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High School Speech Therapy Activities

Activities for teens: real-world language, media literacy, discussion, problem solving and social communication, built for older students.

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Cognitive: attention, memory & reasoning · 15
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The Short Version
Say It in Fewer Words
18 long-winded accounts • retell it inside a word or time budget • must-keep facts checked spoken & written • words-per-fact, so shorter cannot mean emptier • no microphone • High school–adults
Language
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Daily Living Skills
What Would You Do?
10 real-life topics · 60 scenarios · cooking, money, safety, hygiene, transit, work & social skills · clinician-scored
Adult
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Brain Skills Playground
Message Messenger
Carry the message, deliver the details — who, what, when, where · listening-only mode with one replay · near-miss answer foils
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Delayed Recall Adventure
Keep treasures safe through an adventure of other tasks, then open the vault · facts & codes at Advanced · true delayed recall
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Faces and Names
Functional recall · meet people, then remember who's who — names, roles & appointment times · confusable names at Advanced Challenge
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Prospective Memory Planner
"When you reach the library, return the blue book" — remember to remember, with zero reminders · decoy stops at high difficulty
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Everyday Solutions
Something went wrong — what's the best move? · functional problem-solving from spilled paint to prescription refills · answer-difficulty controls
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Plan the Day
Put the day in order around real constraints — buses, appointments, medication timing · planning & executive function · extra cards to ignore
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Budget Builder
Money reasoning · meet every need without busting the budget · real prices, discounts, better-deal comparisons & tips at Advanced
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Route Planner
Plan the smartest trip — closing times, frozen food last, roads to avoid · every mission machine-checked solvable · path judgment calls at Advanced
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Fix the Mistake
Something's wrong in this schedule, recipe, or note — find it AND fix it · cross-referencing errors at Advanced · false alarms tracked
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Priority Sort
Executive judgment · Do now · Do later · Ask for help · safety & self-advocacy built into the answers · clinician-judged open mode
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Schedule Repair
Find the clash — overlaps, too-tight transitions, missing info — and choose the smartest fix · knock-on conflicts at Advanced
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Goal Quest
Pick a goal, build the plan, survive the obstacle, adapt · give-up is never the answer · obstacle anticipation at Advanced
Cognitive
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Brain Skills Playground
Flexible Thinking
Another use, another solution, another view · multi-select ideas or clinician-tallied brainstorming · stretch ideas celebrated
Cognitive
Language · 15
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Tip of My Tongue
Word Finding · High school and up
108 words — real life, school and feelings • the student picks their own cue, and the summary names the one that unlocked the most words • no pictures, no timer
Vocabulary
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Common Threads
Find the Four Hidden Groups
Sort 16 words into 4 groups of 4 · categories, synonyms, associations & idioms · Grades 4–5, 6–8 & High School
Vocabulary
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Now What?!
Rank the Moves, Best to Worst
60 tight corners • Survival & real-life decks • rank four responses, then see the expert order and why • Middle school and up
Problem Solving
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Read the Room
What Does the Message Really Mean?
Fictional group chats, posts and messages, plus everyday adult moments — the checkout, the front desk, the neighbors • inference, tone, perspective, ambiguity & clear replies • 66 rounds across 11 topics • every answer explained from the words themselves • answer cards or discuss aloud • no microphone, no camera, nothing saved • High school–adults
Social Language
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Content Detective
Read the Post, Find What It Really Means
Fictional posts, captions and ads • main idea, inference, tone & sarcasm, fact vs opinion, social problem solving • answer cards or discuss aloud • individual or small group • no microphone, no camera, nothing saved • High school
Social Language
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Not Literally
What Do They Actually Mean?
Fictional chats, class moments and posts • idioms, sarcasm, comparisons, multiple meanings, exaggeration & saying it plainly • 48 rounds across 6 settings • every answer explained from the words themselves • no microphone, nothing saved • High school
New!
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Subject Words
The Words Every Class Runs On
Assignment directions, textbook sentences and teacher comments • analyze, evidence, variable, bias, factor & more • English, science, social studies, math & health • 48 rounds • every answer explained • nothing saved • High school
New!
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Make the Ask
Say What You Need, Clearly
School, work, everyday tasks & speaking up for yourself • clear requests, missing details, fixing a message, reading the reply & interview answers • 48 rounds with practice-it-out-loud prompts • nothing saved • High school & transition
New!
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Escape the After Hours Mall
Follow the Messages, Find the Pickup Point
A group chat mystery in a closing mall • inferencing, tone, ambiguity, perspective-taking & clearer messages • 5 locations and a final plan • choose + explain, or formulate first • clinician decides when to move on • nothing saved • Middle & high school
New!
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Case Closed
Inspect the Clues. Compare the Stories. Explain What Happened.
Six everyday evidence cases • inspect evidence cards, compare three statements, build the timeline & explain what happened with two clues • inferencing, comprehension, narrative organization & explaining evidence • supported or open response • solo or cooperative group • clinician reveals the answer • nothing saved • Middle & high school
New!
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Headline Mix-Up
Read It. Check It. Rewrite It.
Twelve fictional school and community news stories • pick the accurate headline, spot the misleading summary, then rewrite the headline & explain it in a complex sentence • main idea, summarizing, evidence & syntax • 3 story sets • nothing saved • Middle & high school
New!
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Worth the Hype?
Read the Pitch. Check the Evidence. Make Your Call.
Twelve fictional product ads • read the pitch, open the influencer post, product test & customer review, then decide: Supported, Not enough evidence or Contradicted • main idea, vocabulary in context, fact vs. opinion, persuasive language & explaining evidence • choose an answer or discuss aloud • nothing saved • High school
New!
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Where Do You Stand?
Take a Position. Say Why.
144 discussion statements in twelve topics • agree, somewhere in between, or disagree • a sentence starter for every choice, a follow-up that complicates it, and a revisit that compares a first view with a later one • no scores and no right answers • Middle–high school
Social Language
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Make Your Case
Pick a Side, Then Defend It
Pick a side · say why · then answer a comeback written against you · 72 prompts in 3 decks — silly, school & friends, big questions · Middle school–adults
Social Language
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Language
Main Idea Stories · Grades 9–12
CENTRAL IDEA • SUPPORTING EVIDENCE • OBJECTIVE SUMMARY • INFERENCE • Literary, informational & implied • 36 passages, 108 questions
Comprehension
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