This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
The students I work with are full of joy! Although some of my students come from limited resources and have behavioral, medical, and academic needs, they crave learning and structure. Many are balancing English as a second language, so meaningful materials that appeal to all learning styles are key. Some of the students live in group homes or foster homes and it can be a challenge to find motivating activities that will engage them. In addition, my students enjoy hands-on learning materials that they can manipulate to gain sensory input.
My students are creative learners and this extends to how they access their curriculum in unique ways which include VOD access, picture icons, gestures, AAC technology, vocalizations, verbalizations, communication core boards, and other functional methods of communication.
I purchase the Speech Tree Co. subscription boxes each month and my students love them! We have collected the monster, birthday, and food box so far. These boxes are full of amazing speech and language lessons and have corresponding mini objects. Mini objects have been a game changer for my students. They have so much fun interacting with these objects and we are able to get a high amount of trials. Repeated practice on my students’ speech targets does not become boring or drill based thanks to these fun products.
I would love to be able to expand our collection of Speech Tree Co. materials because they all go together so well. Thank you for helping us add motivating materials to our therapy sessions.
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