When I was in grad school, nobody talked about SLPs needing to involve themselves in literacy skills activities. That's changed, and rightfully so. And so, I am reviving and revising some old posts about literacy skill deficits and skill building at school and at home.
ASHA's stance: "The SLP may help to prevent such problems, identify children at risk for reading and writing difficulties, and provide intervention to remediate literacy-related difficulties." "Given the fact that SLPs possess a great deal of knowledge of both spoken language (listening and speaking) and written language (reading and writing), we are well equipped to perform a critical role in literacy development in children and adolescents through both providing direct assessment and intervention services."
Reading, writing, listening, and speaking form the four blocks of language development.* To make these engaging and relevant, they must occur within authentic and purposeful tasks. Unfortunately, numerous AAC users and students with disabilities lack access to literacy instruction in authentic settings.
Hence, here's a brief compilation to prompt ideas on offering these opportunities to your students. To account for potential overlapping, I've created a unified list for flexibility in meeting your students' needs.
discuss present or prior experiences/activities
decide options
explore written materials
make a list
compose an email or text
design a poster for a school project, club, or election
welcome others
record in a diary/journal
follow instructions in a recipe, art project, or building task
author a book for a young audience
add a caption to a photo
develop their personal timetable
compose memory jottings
record student presence
follow teacher instructions
respond to questions after listening to a story or informational text
posing or responding to questions
expressing desires
locating things
conversing during transit, at play, in the dining area
handing over notes or documents to the office or fellow teachers
deciphering a menu/selecting lunch
*Teale, W. H., & Sulzby, E. (1986). Beginning
literacy: Reading and writing. Norwood,
NJ: Ablex.
Go ahead back to those great summer reads! More soon.
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