F.A.S.T Activity Guide: Describing Picture Scenes & Discussing Current Events

It's important that people are able to talk about what they see AND what's happening in the world around them. This is a natural occurrence and helps keep people connected (think social participation). Use this "Describing Scenes & Discussing Events" F.A.S.T. Activity Guide to target a variety of expressive language skills patients need everyday.

This is a 7-page DIGITAL DOWNLOAD (PDF) with an emphasis on description of picture scenes and discussion of photographed events found in the New York Times (NYT) column "What's Going On This Picture".

 Link: https://www.nytimes.com/column/learning-whats-going-on-in-this-picture

 
This F.A.S.T Activity Guide incudes:

• A brainstorming sheet to highlight keywords and key phrases related to possible picture scene captions
• A 7-item Descriptive Discourse Rubric (that includes cohesion, conciseness, fluency, vocabulary, grammar, syntax, pragmatics)
• (15) Sample Short Terms Goals related to word finding, verbal fluency, syntax, motor speech, AAC, pragmatics during the activity
• A detailed list of prompts and cues that SLPs can use to elicit better expressive language from patients during activity

*This activity can be modified to fit the needs of your patient. Adjust complexity of the task, as needed.

*This activity can also be assigned as patient homework.