Early Intervention Play-Based Language Coaching Handouts - Speech Therapy

Do you work in early intervention and/or support young/pre-school children with expressive language delay? Are you looking for a resource to support your play-based parent-coaching sessions that doesn't involve any preparation? This set of Play-Based Early Language Handouts is sure to be a must-have item in your Early Intervention therapy toolkit! These Early Language Handouts follow a parent coaching and parent-child interaction approach, this Early Language Handouts pack contains a range of no-prep handouts to support early language skills and therapy planning/delivery for early intervention sessions. This resource was most recently updated on 23rd March 2023. Contents: Information for therapists with ideas for use. Detailed research overview about caregiver-coaching and early language strategies. 12 early language strategy handouts- each focusing on a different language strategy with ideas for how these can be used during play. 25 handouts for different toys/activities, with a list of play ideas, possible target words, and examples of strategies that would be useful to use with that toy/activity. A blank first words checklist, blank first gestures list, blank first signs list, toy/activities list, caregiver reflection sheets (two versions), a joint planning sheet, and caregiver/therapist rating scales. All designed to support planning and delivery of play-based coaching sessions. Caregiver-coaching FAQs page. Detailed Contents List: Page: 4 Information for Therapists 5. Research Overview- 1 6. Research Overview- 2 7. Research Overview- 3 8. References 9. Caregiver-Coaching FAQs 10. Parent/Caregiver Rating Scale 11. Pre-Therapy Rating Scale 12. Post-Therapy Rating Scale 13. Early Intervention Joint Plan 14. Parent/Caregiver Reflection Sheet (version 1) 15. Parent/Caregiver Reflection Sheet (version 2) 16. Toys and Activities List 17. First Words List 18. First Gestures List 19. First Signs List 20. Language Strategies- At a Glance 21. Language Strategies- Naming/Modeling 22. Language Strategies- Commenting 23. Language Strategies- Choices 24. Language Strategies- Pausing 25. Language Strategies- Following their Lead 26. Language Strategies- Copy and Add (expanding language and play) 27. Language Strategies- Use Gestures 28. Language Strategies- Say it Again and Again 29. Language Strategies- Reduce Questions 30. Language Strategies- Communication Temptations 31. Language Strategies- Verbal Routines 32. Language Strategies- Linguistic Mapping 33. Language Strategies- Top Tips 34. Toy Animals 35. Arts and Crafts 36. Balls 37. Blocks 38. Books 39. Bubbles 40. Toy Bus 41. Cars and Trucks 42. Doctor’s Kit 43. Dough 44. Toy Food 45. Instruments 46. Pop Fidget Toys 47. Potato Head 48. Puppets 49. Puzzles 50. Songs and Rhymes 51. Tea Set 52. Teddy Bears/Dolls 53. Threading Beads 54. Tool Kit 55. Train Set 56. Water Play 57. What’s in the Bag? 58. Wind up Toys This pack is suitable for use all year round with a range of families. All of the handouts are no-prep and ready to use straight away. There are two versions included- one with US English spellings and one with UK/AUS English spellings. Ideas for Use: Use the rating scales to monitor progress/help with planning before and after therapy intervention. Use the Joint Plan sheet to support therapy planning with the parent/caregiver. Provide the parent/caregiver with either of the reflection sheets during/after sessions to guide self-reflection. Use the toys and activities list to get an idea of the type of toys and games the family has available at home. Give parents/caregivers the first words, gestures, and/or signs lists so they can track their child’s progress. Use the handouts for parents and caregivers during caregiver-coaching sessions. Share the handouts with parents/caregivers or childcare providers during meetings. Send the handouts home in homework packets. Put the handouts on a bulletin board as a “toy of the week” or “strategy of the week”. Put these handouts in a binder and use them for your own reference. Therapists and Educators love these play-based early language handouts: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Bernadette D. says: "I love all of your resources. It makes planning sessions so much easier. Handouts are easy for parents/caregivers to follow." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sandra G. says: "Excellent resource! love that it makes planning so much easier and at the same time informative for the parents who at times wonder why I'm only playing and not doing therapy with the little ones." ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meredith S. says: "This resource helped me as a provider and my families implement language strategies at home and in the clinic. This is super parent friendly and really gives amazing examples of the strategies." ___________________________________ Copyright © The SLT Scrapbook. See full TOU in the resource. Permission to copy for single therapist use only. Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.