My kids made Rainbow Crackers. Only three ingredients are needed---Fruity Pebbles, icing, and graham crackers. It was very yummy looking!
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(Communication boards, or even PECS are easy to make--Keep it simple! Let me know if you need on and I'll post it.)
Here are a couple of screenshots from the book.
Again, I tell my grad students to keep the student's communication goals in mind. The end product is not the goal. This sometimes takes a while for young adults to learn!
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Good point Ruth. I see many new grads still creating elaborate lessons plans based more on the theme or activity and less on speech and language objectives. I also like to remind them, and myself, that "It's not about the tool, it's about the technique". In these days of ipads, ipods, computers and IWBs it's so easy to think that the "right" tool or materials will do the teaching for you. There's no replacement for human interaction.
ReplyDeleteI needed this post last Friday. I didn't know how to express to my paraprofessional this point and did not have the right words. Thanks for sharing the book and the lesson to pass along!
ReplyDeleteMy clinical supervisor said these exact words to me during my graduate school days. Five years later this is something I always keep in the back of my mind when planning lessons and working with students..
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