Tools/Toys to Build Communication Skills for Students with Autism
Help me give my students with complex communication needs engaging and interesting toys and materials to help build their vocabulary and overall communication skills!
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My Students
As a speech-language pathologist, I get the opportunity to work with students with complex communication needs. I specifically would like to focus on my students who are in preschool and kindergarten classrooms for children with Autism.
My students use pictures, AAC, gestures, and verbal words to communicate and are building their ability to use language to greet, request, comment, inquire, etc.
My Project
My job as a speech-language pathologist is to INSPIRE NOT REQUIRE! Creating fun, silly, and motivating opportunities for young students to build foundational communication skills. Maria Montessori stated that "Play is the work for a child." Play-based speech therapy is a researched-based approach that requires engaging materials at the students' ability level!
These materials will help my students build their vocabulary understanding and expressive use of words.
Every toy has ample amounts of potential to help facilitate language development. For example, a puzzle can be used to practice social turn-taking, labeling items, using core words such as "in" and "out," following directions such as "give me the elephant puzzle piece," building sentence length ( "puzzle," "I want puzzlet"), etc. The possibilities are endless when a toy or therapy material is interesting, motivating, at at the students' ability/play level! I would love your support to purchase materials to INSPIRE my students to communicate!
Stages Learning Materials Language Builder 3D- 2D Noun Flash Cards and Realistic Toy Figures Vocabulary Autism Learning Products for ABA Therapy and Speech Articulation
• Amazon Business
$285.53
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$285.53
Mirari Pop! Pop! Piano -- the wonder of making music!
• Amazon Business
$29.99
1
$29.99
PP214 - Touch Match Guessing Game
• Lakeshore Learning Materials
Bright Starts Light & Learn Drum with Melodies, Ages 3 Months +
• Amazon Business
$16.93
1
$16.93
CUCOS Wooden Cutting Puzzles for Kids Ages 1-5 Years Old, Fruit Toddler Puzzles, Learning Toys Educational Gift for Girls and Boys
• Amazon Business
$15.99
1
$15.99
Melissa & Doug Vehicles Sound Puzzle - Wooden Peg Puzzle With Sound Effects (8 pcs)
• Amazon Business
$14.99
1
$14.99
Learning Resources Hoot the Fine Motor Owl, Color, Shapes and Number Development, Scissor Skills, 6 Pieces, Ages 18 Months +
• Amazon Business
$13.99
1
$13.99
Melissa & Doug Hide and Seek Farm Wooden Activity Board With Barnyard Animal Magnets
• Amazon Business
$12.94
1
$12.94
TOYANDONA Gyro Toys for Kid Music Flashing Spinning Tops Glow Kids Educational Playthings for Cultivate Eye Hand Coordination and Congnition 3pcs
• Amazon Business
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