Reach Your Child's Potential with Professional Insights
May is Better Speech and Hearing month and I want to give a shout out to all the Speech Language Pathologist’s (SLP) out there who help our children with so many different issues with expressive and receptive language, pragmatics, swallowing, articulation and more. I have worked with many SLP’s over the years and I really [...]
One thing all parents know is that babies don’t come with instructions. While most of us strive to be the most educated, well rounded parents possible, we are limited by the time we have and the knowledge we currently possess. I was about three months pregnant with our third son when our oldest son was [...]
This month, we will be celebrating our contributing Speech Therapists, Sound Therapists and Audiologists, as well as, all hearing & speech therapists working with children who experience various communication related isms. This month is a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness about communication disorders and to promote treatment that can improve the quality of life for [...]
Do you know a child who tells too much information? Goes on and on and on (and on)? Goes off topic? One who doesn’t ask questions of their peers? Can’t put events in order? Can’t create simple stories? Well we know lots of kids that struggle with these skills, and we have developed a tool [...]
As we move through Better Speech and Hearing Month, I think about how many children with articulation challenges also face sensory ones. While both of these issues can be worked in isolation, they can also be targeted in tandem to add therapeutic interest and fun to a child’s day. Today, let’s put on our Sensory [...]
Many speech therapists augment their therapeutic sessions with American Sign Language (ASL). David W. Hammer, M.A., CCC-SLP states, “It is critical in therapy that multisensory cues be used to facilitate sound production and sound sequencing in children with apraxia of speech. By providing multiple cues, the therapist has the opportunity to gradually fade the cues [...]
“Fireflies”, a Jubilee Project short film, is lighting up autism awareness in a simple way, with over 126 thousand views on YouTube in a few short months. Launched in December, 2012, “Fireflies” is an emotionally powerful short story about love and friendship with no borders. Fireflies showcases a young boy and his desire to understand [...]
The benefits of yoga seem to be numberless. Every person has a different reason why they practice yoga or even a different idea of why others practice yoga. Common responses are for flexibility, relaxation, or general fitness. However, those are just a few key points. When working with children, yoga can be used to build [...]
Partner poses are fun. They can be like puzzles you try to solve with your body. It feels nice to have someone help you into a pose while helping someone else into his or her pose. Partner Poses Enhance Social Skills Partner poses involve the foundations of communication: eye contact, mirroring, body language and turn-taking. [...]
Here are some movement tips that may be helpful for children that have communications challenges. Maximize the Child’s Posture Is he slumped forward, leaning on his elbow or holding his head with his hand? Are her feet on the floor so she can push on the floor as a source of stability for the rest [...]
