Over 180 speech therapy worksheets, activities, and flash cards for speech-language pathologists, teachers, and parents. Many of them are free! I created these materials to use with my clients, and I hope you can use them too.
Showing posts with label pragmatics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pragmatics. Show all posts
Pragmatics: Topic Identification and Maintenance
One of my older clients with high functioning autism is working on identifying the topic of a conversation and contributing an appropriate response to the conversation. This worksheet contains 6 scenarios where two people are already talking, and the client has to identify the topic from a choice of 3 and generate an appropriate response.
Pragmatics: Commenting in Conversation
I am working with one of my high school aged clients on producing comments to show that he is actively listening. I am going to first have him identify whether what I said is something that requires a positive, negative, or neutral response. Then, he can choose any comment on this list to reply before I continue my story. As he gets better, I will pause the story and wait for him to produce a comment on his own.
Any other common social comments that I should add to the list?
Any other common social comments that I should add to the list?
Expressive Language - Formulating Questions
This worksheet targets asking grammatically correct, semantically appropriate questions!
Pragmatics: Emotions
I made this worksheet for one of my clients who is working on identifying when he or others might feel a particular emotion.
Expressive Language: Top Ten Easy Personal Questions
I have many kids who can't answer personal questions (even when they know the answer). With some of my clients who are less intelligible, I am working on answering these questions using an AAC device such as a DynaVox or an iPad with Proloquo2Go. With others who are not motivated to talk, I am simply working on getting a response the first time I ask the question. With others, I simply want them to be able to recite their last name and phone number in case of an emergency. I make it a goal for my kids to answer at least 8 out of these 10 questions within 5 seconds, the first time they are asked. I also teach my kids to say something like "Hmm" or "Let me think" if they need additional time. When they give a blank stare instead, it's unclear whether they understood the question, whether they are still thinking, or whether they are ignoring me. Do you have any other "must know" personal questions that you want your kids to be able to answer?
Expressive Language: What Would You Text?
One of my high school aged clients just got his first cell phone. I would love to help him learn how to communicate basic messages (comments and questions) using text messages. I made this worksheet to role play a few situations when he might want or need to send a text message to a familiar adult or to a peer. I love working in a private clinic because I have the freedom to work on functional communication goals like this!
Pragmatics: Responses to Social Greetings
Social skills are so fun to work on! I have kids who answer "fine" when I say "What's up?" I am working on getting them to realize that there are different types of social greetings and each one has a different appropriate response. You can also use toy people or animals to role play these situations.
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