Resources for Increasing Language and Communication Skills in Your Homeschool
Would you like to help your student improve in the area of language or communication? Whether you feel like you have exhausted all your options or don’t even know where to start, we have you covered. This guide will help you figure out ways to increase your student’s language and communication skills for better overall homeschool instruction.
Speech Therapy Resources
Featured Articles
Featured Podcasts & Full Length Videos
Practical Ways for Teaching Nonverbal Learners
An interview with Rose-Marie Gallagher, a special educator, trainer & curriculum adaptation specialist as well as a blogger at Adapting Creatively.
Free & Low-Cost Resources to Support AAC Learners
An interview with Carole Zangari, a professional SLP, and owner of the website PrAACtical AAC.
Helping Young Adults with Autism Recognize and Communicate Their Emotions
An interview with Dr. Erika M. Olimpiew from Emotive Computing, LLC.
Enhancing Language in All Children with Autism
An interview with Dr. Marion Blank, a world-renowned literacy and language expert who developed and served as Co-Director of the Columbia University Developmental Neuropsychiatry Program for Autism and Related Disorders.
Featured Videos
Here are links to the rest of the videos from this topic series:
- Why Trust is So Important When Using AAC for Communication
- The Benefits of Low-Tech AAC for Complex Learning
- Evaluating a Nonverbal Child Using AAC
- Free AAC Core Vocabulary Lesson Plans
- Free AAC Resources Offered by Cough Drop
- Resource for Converting Your Child’s High-Tech AAC Screen to No-Tech
- Using Personal Challenges to Stretch Social Skills
- Tips for Requesting Social Situation Modification
- Sorting Out Situations with Cognitive Reappraisal Techniques
- Understanding the Difference Between Language and Communication
- Why ABA Restricts Language Development in Children with Autism
- Ways Parents Can Effectively Encourage Language Development in Children with Autism
- Expanding Spelling Skills Through Sign Language
- Incorporating Sign Language into Daily Routines
- Using Sign It ASL as a Homeschool Sign Language Resource
