The Skill of Teaching Social Skills
…fully acquiring the skill. For example, a child may learn the social skill “say hello” to a friend who comes over for a play date, but have difficulty using the…
Read more...Volunteer at CSLOT
…sessions, and completing assigned office tasks. Volunteer Schedule The program consists of four-month trimesters and is accommodated on weekdays, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. The volunteer commitment must consist of…
Read more...How Does Therapy Work
Research has shown that when a child performs an activity regularly and repeatedly, small changes occur in the thinking pathways of his brain. In all areas of development—communication, cognition, socialization,…
Read more...Language and Play
…is one of the first steps of symbolic play. Learning to play together is an essential part of early communication. Children learn language and social skills from each other and…
Read more...What Play Skills Should My Child Have?
Encourage your child to play! Play serves a stimulus for normal growth and development. It has an organizing effect on human behavior and is the critical base for adult competence….
Read more...Eight Ways to Support Your Child’s Early Development
…based on matching colors, animals, facial expressions, and everyday objects. Manipulatives. Offer manipulative materials to foster problem-solving and eye-hand coordination: large beads for stringing, brightly colored cubes, puzzle boxes, large,…
Read more...English Language Learners and the Road to Reading
…so that not all materials are readily accessible to promote discussion. Provide focused stimulation on particular language features Model target sounds or words for children; encourage repetition of models. Recast…
Read more...Support Your Child’s Reading Development at Home
…their children. All of these suggestions come from research on the way children learn to read. The activities that focus on building vocabulary and teaching children to think while they…
Read more...Baby Sign Language
…an appointment with one of our speech-language pathologists. Resources Babysignlanguage.com is a wonderful website that includes a video dictionary of people demonstrating signs for words commonly used by inf…
Read more...Therapeutic Listening Blog
…ways to help children relax, focus, and organize themselves. Music can be incorporated into a sensory diet for sensory regulation. For example, stimulating music can help stimulate a child who…
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