Talking to Your Kids About Corona-virus
“Most young kids will remember how their family home felt during the coronavirus panic more than anything specific about the virus. Our kids are watching us and learning about how to respond to stress and uncertainty. Let’s wire our kids for resilience, not panic.”
If you are looking for a source to help you know HOW to speak with your child, please go here: https://childmind.org/article/talking-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus/.
You can also use this link for a great storybook if you feel it’s age-appropriate for your child: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WPkPt_RglfbfnuX6g9neDw3Wk9S3f0RKeQ-duRTuTHI/mobilepresent?slide=id.p
Using Your Child’s Speech Generating Device with Games
Find objects in a picture scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDxcsPbGzFU
Answer “who” questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyf5utMBKlM
Play Pop the Pig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGGS7_Rg9mc
Play Ants in the Pants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4fuVQ2KsZg
Play Pop the Pirate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-JFm26DWx4
Links via YouTube - Autism Helper
Look Up! Combating Language Delays One Day at a Time
http://www.mirabelsmagazinecentral.com/DigitalEdition/index.html?id=0a13b5a0-946a-49ed-900d-cb06b3109714&pn=17&pv=d&fbclid=IwAR02d-MDWgMydeQ74ypEydc-NfypoGKH_mUejr2hu3Ni30yldEKFoHc_gpg#
Now Hear This! Effective Teaching for Children with Hearing Loss
http://www.mirabelsmagazinecentral.com/DigitalEdition/index.html?id=84ccd1e3-ac8d-4940-bbbb-9c249250b062
Tips for Facilitating Language in the Young Child
1. Make outings a time for talking and learning. For example, when buying fruits and vegetables at the grocery store talk about the colors, size, and texture of the foods.
2. Play learning games with children. For infants and toddlers, play games like pat-a- cake and peek-a-boo. For older children, games like I Spy or Simon Says are great ways to stimulate speech and language skills.
3. Make daily routines fun language building activities for children. During clean up time and laundry time, sort items by category, color, or size.
4. Use Self-Talk when your toddler is nearby. Talk aloud about what you are seeing, doing, hearing, or feeling.
5. Use Parallel-Talk with your toddler. Talk aloud about what he or she is doing, seeing, hearing, or feeling. This gives the child words to think with and he or she will use them later to tell you about things that are happening to them.
6. Storybook reading is a great activity for language and learning at all ages. Not only read the words, but also describe and point out objects, colors, shapes, feelings, and actions in the pictures.
7. Go for a walk. The world around us offers unlimited learning possibilities. Discuss what you are seeing, hearing, and feeling. Collect things along the way like rocks or leaves and take them home for later learning activities such as an art project, a counting game, or sorting games.
8. Introducing animal sounds is a fun way to associate a sound with a specific meaning. The doggie says “woof-woof.”
9. Ask questions that require a choice. “Do you want an apple or grapes?”
10. Name and identify body parts during bathing time, dressing time, or when looking in a mirror.
Links for Parents
— AUTISM INFO —
www.teaam.org Together Enhancing Autism Awareness in Mississippi. Improving the lives of Mississippians with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
www.autism-society.org Autism Society. “Improving the lives of all affected by Autism.”
https://productdiggers.com/autism-playroom/
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— DOWN SYNDROME INFO —
www.nads.org Down Syndrome
www.cmdss.org Central Mississippi Down Syndrome Society
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— CEREBRAL PALSY INFO —
https://www.childbirthinjuries.com/cerebral-palsy/treatment/therapy/
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— SPECIAL EDUCATON/ LEARNING DISABILITIES INFO —
https://www.parentcenterhub.org/
www.Napcse.org National Association of Parents with Children in Special Education
www.easterseals.com Easter Seals provides exceptional services, education, outreach, and advocacy so that people living with autism and other disabilities can live, learn, work and play in our communities.
www.nichcy.org National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities. This site offers a wealth of information on disabilities.
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— SPECIAL NEEDS DIRECTORY - MS PARENTS & KIDS—
https://www.parentsandkids.com/special-needs-directory/
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— PHYSICAL THERAPY INFO —
www.apta.org American Physical Therapy Association
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— OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY INFO —
www.aota.org American Occupational Therapy Association
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— SPEECH/LANGUAGE/HEARING INFO —
www.asha.org American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. “Making effective communication, a human right, accessible and achievable for all.”
www.mshausa.org Mississippi Speech-Language-Hearing Association
www.apraxia-kids.org Part of the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA)"To strengthen the support services of children with Apraxia who have communication disorders"
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— STUTTERING INFO —
www.sfa.org The Stuttering Foundation, a non-profit organization helping those who stutter.
www.stutteringhelp.org Site of The Stuttering Foundation. This site has a wealth of information including videos and books for parents, teachers, and children.
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— AUDITORY INFO—
http://www.asha.org/public/hearing/Understanding-Auditory-Processing-Disorders-in-Children/
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— ASSISSITIVE - TECHNOLOGY (AAC) —
https://www.autismspeaks.org/tips-using-assistive-technology-devices
https://www.prentrom.com/
https://www.tobiidynavox.com/en-us/
https://pecsusa.com/pecs/
Links for the Kiddos
www.funbrain.com Educational games for all kids.
CHILDREN REPRODUCIBLE INFO AND COLORING SHEETS
www.kizclub.com : Kizclub has a variety of activities and printables.
http://www.makingfriends.com/ : Lots of learning activities
http://www.senteacher.org/Worksheet/11/Games.xhtml : Game cards.
http://www.senteacher.org/Worksheet/6/PECS.xhtml : Flash cards.
http://free-reading.net : Free-reading Net. A great site for materials for reading and pre-literacy.
http://www.starfall.com/n/N-info/abcprint.htm/n_abc : StarFall.
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/dir6/alphacolor.html : Alphabet coloring book.
http://preschoollearners.com/ : 400 free printable worksheets (choose “early English.”)
http://www.childcareland.com/free.html : Shelley Lovett’s ChildCareLand – Great, fun and educational activities you can do with your child(ren).
http://coloringpagesforkids.info/category/the-three-little-pigs/ Educational coloring sheets.
www.dltk-kids.com : Printable coloring sheets.
http://pbskids.org : Educational games with pbs characters.