I wanted to share this video to show you how you c I wanted to share this video to show you how you can break up minimal pairs therapy with a meaningful and fun activity!

We are working on /s/ cluster reduction, and took a break from “the cards” to work on nap vs. snap using an iPad game (we also practiced no vs. snow).

We pretended our hands were the machine and said “snap” and then the reinforcer is to tap the screen and pick up (or “snap”) the snow.

I find that kids really respond to these meaningful tasks as it emphasises how our words have meaning, and you can get a lot of organic practice trials in 💪🏻

BTW... I just ❤️ my kids!!!

#speechtherapy #speechpathology #slp #slpeeps #minimalpairs #speechdevelopment #privatepracticeslp #preschoolslp
I am just LOVING this prosody cues deck! I’ve g I am just LOVING this prosody cues deck!

I’ve got three on my caseload at the moment who respond so well to the emotion visuals, and it’s so lovely to hear some change in their voice vs. a monotone, robot-like voice!!

CARDS: @bjoremspeech @iowaspeechie @bjoremspeechpublications

#apraxiaofspeech #slpeeps #childhoodapraxiaofspeech #speechtherapy
Binding. It’s a simple little joy that makes my Binding.

It’s a simple little joy that makes my SLP life easier.

And no, I don’t have a binding machine... I take it to my local office shop and it costs me around $5 to do!!!

Any other binding fans out there???

#binding #slpsofinstagram #slplife #slpeeps #slpsontpt #speechies #slporganization
Just because you are contrasting /t/ vs. /k/ words Just because you are contrasting /t/ vs. /k/ words using minimal pairs, DOESN’T mean that you are forbidden from using any other cues!

Many times, my kids need some additional types of cues, whether it be gestures (point to the throat), a mirror (to see the tongue go back), metaphors (front vs. back sounds), or placement cues (move your tongue back) to help them be accurate so that they aren’t frustrated.

Many times those cues get dropped pretty quickly... but I still use a pragmatic cue where I question what the child means (did you mean tea or key?).

And yes, I used fronting as my example because GOSH IT’S A STUBBORN PATTERN sometimes. And I need aaaaaalllll the cues 🤣 do you agree??

#adventuresinspeechpathology #speechpathology #slpsofinstagram #slpeeps #slp #speechtherapy #speechdelay #preschoolslp
Have you ever felt like you don’t know what you Have you ever felt like you don’t know what you NEED to know when implementing a new therapy approach?

I made this Minimal Pairs Therapy plan to help make sure you have thought of, and planned, the elements to implement the approach.

This means choosing the approach, picking the patterns and sounds that will make the most impact, completing generalization probes, and REALLY thinking about your treatment intensity.

So many times I have people say the child isn’t generalizing, and I wonder if they have planned for all of these elements?

Is it really the child, or has the SLP not planned the therapy correctly????

TAKEN FROM: the Minimal Pairs Handbook

#Adventuresinspeechpathology #minimalpairshandbook #phonology #slp2b #slpgradstudent #speechdelay #slpeeps #preschoolslp #ebpslp #speechtherapy #speechpathologist
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. You I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. You don’t need fancy toys to do minimal pair tasks!

I upload minimal pair resources to my iPad so I can bring them up when I’m on my school visits.

We literally put animal figurines in the sections, and then after we “earned” them all, we picked them up and tried to throw them back in the container.

Also.... love how this little one correctly said “go” after we had that communication breakdown. The POWER of minimal pairs therapy 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

#minimalpairs #speechdelay #speechpathology #speechtherapy #preschoolslp #schoolslp #privatepracticeslp #adventuresinspeechpathology
I pulled out this shopping game (again) today for I pulled out this shopping game (again) today for minimal pairs!

We practice our pairs, then flip a picture over to see what the item is, and who’s list it belongs to.

Simple, but very motivating for Miss 4 today!!!

#minimalpairs #speechtherapy #slp #speechdelay #speechpathologist #Adventuresinspeechpathology #preschoolslp
Here are some truths: 1. I always wanted to be a p Here are some truths:
1. I always wanted to be a psychologist
2. I never wanted to work with kids

Then I changed degrees and
3. I thought I’d be a medical SLP

Then I realised I didn’t like dysphagia and brain stuff as much as I thought so
4. I thought I’d enjoy working with complex communication needs

Then I really found a love for:
5. Social communication ❤️ I still enjoy everything I learned, and gosh did I do a lot of PD. But I felt like my kids never moved off my caseload.

Then I realised
6. I get A LOT of joy assessing and figuring out speech patterns and seeing kids make fast progress week-to-week targeting their speech sounds.

So here I am!

It’s definitely NOT the place I thought I’d be, but sometimes you have to try different things to know what’s right for you!

#adventuresinspeechpathology #slplife #slpsofinstagram
Nothing gets me up at 5:45am on a Saturday morning Nothing gets me up at 5:45am on a Saturday morning like the excitement of a new resource.

Seriously.

I’m a morning bird and do my best work when the whole house is asleep.

I don’t even have a coffee 😲😲😲

Sooooo..... I’m still taking requests for my next set of minimal pair toolkit resources. Drop them below 👇🏻

#adventuresinspeechpathology #minimalpairs #speechtherapy #slpeeps #slpsontpt #slpsofinstagram #preschoolslp
I have been hearing this phrase OVER and OVER agai I have been hearing this phrase OVER and OVER again lately!!

Many of you have been trying minimal pairs therapy either for the 1st time, or you’re implementing it differently...

... and the amount of times that I read a DM or feedback on TpT saying that things literally just “clicked” in a session was high enough that it warrants its own IG post 😂

See, THIS is why I love treating SSD, and I love the minimal pairs approach. Your child can make HUGE LEAPS within one session.

It’s amazing! It’s encouraging. And gosh it makes your job satisfaction high!

Do you know what I’m taking about? Have you ever seen things “click” with a child?
Tell me how 👇🏻

#speechtherapy #speechdelay #slpeeps #slp #slp2b #speechpathology #slpsofinstagram #phonology #ebpslp #schoolslp #privatepracticeslp
I wanted to share this video to show you how you c I wanted to share this video to show you how you can break up minimal pairs therapy with a meaningful and fun activity!

We are working on /s/ cluster reduction, and took a break from “the cards” to work on nap vs. snap using an iPad game (we also practiced no vs. snow).

We pretended our hands were the machine and said “snap” and then the reinforcer is to tap the screen and pick up (or “snap”) the snow.

I find that kids really respond to these meaningful tasks as it emphasises how our words have meaning, and you can get a lot of organic practice trials in 💪🏻

BTW... I just ❤️ my kids!!!

#speechtherapy #speechpathology #slp #slpeeps #minimalpairs #speechdevelopment #privatepracticeslp #preschoolslp
I am just LOVING this prosody cues deck! I’ve g I am just LOVING this prosody cues deck!

I’ve got three on my caseload at the moment who respond so well to the emotion visuals, and it’s so lovely to hear some change in their voice vs. a monotone, robot-like voice!!

CARDS: @bjoremspeech @iowaspeechie @bjoremspeechpublications

#apraxiaofspeech #slpeeps #childhoodapraxiaofspeech #speechtherapy
Binding. It’s a simple little joy that makes my Binding.

It’s a simple little joy that makes my SLP life easier.

And no, I don’t have a binding machine... I take it to my local office shop and it costs me around $5 to do!!!

Any other binding fans out there???

#binding #slpsofinstagram #slplife #slpeeps #slpsontpt #speechies #slporganization
Just because you are contrasting /t/ vs. /k/ words Just because you are contrasting /t/ vs. /k/ words using minimal pairs, DOESN’T mean that you are forbidden from using any other cues!

Many times, my kids need some additional types of cues, whether it be gestures (point to the throat), a mirror (to see the tongue go back), metaphors (front vs. back sounds), or placement cues (move your tongue back) to help them be accurate so that they aren’t frustrated.

Many times those cues get dropped pretty quickly... but I still use a pragmatic cue where I question what the child means (did you mean tea or key?).

And yes, I used fronting as my example because GOSH IT’S A STUBBORN PATTERN sometimes. And I need aaaaaalllll the cues 🤣 do you agree??

#adventuresinspeechpathology #speechpathology #slpsofinstagram #slpeeps #slp #speechtherapy #speechdelay #preschoolslp
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Social Communication · December 14, 2016

10 YouTube Videos You Need for Social Skills Therapy

10 YouTube Videos

There are so many reasons why I love watching animated clips while working with my social kids: they are short (so you can stop-start to discuss and still get through it all in 30 minutes), they are engaging (so attention is typically not an issue) and they usually don’t have much language (which means lots of opportunities to interpret facial expressions and body language).

I must have watched EVERY single short animated clip out there on YouTube and thought I’d compile my Top 10 that showcases a variety of perspectives and thoughts. If you haven’t read my post about using YouTube in therapy, then have a quick read (and learn from my mistakes before you make them!). I’m sure you are already a Social Thinking® fan (an amazing teaching methodology created by Michelle Garcia Winner) so you can use these videos to help develop TONS of perspective taking concepts discussed in Thinking about You, Thinking about Me.

My biggest tip to get you started is to have some visuals of different feelings and emotions handy and/or a list of emotions if you are working with older students. When I didn’t use visuals and probed ‘how is he feeling?’ I either got “I don’t know” or one of the ‘common three’ emotions as I call them: happy, sad, angry. My go-to list for older students or those with stronger language skills is from Wikipedia as it categorises emotions and allows for a great discussion and vocabulary learning exercise (“is he angry or outraged?”). For younger students I use Thoughts and Feelings cards as I find that they really need something concrete AND visual. It works well to give a choice of 3 (e.g. “What is the man feeling: frustrated, angry or excited?) until they have consolidated the word meanings.

Visuals Help Understanding Thoughts & Feelings

  1. Mouse for Sale: This clip is about a mouse who looks different and is having a hard time being sold at a pet shop. It has some lovely ‘eyeball’ moments where we use our arrows to see what characters are thinking about. I also love getting my kids to ‘think with their eyes’ from a Social Thinking® perspective and tell me what might happen next.
  2. Tone Deaf: This is particularly lovely if you have girls in your social group as it’s about a tone-deaf princess (who has the most awful voice) and is really quite unaware that her singing is terrible (she’s not checking in!)
    Using Thoughts & Feelings cards with ‘For the  Birds’ video

    Draws great parallels to your students who might also be missing a lot of social cues and there is a particularly great scene where they use a thought bubble.

  3. Playmate: I like this clip to teach that other people are thinking about our actions. A boy starts to mistreat his toy robot when he gets a new friend – has a great range of emotions and feelings.
  4. For the Birds: I love this clip because it can reflect what happens with my kids in social situations – where a friendly bird is not really reading the other bird’s facial expressions, body language, and thoughts. Fantastic ‘eyeballs’ capturing a range of emotions.
  5. Partly Cloudy: This is great to whip out your thought bubbles for a lot of ‘what is he thinking?’ probes. It has some nice imagery for emotions when the cloud is sad (it rains) and angry (thunderstorms).
  6. Carrot Crazy: This is another funny clip and I love exploring vocabulary with this. We rank emotions and see how feelings start to escalate (e.g. from annoyed-frustrated-angry-furious-outraged etc.) as two hunters battle it out to lure a hungry rabbit with carrots – has a very unexpected ending – I like to get my kids to predict what will happen next along the way.
  7. Embarked: A boy moves house and his treehouse decides to follow him. Very good to use with thought bubbles and to explore different vocabulary other than ‘sad’.
  8. The Egyptian Pyramids: This is a bit of a funny one involving a camel and an architect who discover something new in Egypt with a few surprises and confusion thrown in for different thoughts and feelings. I also like to put speech bubbles next to the characters and voice what they might be saying.
  9. Runaway: While this has some spoken language, I love the facial expressions and the eye gaze in this funny clip about a fridge that has broken and thinks his owner will replace him. A good clip for thinking flexibly about different scenarios.
  10. What the Fly: A conductor of an orchestra has to juggle flies buzzing around him while trying to conduct. Good facial expressions, but the body language is fantastic as it directly impacts the music… when the conductor moves his hand fast, the music speeds up.

So now all you have to do is: 1. Save these videos to your YouTube playlist and 2. Get these Thoughts & Feelings Cards and you’ll be set to explore the wide range of emotions (and thoughts) that are out there!

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  1. CAROL CRUZ says

    January 15, 2019 at 4:21 am

    Hi there! Love your social skills videos and wondering if you have activities to use with them? TPT?

    Reply
    • Rebecca Reinking says

      January 16, 2019 at 8:49 am

      Hi there! To be honest, I’m not a fan of using specific ‘programs’ as I like to keep my therapy flexible. I am always using the Social Thinking concepts and vocabulary and made these Thoughts and Feelings card (referenced) with them. I do have another product Emotion Odometers to really tease out the different shades of feelings and thoughts that characters have and to further develop their ‘feelings’ vocabulary.

      Reply
  2. Carol Weitzman, MD says

    January 1, 2020 at 3:00 am

    Love the videos you posted and have started to use them when I evaluate children. Give much more information than just the ADOS.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Reinking says

      January 3, 2020 at 12:46 pm

      Oh wonderful! They really do give interesting insight 🙂

      Reply
  3. Keisha says

    March 25, 2020 at 4:41 am

    I can’t seem to follow your pinterest board. Do you have another place where you list videos you use for social interactions.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Reinking says

      April 10, 2020 at 12:48 pm

      Hi there, I’ll re-check the links again. Sometimes the videos get removed from YouTube, so I’ll see what is going on!

      Reply
  4. Marina Muchnik says

    April 8, 2020 at 6:40 am

    I am clicking on “using YouTube in therapy” that’s supposed to take me to a separate page, but nothing is happening. I ‘d like to read more on using youtube videos in therapy. Thanks!

    Reply
  5. Susan says

    May 7, 2020 at 1:40 pm

    My child has difficulty with diction, especially the r sound.

    Reply

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