Most 7q11.23 Duplication children find expressive speech difficult. They often times know what they want to say, but have difficulty articulating their thoughts. As more language ability is acquired, therapy continues to be essential. Therapy may shift from an articulation based therapy to sessions focusing more on expressing complex thoughts, feelings, social stories, and expressive writing.
One tool that has proven to be beneficial for our son in clinical and home therapy is a simple game of Rory's Story Cubes. http://www.storycubes.com/. At the time of this post, there are two sets of die available. One has iconic images and the other contains actions.
When I read about this game for typical children in the newspaper, I immediately knew it would make a great therapy game. The sets are inexpensive and great for therapy groups or families. The family / kids shake the die and then tell a story based upon the pictures on the dice. One person may play, or participants may take turns telling portions of the story. My son enjoys making the stories silly. By the time we are done, everyone is laughing.
In the past, my son would become very frustrated with how difficult it was to come up with writing topics for homework, social stories, etc. With the dice game, the pictures are cues and help him fill in the blanks. They also can be used to help him identify the parts of a story, characters, plot, etc. Again, a great therapy tool for speech, social skills, and writing, and so much more.
We have shown this game to all of our therapists, and they have all purchased the game to use in their practices. It is that great. The best part is that the game only costs a few dollars and can be ordered
online. I believe they also have an iPhone app.
1 comment:
thanks for sharing this. The first time I saw Rory's story cubes I thought of my sons - both have expressive language challenges and recieve speech therapy. Their therpists use games a lot during speech therapy and these look perfect for that.
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