Currently Speech Language Pathologists are grappling with how to conduct tele practice with their students with special needs. Many are exploring the use of apps like Zoom, Skype, Facetime or Team Google to mediate their therapeutic practice.
Animated Step-by-Steps® are animated PowerPoints that can serve a role in tele practice. Imagine … sharing your computer screen to read an animated book that paces the child through a shared story, making pudding, constructing a Baggie Butterfly or Making Play Dough, conducting the Bean Experiment or learning how to play Go Fish (assisted by a parent or older sibling).
Some ASbySs are guessing games with a literacy component. With these resources, you would use the pen tool of PowerPoint (command p when in slide show mode) to provide the letter hints necessary for guessing the mystery object's name. The child at home might be using their electronic communication device to offer their guesses (i.e., animal page, fruit page, vegetable page).
My Backpack (song button)
Mystery Animals
Mystery CVC Balls
Mystery Fruits & Vegetables
Some ASbySs provide a structured way to introduce the child to various 'family-oriented games' …
a great past time when 'sheltering in'. Resources highlight the rules and provide the child with some practice to ensure they know the rules.
Connect Four
Checkers
Poles & Ladders
War (card game)
Dominoes
Rock Paper Scissors
Go Fish
Beat the Clock
I Spy
The child's communication device can be programmed with scripted messages to mediate communication during future games.
Some ASbySs are designed with choices that must be made as the resource is read and animated. The therapist could then use partner-assisted scanning ("This one? … This one? …). For some students the choices can be supplemented with numbers/letters that that can be used as an alternative to partner-assisted scanning.
Mr. Potato Head (choosing body parts in keeping with the 5 senses)
My Little Wagon
I Spy (clothing)
I Spy (backpack contents)
Weather Bear (clothing)
Cars in a Row (patterning)
Several ASbySs reflect variations of the interactive B-I-N-G-O Song which has a fun singing and literacy agenda.
B-I-N-G-O & Friends
B-I-N-G-O Weather
B-I-N-G-O Zoo
B-I-N-G-O Planets (See Caroline Musselwhite's TpT)
There are many ASbySs that are counting songs working on number concepts. Again, the pen tool can be used to highlight subtraction as an academic focus.
And last, but not least ... there are many ASbySs that lend themselves to being personalized with photo faces of your students and their classmates/family members thereby heightening the child's interest in watching the screen. Similarly, Mystery Puzzles – Letters and Mystery Puzzles – Numbers that can be personalized with photo faces of the child and their classmates/family.
To view the entire Library of Animated Step-by-Steps® download the Illustrated Listing of Animated step-by-Steps® a free resource available from the Bloom Where You're Planted Store on TpT. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Bloom/Search:Illustrated+Listing
Happy Tele Practice!
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©2020 Carol Goossens’, Ph.D.
Augmentative Communication Consultant
Special Educator
