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Primary School Teacher 👩‍🏫 and Speech & Language Therapist 🗣 based in Ireland 🇮🇪 Activities & Ideas 💭✍️ for School 🏫 and Home 🏡

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Primary School Teacher 👩‍🏫 and Speech & Language Therapist 🗣 based in Ireland 🇮🇪 Activities & Ideas 💭✍️ for School 🏫 and Home 🏡
NOW/NEXT/THEN VISUAL COMMUNICATION BOARDS Autism Gestalt SPED Speech Therapy PDF
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NOW/NEXT/THEN VISUAL COMMUNICATION BOARDS Autism Gestalt SPED Speech Therapy PDF

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LET’S GO - LOCATIONS - NOW/NEXT/THEN - VISUAL COMMUNICATION BOARDS Autism, Gestalt language processors, sentence, SPED, building, Speech Therapy, special education, early intervention, literacy, GLP, NLA, Natural language acquisition Visual Communication Cards can be used to** support communication** between the adult and child. These cards are designed to help communicate which** locations the child will be going to or would like to go to now, next and then.** This increased understanding can help to reduce anxiety. Children and adults can use different combinations to explain where they are going/would like to go. Ideal for Gestalt Language Processors. Mitigable gestalt - ‘let’s go’ phrase can be used for those at later stages. Suitable for all stages. Uses visuals to support visual learners and autistic children. Can can be used over and over! Includes: 3 now/next boards (different colors) 2 now/next/then boards (different colors) 24 location cards 30 editable location cards Ideal for use with our ‘LET’S GO’ resources for Gestalt Language Processors!
The Double Empathy Problem Social Story/E-Book Neurodiversity Affirming
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The Double Empathy Problem Social Story/E-Book Neurodiversity Affirming

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The Double Empathy Problem E-Book for Children: This book is great to teach autistic and non autistic children about the Double Empathy Problem. The theory of ‘double empathy’ proposes that Autistic people do not lack empathy. Autistic people experience the world and express emotions differently to non-autistic people. Autistic and Neurotypical people have difficulty understanding each other and need to meet half way. Both autistic and non autistic/neurotypical people need to learn about this to understand each other. It is important that families/whole classes learn about this and this social story/e-book is a great tool for learning!
Confidence Building Social Story & Activities* Neurodiversity-Affirming*
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Confidence Building Social Story & Activities* Neurodiversity-Affirming*

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Confidence Building Social Story & Activities Neurodiversity-Affirming, Self-Esteem, positive affirmations. PDF. SEL, social emotional, SPED, autism, SPED, speech therapy, special education, school counselling. Neurodiversity as a Superpower! Neurodivergent children/teenagers can often struggle with confidence and self-esteem. This social story explains confidence and introduces neurodiversity as a superpower. It helps children/teenagers to view their differences positively and with pride. It explores the topic further through activity sheets which help students to identify what makes them feel confidence and how being neurodiverse gives them superpowers. It also includes positive affirmation superhero badges which can be made to support self-esteem development. Includes: Social Story 2 activity sheets 2 pages of Positive Affirmation Superhero Badges
What are they thinking? Perspective Taking Cards, Neurodiversity Affirming
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What are they thinking? Perspective Taking Cards, Neurodiversity Affirming

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What are they thinking? Perspective Taking Cards Perspective Taking, Neuro-Inclusive, Social Emotional Learning, Neurodiversity Perspective Taking Cards are useful for introducing children/teenagers to the concept of perspective taking and interpreting viewpoints. They provide simple visuals of familiar situations for the child/teenager to discuss and consider.
Info Dumping E-Book/Social Story Neurodiversity Affirming
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Info Dumping E-Book/Social Story Neurodiversity Affirming

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Info Dumping E-Book/Social Story, Autism, Neurodiversity. Info-dumping is when someone shares their passion about a topic with another as a means of connecting with them. It is a valid autistic communication style which some autistic people like to use. In contrast, neurotypical people may prefer chatting and being more indirect. This eBook/social story explains info-dumping to children and teenagers in an accessible way and helps them discover how they can understand and use all communication styles to interact with others and build friendships.
Direct and Indirect Communication Flashcards (Idioms, Neuroinclusive)
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Direct and Indirect Communication Flashcards (Idioms, Neuroinclusive)

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Direct and Indirect Communication Flashcards (Idioms, Neuroinclusive) SPED, special education, autism, communication, road safety, early intervention, Special Education, Speech Therapy, Social Emotional Learning. Designed to help children understand and identify direct and indirect communication. Activity suggestions: Discuss these phrases with your child and ask them if they think they are direct or indirect. You can use these to play bingo, snap or a memory game.
Being a Good Friend Cards & Activities Neurodiversity-Affirming, social emotional learning
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Being a Good Friend Cards & Activities Neurodiversity-Affirming, social emotional learning

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**Being a Good Friend - Cards & Activities - Neurodiversity-Affirming ** SEL, social emotional, SPED, autism, early intervention, SPED, social skills, speech therapy, special education. Being able to identify personal qualities is necessary for children to be able to build positive friendships. This resource helps children to understand the language of personal qualities, consider what qualities they would like in a friend and which qualities are needed to be a good friend. Includes: 3 pages of personal qualities cards 5 pages of activities Instructions
What is the problem? Problem Solving Activities.  Social Emotional Learning. Neuro-Inclusive, neuro-
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What is the problem? Problem Solving Activities. Social Emotional Learning. Neuro-Inclusive, neuro-

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What is the problem? Problem Solving Activities. Social Emotional Learning. Neuro-Inclusive, neuro-diversity This 16 page resource helps children/teenagers to develop problem solving skills to help them navigate their social world. Includes: Intro to Problem Solving Worksheets designed to develop skills for interpreting social situations and brainstorming solutions. Worksheets to help the learner to generalize their skills and apply them to their everyday lives.
CLASSROOM EMOTIONS DISPLAY / BULLETIN BOARD - SEL Special Education ASD SPED
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CLASSROOM EMOTIONS DISPLAY / BULLETIN BOARD - SEL Special Education ASD SPED

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**CLASSROOM EMOTIONS DISPLAY **- Decorate your classroom with this beautiful ready made bulletin board display. Social Emotional Learning, SPED, SEL, ASD, Special Education, neurodiversity, neuro-inclusive, Autism, Speech Therapy, Kindergarten. Emer is a **neurodivergent **elephant that changes color depending on her emotions. She focuses on teaching children four of the basic emotions; happy, sad, angry and scared. The Emotions Display Resources help you create a gorgeous display that the children can use as a reference point and will brighten up the classroom. Includes: Classroom Banner. PDF. Emotions Word Cards - happy, sad, angry and scared. 5 A3 Printable Emer the Emotions Elephant Characters. Happy, sad, angry, scared and neutral. 5 A4 Printable Emer the Emotions Elephant Characters. Happy, sad, angry, scared and neutral. Enjoy creating your display! Any feedback would be great!
Restorative Practices Behavior Reflection Think Sheets Neurodiversity PDF
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Restorative Practices Behavior Reflection Think Sheets Neurodiversity PDF

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restorative practice justice, challenging behavior management, classroom behavior, classroom management, neuro-inclusive, anger management, behavior tracking, sensory sensitivities/needs, autism ** A collaborative, positive approach to discussing your child’s expressions of need (behavior) writh them. How it works: Create a comic book of what happened to: Solve the mystery (find the problem which caused the behavior). Help the child to reflect on alternative ways to express their needs. Sometimes it can be hard to discuss situations when your child was angry with them. However, it is a necessary step to help identify the why (problem) that made them angry and to provide them with alternative strategies for expressing their needs in the future. The comic book mystery uses the principals of reflective practice (also known as reflective justice) to help children to process their choices. It opens conversation using a collaborative, non-threatening, positive approach that supports the child and adult in identifying the why (problem) and solving it together. Includes: * Instructions and tips 67 comic strip sheets of varying levels - some with spaces for creating own headings 8 pages of explosions, speech bubbles for decorating comics
I'M HURT...A story for Gestalt Language Processors. Autism. Speech Therapy. PDF.
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I'M HURT...A story for Gestalt Language Processors. Autism. Speech Therapy. PDF.

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I’M HURT… A story for Gestalt Language Processors. Autism. Speech Therapy. Early Intervention. ‘I’M HURT’ is an important phrase for helping children communicate how they feel. This story helps gestalt language processors to use natural language acquisition to learn the phrase and apply their knowledge to everyday life. Mitigable gestalt - I’m hurt + words/phrases. Uses visual symbol for ‘I’m hurt’ to help with understanding. Suitable for all stages, especially stage 1.
IT'S A DOG! A story for Gestalt Language Processors. Autism. Speech Therapy.
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IT'S A DOG! A story for Gestalt Language Processors. Autism. Speech Therapy.

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IT’S A DOG! A story for Gestalt Language Processors. Autism. Speech Therapy. Early Intervention. A story about dogs - ideal for dog lovers or those trying to overcome a fear of dogs. ‘IT’S A’ is an important phrase for helping children communicate. This story helps gestalt language processors to use natural language acquisition to learn the phrase ‘IT’S A’ , the word dog and apply their knowledge to everyday life. Mitigable gestalt - It’s a + word. Suitable for all stages but particularly for stages 1.
Let's go - a book for gestalt language processors/processing, autism PDF
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Let's go - a book for gestalt language processors/processing, autism PDF

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LET’S GO… A story for Gestalt Language Processors. Autism. Speech Therapy. Early Intervention. ‘LET’S GO’ is an important phrase for helping children communicate where they would like to go. This story helps gestalt language processors to use natural language acquisition to learn the phrase and apply their knowledge to everyday life. Mitigable gestalt - LET’S GO. Uses visual symbol for ‘LET’S GO’ to help with understanding. Suitable for all stages but particularly for stage 1.
I'M HURT - Language Development Jigsaw Autism Gestalt SPED Speech Therapy PDF
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I'M HURT - Language Development Jigsaw Autism Gestalt SPED Speech Therapy PDF

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*I’M HURT - Language Development Jigsaw Autism Gestalt SPED Speech Therapy PDF ** Autism, Gestalt language processors, sentence, SPED, vocabulary, building, Speech Therapy, special education, early intervention, literacy, GLP, NLA, Natural language acquisition I’M HURT’ is an important phrase for helping children communicate how they feel. This jigsaw uses play to support children with learning the body parts, natural language acquisition and reading. Children can use different combinations to create the ‘I’M HURT’ phrase. Ideal for Gestalt Language Processors. Mitigable gestalt - I’M HURT + words/phrases. Suitable for all stages! Uses visuals to support visual learners and autistic children. Can can be used over and over! Includes: 15 body parts pieces 25 sentence starters pieces 10 editable jigsaw pieces 13 ‘and’ pieces for extending sentences for children at stages 4-6
LET'S GO LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT JIGSAW Autism Gestalt SPED Speech Therapy PDF
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LET'S GO LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT JIGSAW Autism Gestalt SPED Speech Therapy PDF

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LET’S GO - VISUAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT JIGSAW Autism, Gestalt language processors, sentence, SPED, building, Speech Therapy, special education, early intervention, literacy, GLP, NLA, Natural language acquisition This jigsaw uses play to support children with natural language acquisition and reading. Children can use different combinations to create the ‘Let’s go’ phrase. Ideal for Gestalt Language Processors. Mitigable gestalt - let’s go + words/phrases. Suitable for all stages. Uses visuals to support visual learners and autistic children. Can can be used over and over! Includes:** 27 location pieces 14 editable jigsaw pieces 19 ‘and’ pieces for extending sentences for children at stages 4-6.
SOCIAL STORY/EBOOK NEURODIVERISTY DOGS. SEL, Autism, Speech Therapy.
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SOCIAL STORY/EBOOK NEURODIVERISTY DOGS. SEL, Autism, Speech Therapy.

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NEURODIVERSITY DOGS is a series of books, activities and games designed to help children embrace and understand neurodiversity. Social Emotional Learning. SEL, Special Education, Early Intervention, Autism, Speech Therapy, Kindergarten. The stories introduce neurodiversity in a fun, relatable way that children can easily understand. They use visuals, limited language and lots of repetition and rhyme so that they are accessible to children with language and communication difficulties. The dogs are easy to relate to for autistic children as they struggle with sensory issues. Includes: · Social story/Ebook– Do all dogs think the same? A story explaining what neurodiversity is, how we all think differently and like and dislike different things. It emphasizes how it is ok to be different and encourages children to express their preferences.
IT'S A - ANIMAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT JIGSAW Autism Gestalt SPED SpeechTherapyPDF
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IT'S A - ANIMAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT JIGSAW Autism Gestalt SPED SpeechTherapyPDF

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IT’S A - ANIMAL VISUAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT JIGSAW Autism, Gestalt language processors, sentence, SPED, vocabulary, building, Speech Therapy, special education, early intervention, literacy, GLP, NLA, Natural language acquisition This jigsaw uses play to support children with natural language acquisition and reading. Children can use different combinations to create the ‘It’s a’ phrase. Ideal for Gestalt Language Processors. Mitigable gestalt - it’s a + words/phrases. Suitable for all stages but particularly suitable for stage 2 and 3 GLP! Uses visuals to support visual learners and autistic children. Can can be used over and over! Includes: 31 animal pieces 45 sentence starters pieces 14 editable jigsaw pieces 15 ‘and’ pieces for extending sentences