How to do Speech Therapy at Home: Podcast 3
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What is the purpose of this podcast episode and who is the host?
Hey everybody, this is Carrie Clark, and you are listening to episode number three of the Speech and Language Kids Podcast. This is the podcast with activities and resources for families of children with speech and language delays and disorders. I want to start off by apologizing for my voice. I am a little bit under the weather today, and my voice is just now coming back, so if it's a little bit scratchy, I do apologize. Hopefully, next week will be a little better. Today I'm going to be discussing how you can get your child to sit down and do speech and language work with you at home. Also in the quick tip I will tell you about a resource that has helped me keep my students engaged and doing work with me for a very long period of time.
First I want to start off with the news and updates. As of the time of this recording, I have uh my podcast has been downloaded eighty-six times. Something I've been wanting to do for a long time and I'm super excited to finally have started it and getting it going. I'm also very excited that people are downloading it. I'd love to hear your feedback about how it's going and what you want more of. So please head over to iTunes and give me a review. You can find my iTunes page at www.speechandlanguage kids dot com forward slash You can also find my podcast on Blackberry and Stitcher. Have another platform that you like your podcasts on and I'm not on it, let me know by emailing me at speechandlanguage kids at gmail.com.
Alright, let's move on to our features segment. Last episode I gave you an overview of the types of language disorders, delays, and therapies, and how to know if your child has a problem in one of those areas. Now let's look at what happens once you find out that your child does need some additional support. When I give parents ideas of what to do at home, I often hear them say, Well, that would be great if I could get my kid to sit down with me and actually work on it. But he reviews I hear you. This happens to me during speech therapy too. Children who have trouble with speech and language don't usually want to work on it because it's hard for them. That's why we SLPs have a bag of tricks that we can pull from to get the child motivated.
Here is my list of ways that you can get your child to participate in speech and language work at home. The first thing I want to talk about is how to set up your home therapy schedule. Choose specific times that are designated as speech times. This will help your child understand that speech isn't gonna be something you work on all the time. It's just gonna be something that you're working on during those designated times. You'll want to set a schedule, or for older children, you can work it into their homework routine as something they need to do before they can be done with homework for the evening. Start with very short sessions and build up the time later. You want your child to be successful at what you're doing, so starting off
easy, uh even if it doesn't seem like it's challenging that very much, that'll be good to just get them started. You can always build in extra activities and extra time later. Another great way that you can set up your home therapy schedule is by choosing a certain location that speech time will happen each session. You can move around and have fun, get down on the floor and move around, but start in one place so that your child knows when it's time to work on speech and language, we go to this location, that's what we do. Another great tip, be consistent. It's so important that you stick to your schedule. If your child doesn't want do it that day, please, please, please don't give in because then the next time you're gonna have an even bigger fight.
If you're l running low on time or energy, just make your child sit down and do speech work at the scheduled time for just one minute. Just do one minute and then say, Okay, we're done. That way you're still in the routine even if neither of you had the time had it in you to do the full session. Also, it's really important that you explain to your child what you're doing and why you're doing it.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the purpose of this podcast episode and who is the host?
0:00–4:41
2
How can I set up a consistent home speech‑therapy schedule for my child?
4:41–9:05
3
What steps should I take to prepare each home therapy session?
9:05–14:00
4
How do I make speech‑therapy sessions fun and engaging?
14:00–18:59
5
What strategies help toddlers who refuse to do speech work?
18:59–23:00
6
How can I motivate preschoolers who won’t participate in speech activities?
23:00–27:04
7
What techniques are effective for children with autism during home therapy?
27:04–31:58
8
What is the quick tip about using yoga pretzel cards for speech therapy?
31:58–37:03