. Core word vocabulary books provide meaningful opportunities to develop functional and relevant vocabulary. Core vocabulary is composed of high-frequency words that are very versatil
Preview of Sign Language Page for the Book "The Jacket I Wear in the Snow"

Sign Language Page for the Book "The Jacket I Wear in the Snow"

This page shows how you how to sign key vocabulary from the book "The Jacket I Wear in the Snow" by Shirley Neitzel (Author) , Nancy Winslow Parker. There are 12 signs in all. Theses pictures are from the Boardmaker program from Mayer-Johnson and used within their guidelines.
Preview of Sign Language Page for the Book "If You Take a Mouse to School"

Sign Language Page for the Book "If You Take a Mouse to School"

Here are 24 signs to correlate with the book " If You Take a Mouse to School" by Laura Numeroff. Sign language pictures are provided by the Boardmaker Program from Meyer-Johnson (see attached). These signs are good to not only use for those students with hearing impairments but they are also good visuals for younger students or students with disabilities. I suggest learning these yourself and then demonstrating them to your student's. Hope these are helpful!
Preview of Sign Language Pages for "If You Give a Moose a Muffin"

Sign Language Pages for "If You Give a Moose a Muffin"

Here are 24 signs to correlate with the book " If You Give a Moose A Muffin" by Laura Numeroff. The majority of the sign language pictures are provided by the Boardmaker Program from Meyer-Johnson. These signs are good to not only use for those students with hearing impairments but they are also good visuals for younger students or students with disabilities. I suggest learning these yourself and then demonstrating them to your student's. Hope these are helpful!
Preview of People in Your Neighborhood-Community Workers Song

People in Your Neighborhood-Community Workers Song

This takes a favorite Sesame Street Song "Who are The People in Your Neighborhood" and changes it to talk about the various people that you would find in your community. It names each person and then gives a function for each worker. This is a really fun song that most children love to sing. It's enjoyable and it teaches them information about community workers at the same time. What a great way to teach about community occupations.
Preview of Lunch Bingo

Lunch Bingo

This activity provides 8 different Bingo boards with a grid of 9 pictures on each one. It has 17 different food/lunch related pictures. There are two appliance pictures and a silverware picture that is often associated with lunch. This game is targeted for young children and children with special needs but is very versatile. This is a great activity that is flexible when discussing healthy food choices, stimulating language at the word, sentence or conversational level and also a great way to ch
Preview of Introducing Yourself

Introducing Yourself

This is a simple task analysis for introducing yourself that provides a visual with words and simple pictures. It is placed in order from top to bottom. I've used it as a simple visual. I've also used it by cutting all the steps apart and then having students put them in correct order. I've also blown the visual up and used it as a sort of "cue card" while role-playing. I hope you find it useful .
Preview of Bear Stays Up for Christmas Sign Language Page

Bear Stays Up for Christmas Sign Language Page

Here are 24 signs to correlate with the book " Bear Stays Up for Christmas". Sign language pictures are provided by the Boardmaker Program from Meyer-Johnson (see attached). These signs are good to not only use for those students with hearing impairments but they are also good visuals for younger students or students with disabilities. I suggest learning these yourself and then demonstrating them to your student's. Hope these are helpful!
Preview of Antonym (Basic) Matching

Antonym (Basic) Matching

There are 22 cards/11sets of antonyms. These are some basic opposites that are good for younger or delayed students. Use these cards to play “Go Fish” ,“Memory” or any other way you see fit. There are a few blank cards to add your own. You can use them as flashcards as well.
Preview of Balls! A simple Switch Book

Balls! A simple Switch Book

This book was originally created as a simple augmentative switch book. By using this PowerPoint book on a computer with an adaptive switch students can make the balls move around the screen and trigger the sounds effects. It's useful for many AAC users. I have also had teachers use these books as an opportunity to practice descriptor words to describe different types of balls or sports Please feel free to use it however it fits your needs.
Preview of What Does a Good Sport Say?

What Does a Good Sport Say?

This is a simple worksheet that reviews what a Good Sport Says. There are pictures and phrases for discrimination and an area students can generate and write or draw their own supportive Good sports saying. This has been a great activity to use with both special education and young regular education students when teaching social language, especially regarding 'being a good sport'.
Preview of Everyday Handwriting

Everyday Handwriting

I have found in my work that many students with higher functioning autism or certain disabilities often lean towards perfectionism when handwriting. This often leads to students taking an inordinate amount of time to write. Many times this triggers a domino affect where students fall behind in their work. This is a social story or script that targeted those students. It can be used as a PowerPoint story on a computer or printed as a hard copy story.
Preview of Christmas Holiday Crackers

Christmas Holiday Crackers

Here is a quick and easy recipe to use with students around the Holiday Time. Pictures are provided by the Boardmaker Program from Meyer-Johnson (see attached)
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About the store

Experience

I have been an SLP since 1994. My primary experience has been working in schools. I have worked with Pre-K,primary, elementary, middle school and high school, as well as Pre-Vocational students. I have served populations of students with Autism, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Williams, Language Impairments, Articulation and Phonological impairments, Pragmatic Impairments and many low incident unique children. I have also worked as a Professor at the University level teaching sophomores to graduate students all about language development.

Awards & shining teacher moments

2014 Excellence in Education Award-Centerville City Schools 2017 Miami Valley Autism; Low-Incidence Coaching Team A-Lister Award

My own education history

B.S. in Education-Speech/Language Pathology and Audiology M.S. in Speech/Language Pathology

Additional biographical information

I am a member of ASHA and OSPPEAC. I'm a Midwestern girl with Eastern roots. I love traveling the world. I have a passion for working with kids. TPT gives me a chance to share some of my creativity.