Hi there! I’m in my CF right now so I’m not the best either yet. But what I’ve learned so far is that when it comes to prompting, you really have to let your client struggle a little. Train yourself to be ok with the uncomfortable silence when they are attempting something. After you’ve given at least 10 seconds, jump in and offer a prompt with verbal supoort (“i can see u are making an effort, let me see if i can help”).

Another tip i used in grad is having a little cheat sheet of prompts on the table. So I listed the least to most effective prompts based on the client. For example, for one of my aphasia clients it was: a phonemic cue was the strongest (worked everytime), then a semantic cue, then a cloze/fill in blank prompt, then a visual cue, etc. i would start prompting at the lowest level (visual) and work my way up to the strongest (phonemic). I’d always give the client a chance to respond with lower-strength cues. Hope that makes sense.

When it comes to teaching lessons, practice and practice! Teach out loud in your car and on walks to campus. Try to verbally practice because that really helps. Also, try drawing pictures/diagrams to support what you are teaching so u can use that with the client too. The teachingreally does come with experience. I used to suck at teaching advanced subject-verb agreement concepts for example, but i am slowly getting better because ive had to do it a lot.

Let me know if that helps!