Pictures you can use in speech therapy
Make your own photo cards or add photos to therapy software
Back when I started creating speech therapy software, it was hard to get good photos.
Today, you can just search for "man throwing ball" and get some great photos. And if you're just using them at home, that's Fair Use and you can use them free. (This is not legal advice. I am not a lawyer.) I often recommend this for folks using our speech therapy programs Sights'n Sounds 1 and Sights'n Sounds 2.
Where to find free pictures for speech therapy
My new favortes for illustrations, which I used for my Aphasia Communication Board are:
arasaac.org/ which has full-color illustrations
(requires free signup)The Noun Project which are all black & white and "icon like".
Images.Google.com - using Google to search for just images- comprehensive but not always the best photos
Video: how to search Google for imagesdepositphotos.com is the most economical paid photo source. It's what I use for our speech therapy software. Very affordable.
Pictures from the Newspaper
You don't have to browse online to get some great photos for therapy. Newspaper ads are great. Practical objects (apples, steak, carrots, etc.)
Here's what one speech therapist does:
I like grocery ads, sales ads from newspapers. I have taken some of my own that are functional and printed off for aphasia or communication boards and practice.
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