I don’t believe in reinventing the wheel and when I find some amazing resources for FREE online I just have to SHARE them! Adventuresinspeechpathology.worldpress.com blogger, Rebecca Visintin, has AMAZING articulation resources. These materials could be used for articulation (sound production) practice, phonological awareness (sound identification, sound/syllable blending or counting, etc.), and vocabulary development! Ms. Visintin has created […]
If your child/children are working on vocabulary development, describing objects by their attributes or category identification and organization, this simple game is for you! In honor of Back to School week, I made this simple category game of home vs. school items. Here are just a few simple ideas on how you could use this […]
It’s that time again…back to school! As we get excited for a new school year, the possibilities of therapy ideas and activities are endless and the progress we as SLPs we plan to make could, in our opinion, “move mountains”. However, I always found myself so busy by the beginning of the year tasks (orientation, new faculty members, new […]
Ask a Speech Therapist! This page is for parents and educators who have questions about communication skills and/or your child’s development as it regards to his or her communication skills. Feel free to ask your questions in the comment section below and I will attempt to answer them as best I can.
Using music as a means to improve communication skills is not a new concept. If you walk into any preschool classroom across the country you will learn that singing children’s songs is a daily occurrence and for good reason. In addition to other numerous benefits, listening to and signing children’s songs encourages development in […]
Autism has quickly become the most highly diagnosed disorder among children over the past 10 years. Current incidence rates suggest 1 out of every 88 children is diagnosed with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). It can be overwhelming to hear as a parent. You many not know where to turn or what types of treatment programs […]
When parents are new to the diagnosis of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorders) or other medical diagnosis that have sensory processing deficits as a characteristic, it can be overwhelming to hear so many professional terms and understand what it all means. As a Speech-Language-Pathologist, I have worked with several children with sensory processing difficulties and wonderful OTs (Occupational Therapists) […]
Often, parents express their concerns with the fact that their child is struggling with answering questions. There are so many steps to actually learning and understanding questions of which we, as adults, are not aware, as we naturally learned this skill when we were younger. This skill is such a difficult one for typically developing […]
Whether or not vaccinations cause autism is a very heated and controversial debate today. There are strong proponents on both sides of the argument. In an attempt to provide parents with the most recent research I have created the power point presentation below. The goal of this blog is not to take a stand on […]
Many times I get questions from parents wanting to know “At what age should my child be doing…?” Here is an attempt to answer those questions for you. Hearing and Communication milestones are taken and adapted from the ASHA (American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association) website. If when answering the questions below you find that your child has not […]
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