Platform and Dual Control of the Mouse

• I like to use Zoom® for my speech therapy sessions. One of the reasons for this is that this platform allows dual control of the mouse so that the child can play games interactively with you.

• Its important that an adult is sitting with the child for the entire session. Most importantly, so that they can see what we are targeting for home practice but also to help out with tech set up if needed.

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• How to set up your computer for Dual Control of the mouse:

• While screen sharing, click Remote Control and select the participant you want to give control to. The participant will be notified they can control your screen and can click anywhere on the shared screen to start control.

Boom Cards

• www.boomlearning.com

• Excellent interactive therapy resources and games made by teachers and therapists for teachers and therapists.

• Some resources are free, others have to be paid for.

• You can also send the activities home via email so that the games you played in therapy can be practiced post session.

ELR

• www.elr.com.au 

• This is not a free resource. It’s a subscription-based resource.

• Interactive games like snakes and ladders, memory games, tic tac toe that are especially good for speech sound work.

• You can also send the activities home via email so that the games you played in therapy can be practiced at home.

 

Booktrust (online books)

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/

• Completely free, excellent library of interactive books.

• Books can be narrated if that is an option you want usually in an English accent. 

• Some books have songs or key word sign gestures that can accompany the book.

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Pig Pile

https://www.funbrain.com/games/pig-pile

• Free interactive game that can be used as a "reinforcer".

• Take turns to try and knock the pig down from a pile of farm equipment that gets increasingly higher.

• As it is free, the game has an ad that runs at the start of the game so make sure you have it ready to go before your session.  

 

ABC Ya

https://www.abcya.com/games/

• Some free games, some are behind a paywall.