Yesterday, I met a mom and a little boy whom I will be working with. He is relatively newly diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Mom had a...
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Getting Kids with Autism to Talk About Their School Day
One of the goals I have for a child I am working with who has autism, is that he tell two things about his school day, when he comes home. We have...
How Children Learn Language
Parents often ask what the next steps are for their children learning language and how long it will take to catch up to "normal." Children start...
Articulation Carryover Activities for “S and “SH”
I find books to be a great language enriching carryover activity for articulation. Recently I was working on /s/ and /sh/ with several students and...
Simple Snow Stories for Speech Language Therapy
It's almost March and we are having two snowstorms out east this week. So even though I see readers requesting Spring lessons for therapy, I am...
Spoon People for Storytelling, Building Language in Therapy
What are "Spoon People" you ask? After over 35 years doing speech and language therapy, it is fun to invent something new that really works with...
Free Valentine’s Day Download Cards for Speech Therapy
Okay it is almost Valentine's Day and I am still finding great free downloads for valentines to use with kids to make speech therapy more fun....
Traveling with Children with Special Needs
I have mentioned many times on my blog that I consider parents of children with special needs my heroes. Traveling can be a challenge for anyone,...
Questions on Apraxia Therapy
I notice that a number of people who come to my site are searching for and interested in information on apraxia and speech therapy for apraxia....
Free Downloads for Valentines Day Speech Activities
We are always looking for fun free downloads to use for speech therapy activities. www.alphamom.com has been a great source for free valentines and...
Using a Game to Help Word-Finding in Speech
Today I worked with a little girl who has a word-finding problem. She has difficulty naming words in categories and even understanding categories. I...
Articulation Carryover Ideas
I work with several children with articulation goals--aged 3-7. Lately, several of them are at the same stage of trying to carry over the correct...
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