Speech Therapy Mindfulness and Yoga, speech therapy warm-ups, Movement, Behavior

by Power Speech and Language

Price: 300 points or $3 USD

Subjects: sel,speech

Grades: 14,13,1,2,3

Description: Get your sessions off to a focused start with SPEECH THERAPY MINDFULNESS AND YOGA WARM-UPS! This research backed practice is a great way to warm-up before your sessions. All prompt cards focus on speech and language objectives so you can target goals while guiding your students/clients toward a mindful way of thinking! WHY exactly should I invest in mindfulness and yoga strategies during speech therapy? ✏ It’s research backed! Scholarly research is finding that practicing mindfulness and yoga with school-aged children decreases stress and anxiety, improves attention and memory, benefits emotional regulation, and is linked with improved social-emotional skills. Practicing mindfulness LITERALLY changes the brain by activating neurological components related to memory, emotion, and behavior regulation. In short, improved speech and language outcomes! ✏ WHAT’S INCLUDED? • 12 yoga poses and directions for each pose • 6 articulation prompts, 6 language prompts with follow-up questions to check for understanding, 6 mindfulness prompts with follow-up questions to check for understanding ✏ OBJECTIVES TARGETED Articulation cards: • Diaphragmatic breathing, Oral-motor awareness, Controlled breathing, Listening for the target sound, Target sounds in isolation, Target sounds in words Language cards: • Categories, “WH” questions (where and when), Describing, Object function, Vocabulary for body parts Mindfulness cards: Relaxation, emotional awareness, gratitude, body awareness, anxiety