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Therapy Ideas and Information
The following is a collection of therapy ideas and information that parents may find helpful. The information is provided for
parent education and use at your own discretion. The information is not necessarily endorsed by Speech Check or it founder.
Please note that the conversion of the documents to "nice" html layout is ongoing. You can also view this information in the
more "readable" .doc and pdf formats.
The following is a collection of therapy ideas and information that parents may find helpful. The information is provided for
parent education and use at your own discretion. The information is not necessarily endorsed by Speech Check or it founder.
Please note that the conversion of the documents to "nice" html layout is ongoing. You can also view this information in the
more "readable" .doc and pdf formats.
Barrier Games
Barrier games are a great way to help improve listening and talking. They can be adapted to a large number of materials
and situations.
To play barrier games you need: 1. A barrier (piece of cardboard, book, box etc.) that will not allow the people playing to
see what is on the other side and 2. Two sets of identical things to manipulate. These can be a very broad range of things
such as coloring sheets, blocks etc. - more ideas are below.
Set up the game by giving each player (yourself and the student or two students) a set of the same things to manipulate.
Then place the barrier between the two people.
Now take turns telling each other what to do. (“Color the dog’s ear green”, “Put the red block on the pink one”, “Put the
picture of the boy who is sleeping first” etc.). After someone tells the other person what to do, lift the barrier to see if the
same thing happened on both sides. If the two sides are different talk about what went wrong.
Possible things to manipulate:
- Coloring sheets
- Picture cards
- Sequencing cards
- Blocks
- Small objects (pens, paper clips, pencil case, etc.)
- Peel and stick background games
- Peg boards
- Following directions sheets
- Simple craft projects
Things to remember: - Start off easy
- If the student doesn’t get the idea of the barrier try the game without it to begin with.
- Lift the barrier after each turn.
- Once the student is good at the game try giving directions that are impossible or incomplete to practice having the
student ask for clarification.
- Make it fun.
Barrier games are a great way to help improve listening and talking. They can be adapted to a large number of materials
and situations.
To play barrier games you need: 1. A barrier (piece of cardboard, book, box etc.) that will not allow the people playing to
see what is on the other side and 2. Two sets of identical things to manipulate. These can be a very broad range of things
such as coloring sheets, blocks etc. - more ideas are below.
Set up the game by giving each player (yourself and the student or two students) a set of the same things to manipulate.
Then place the barrier between the two people.
Now take turns telling each other what to do. (“Color the dog’s ear green”, “Put the red block on the pink one”, “Put the
picture of the boy who is sleeping first” etc.). After someone tells the other person what to do, lift the barrier to see if the
same thing happened on both sides. If the two sides are different talk about what went wrong.
Possible things to manipulate:
- Coloring sheets
- Picture cards
- Sequencing cards
- Blocks
- Small objects (pens, paper clips, pencil case, etc.)
- Peel and stick background games
- Peg boards
- Following directions sheets
- Simple craft projects
Things to remember: - Start off easy
- If the student doesn’t get the idea of the barrier try the game without it to begin with.
- Lift the barrier after each turn.
- Once the student is good at the game try giving directions that are impossible or incomplete to practice having the
student ask for clarification.
- Make it fun.