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If you are reading this article, you probably have a child with an “ism” or a challenge. Yet, when you think about it, everyone has “isms.” I have been a speech-language pathologist (SLP) for over 30 years. I am also a mom and have had two siblings with defined “isms.” So I have been around [...]
JJ, my 22-year-old with ASD, was taught everyday social skills visually as a child through the form of story telling. In 1991, Carol Gray created “Social Stories” as a vehicle to teach social skills to children on the spectrum. Originally fueled by grassroots enthusiasm, she later confirmed this technique as an evidenced-base practice, and earned [...]
Perhaps your child has a speech problem; not one of those cute “developmental” speech errors that will go away on its own, but errors that persist and make him hard to understand. If so, you have probably considered speech therapy. Teaching him to pronounce his sounds correctly will fix everything…or will it? Would you be [...]
by Bonnie Arnwine On Your Knees As children get older it can become difficult to get them to engage in sensory activities. Young children are experiential and they enjoy the process of making something. As children get older they become more purposeful and are motivated by the end product, or learning a new skill, or [...]
“Reading to your child is one of the most important language development activities you can do. I recommend that you read to your child daily.” ~ Diane Bahr, MS., CCC-SLP Do you know that more than 1/3 of US kids enter kindergarten lacking basic language skills? This lack of basic skills impacts early literacy as this [...]
Many people think of Speech therapists as people who work with children who have a hard time making speech sounds, like a kid with a ‘lisp’. Language, however, is much more comprehensive than speech sounds, and Speech and Language Pathologists work with clients who have difficulty in many different areas of language. Speech and Language [...]
Dr. Kjelgaard has a long-standing interest in how the brain processes spoken language. Her PhD in the field of experimental psychology focused on how ‘prosody’, or the rhythm and tune of speech, influences how we understand what is being said. Prosody changes the meaning of language in some very obvious ways (such as whether a [...]
Tummy Time “Belly time (placing your baby in a face-down, or prone, position) provides the foundation for the development of breathing, postural control (e.g. sitting and standing), and movement (e.g. rolling, crawling, walking, eating, drinking, and talking). The muscles in your baby’s head, neck, upper spine, shoulder girdle, chest, and abdomen develop through belly time [...]
