Clinician-Directed Therapy vs. Child-Directed Therapy Child-directed therapy (what is used during Floortime) ensures that the child is partaking in activities that interest him or her. The child will not view therapy as “work” because he or she will enjoy whatever he or she is working on. Clinician-directed therapy methods are often not easily transferrable to real life situations. Children sometimes …
Cómo administrar la terapia DIR o Floortime (DIR/Floortime)
For your child of any age, there are three steps you should take while practicing Floortime. Floortime may be used in the home, but it is helpful to have assistance from a clinician (such as a speech-language pathologist), especially at the beginning of the program. 1. The first step you will want to take should involve you acknowledging and exciting …
Karen George, patóloga del habla en Chicago, recomienda el uso de Speech Buddies durante la terapia del habla.
I’d like to share a fun and useful tool I recent discovered that help children master sounds in a fun way. The tool is called Speech Buddies! Speech Buddies are a clinically-tested way for parents and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to help children learn correct and consistent tongue positioning for five of the most difficult-to-learn problem sounds – R, S, L, …