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Speech Therapy Lesson on the Vocabulary of Behavior, “Choice-A-Quence”

Nov 3, 2013 | Uncategorized

Here's a new PAL Award winning game, perfect for a speech therapy lesson teaching kids the pragmatics of behaviors and their consequences. Developed...

Happy Halloween!

Nov 1, 2013 | Uncategorized

I hope everyone had a happy, safe and dry? Halloween. We had lots of ninjas, teenage mutant ninja turtles and princesses come to our door in spite...

6 Tips For Navigating Early Intervention Screening To Receive Speech Therapy Services

Oct 28, 2013 | Birth-3 year-olds

Last week a mom called to ask me about working with her 21 month-old little girl who had been tested by birth-Three Services twice since July and...

Challenging Behaviors in Speech Therapy Within A Child’s Home

Oct 24, 2013 | 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I have been thinking a lot about how to address several situations I found myself in lately as I entered a home for the first time to meet a family...

Language-Gap Study Bolsters Push For Pre-K, Article in NYT Today

Oct 22, 2013 | 3-6 year-olds, Birth-3 year-olds, Language, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

The front page story in the New York Times today has a fascinating article on a new study reinforcing the results of research two decades ago,...

Easy Gingerbread House For Speech Therapy

Oct 15, 2013 | Uncategorized

I pride myself in surprising kids with new, exciting toys since I have wonderful products sent to me weekly for review for our PAL Award. But I must...

Halloween Spider Fun in Speech Therapy

Oct 14, 2013 | 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Articulation, Autism, Language, Speech and Language Delay, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Okay, spiders aren't my favorite bug, but as long as they are cute in a book, I am okay with them. Let's not get into snakes though! Today I brought...

Halloween Preschool Speech Therapy Carryover

Oct 12, 2013 | Birth-3 year-olds, Language, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I have the privilege of working in homes so parents of preschoolers can watch their child's speech therapy sessions and carry over techniques to...

6 Tips For Picking Smart Baby Toys

Oct 11, 2013 | Babies, Birth-3 year-olds, play, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

When baby arrives, it’s time to play. Since newborn babies prefer a variety of shapes, curves, angles and contrasts in light and dark, your face is...