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Clever Ways to Learn Sight Words

Apr 13, 2015 | 3-6 year-olds, 6-8 year-olds, Reading, Uncategorized

I love to pick up ideas from families that I work with. This week I was doing therapy at a kitchen table when the little boy looked with interest at...

Easter Fun for The Grandchildren

Apr 7, 2015 | Birth-3 year-olds, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I hope everyone had a wonder Easter and Passover this past weekend! We were excited to have one of our sons and his wife and twin 2 year-olds and 4...

Plush Book Characters Encourage Language

Mar 24, 2015 | 3-6 year-olds, Articulation, Birth-3 year-olds, Language, Preschool, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Over the years I have gathered several plush book characters to introduce when reading some of my favorite picture books with kids. They naturally...

Out of props? Grab the Playdoh

Mar 24, 2015 | Language, play, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

Speaking of snow, I had a great time yesterday working with a 4 year-old child on the autism spectrum on generating novel descriptions and dialogue...

Decorating for St. Patrick’s Day

Mar 17, 2015 | Uncategorized

Once again, I started my therapy session and it took off in a new direction. I had been to the grocery story before work and passed a grocery cart...

New Yale Study Teaches Kids Struggling with /r/ to Use Ultrasound Feedback

Mar 16, 2015 | 10 and up, Articulation

I was very excited to learn that one of my former students has qualified for participation in a study at Haskins Laboratories at Yale, offering...

Play Noodle Speedoodle for Articulation Carryover

Mar 16, 2015 | 6-8 year-olds, 8 years and up, Articulation, Strategies to Encourange Language Development

I have stacks of great games, as you can imagine, but as kids get older, I need some for 8 and up to challenge my students and keep them interested....

A Week of Firsts in Speech Therapy

Mar 12, 2015 | Uncategorized

As I look back at my week, I had several "firsts" as I went from home to home doing speech therapy. Yesterday, a 6 year-old I saw for the first time...