Certified speech-language pathologist and children’s book author, Becca Eisenberg brings you creative professionals from the language learning and children’s education field. With these ideas, parents can help their children with special needs improve their language and reading abilities
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Certified speech-language pathologist and children’s book author, Becca Eisenberg brings you creative professionals from the language learning and children’s education field. With these ideas, parents can help their children with special needs improve their language and reading abilities
Interview with Kelsey Brown, Author of Come On, Calm!
Language During Mealtime
26 minutes 7 seconds
3 years ago
Interview with Kelsey Brown, Author of Come On, Calm!
Come On, Calm! is a wonderful, interactive book that is not just a story, it's a therapeutic experience when reading it with your child. I love supporting other speech-language pathologists in their journey in writing children's books since we have such a unique perspective with regard to neurodiversity. Come On, Calm! written by Kelsey Brown and illustrated by Joseph Wrightson is a picture book published by Mascot Books that embeds calming strategies for young children. The book was originally written as a poem by the author. It focuses on specific vocabulary and action words with step-by-step ideas for self or co-regulation. Come On, Calm! embeds language such as emotional vocabulary (e.g. nervous, excited) with strategies such as "sniffing", "squeezing", "zipping", "brushing" and much more. The book is beautifully illustrated and bursts with energy!
I love how the book naturally embeds movement and a multi-sensory experience. When reading this book, practice the different movements with your child and/or student. Work on print awareness by pointing to the words in the book and doing consistent check-ins with feelings. This book also helps children understand what "calm" means. Listen to our podcast above to learn more about tips from Kelsey!
To learn more about Kelsey, visit my website here.
Language During Mealtime
Certified speech-language pathologist and children’s book author, Becca Eisenberg brings you creative professionals from the language learning and children’s education field. With these ideas, parents can help their children with special needs improve their language and reading abilities