6 At Home Fantastic and Family-Friendly Holiday Activities For Adults in Speech Therapy (don't lose your progress over the break)
This post is all about holiday activities
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Speech Therapy Jokes For Adults
Fun seasonal jokes with dots used for pacing to help improve vocal quality and intelligibility.
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Following Recipes For Holiday Cookies
work on following multiple step directions
read the ingredients and directions to work on intelligibility or vocal quality
organize supplies to work on executive functioning
make a trip to the grocery store to collect ingredients to work on functional life skills in the community
03
Holiday Movies
Pause the movie and guess the ending to work on inferencing
review the order of the movie to work on sequencing
Ask questions about what happened in the movie to work on memory
04
Put Together Care Packages for Loved Ones Or Ones In Need
Work on executive functioning skills
Navigate verbally the directions while driving to get to the store to work on community re-integration
Practice speaking to the store attendant while checking out to practice communication
05
Holiday Lights
Find a neighborhood with lights
Practice navigating the neighborhood to work on community re-integration
Speak about the different items to practice word finding
First take pictures, then speak about what you saw to work on memory and word finding (using the pictures as visual cues)
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Holiday Mocktails
Research the recipe for a delicious mocktail
Speak about each ingredient to work on planning skills (see which ingredients you have and which you need)
Create a list to work on organization/planning skills
Navigate verbally while driving to the store
Locate items and purchase to practice community re-integration
Make the mocktail and enjoy while watching your favorite holiday film!
Thanks for reading about holiday activities
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