NSSLHA

As the NSSLHA chapter advisor it makes me proud to be around these dedicated students. As midterm passes I begin to reflect on the past and plan for the future. I look forward to our end of year NSSLHA dinner. I am proud of all of our graduates!

Stars & Stripes

These clinicians celebrated with stars and stripes. Each star contained a stimulus word. 

 

Gumball machine

This gumball machine was designed to target articulation goals. Each gumball contained a stimulus word. Cute!

 

Spin with Sponge Bob

These student clinicians made this Sponge Bob spin wheel game. Creative and fun!

 

End of Semester Activities

Look at this creative end of semester activity project. The student clinicians designed the activities and presented them in a princess wagon. The materials were bound together so the client could stroll away with it.

 

Birthday Cake Game

 

The student clinicians made this game board to celebrate the client's birthday. They used stimulus pictures all throughout the board. 



 

 

 

Apple orchard

 

 

These student clinicians made an apple tree to target language goals. Each apple contained a stimulus picture and attached to the tree via Velcro. Happy picking! 

 

 

Candy Crush

 

This student clinician designed a Candy Crush board. As seen below the pictures moved! Awesome!

 

 

Fall back idea

This is a great idea that Kim came up with. This clinician attached a mirror and an index card box with Velcro to the client's homework binder. The client may now take homework on the go!

Ready, Set, Go!

The student clinicians made this awesome /g/ Go Cart racing board game. Each car contained a /g/ stimulus word. The client absolutely enjoyed the activity. Gggggoooooooo

Let's go fishing

The student clinicians made this creative scene to address articulation goals. The clinicians covered a card board box with blue and brown paper. Next, the ocean scene was created. The stimulus fish were small water bottles which contained a round metal. The fishing pole was a gift wrapping roll with a string a magnet attached. Happy fishing!

Losing My Marbles

 

 

 The student clinicians designed this activity for a 5 year old client. This activity may be implemented to address any goal. Be sure to use with older children as marbles are a choking hazard for children under the age of 3. Ready, Set, Go........................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apple Tree

The student clinicians made this tree using cardboard and much creativity. It was self supporting. The apples contained the stimulus pictures. Great fall idea.............apple picking anyone?

Flower Power

These student clinicians designed a colorful and creative activity to target articulation goals. On blue bulletin board paper, they drew and painted a sky scene. They added Velcro to attach the pinwheel flowers.

Grilling with Speech

Barbecue Grill" for July of 4th theme!

The clinicians used this activity to target adjectives in phrases as the client flipped the steak he described the illustrations. It was successful and went smoothly. He enjoyed it by imitating the sound effects of the "grill" during the activity. All materials bought at the Target dollar section.

Oven & Watering Can

The clinician made an oven out of a cardboard box and covered it with wrapping paper. A hole was cut to represent a window in order to view the cookies (which contained stimulus words) in the oven as they baked. The oven opened and closed.....awesome idea!

The watering container was used during an activity targeting the vocalic r phoneme. The water drops which were attached with curling ribbon to the container contained the stimulus words. Each drop was cut after the target word was produced correctly.

Opposites Book

The clinicians created a book of opposites. This type of book may be created targeting different concepts. Below is an example of the fast/slow pages. The rabbit and turtle are attached to the page with Velcro for easy removal.

Swat the Bug

The clinicians created this activity to target the "ch" phoneme in the initial position of words. A sticky fly swatter was used to collect the bug picture cards that contained the stimulus picture on the back side. 

Get the Monkeys Off the Trees

The clinicians created a board game to target the /g/ phoneme in the initial position of words. The game board was a picture of trees with bananas and had velcro in order to attach the monkeys which contained the stimulus pictures. The game proved to be interactive.

Cookie Monster

The student clinicians created a cookie monster using a tri-fold and black bag (see picture #1). They drew and painted a cookie monster face (with an opening for the mouth) and attached it to the front of the tri-fold. The black pouch was attached to the back side of the cardboard to hold the cookies.  The cookies had the stimulus pictures attached to the backside.  The clinicians utilized this activity to target the phonological process of stopping with a 3:11 year old child.

Angry Birds tree

The student clinicians used this activity to target error phonemes. The client was highly motivated throughout the therapy session as it followed an Angry Bird theme. For this activity, the clinicians created angry birds using a red plastic ball and glued the bird features. They used Velcro on the back side of the ball.  A felt tree was made (so the angry bird ball would stick). Numbers were used as targets and corresponded to word cards that contained the target phoneme.

Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes

The student clinicians used the song "Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes" to target the objective to label body parts. They introduced the body parts using the pictures below (laminated picture glued to popsicle stick) prior to introducing the song. After completing a pre-teaching activity with the pictures the song was introduced and the movements were performed.  After playing and dancing to the song twice, the child began to sing along and identify the body parts on self. The client was a 3.6 year old child.

Punch-cup Summer Fun

This week the student clinicians created this punch cup activity to target articulation goals. They used a cardboard display board and cut eleven holes. Plastic cups were inserted in each hole and covered with tissue paper. The board was then decorated to reflect the summer theme.  Each cup contained picture cards targeting the goal. The client was as a 3.6 year old child.

This past week while supervising student clinicians at the university clinic, I had an epiphany.  I should find a way to share the fabulous activities they create with others. So, I decided to create a blog. Each day or week I will post pictures of activities along with a short description of how it was implemented during speech-language intervention.  My hope is to inspire other CSD student clinicians enrolled in clinical practicum.