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Food For Thought Friday

December 13, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Food for Thought Fridays 1 Comment

Been a busy week around here, as I am sure it had been for all of you as well! I know my posts have slowed a bit…this happens this time of year as I spend more time with my family and less time plugged in but I wanted to leave you this week with a few interesting reads for Food for Thought Friday.

its beginning to look like christmas

Is he not just adorable??

The Importance of Quality Toys and Toy Rotations

My friend and amazing fellow SLP Kim from Little Stories joined Laura, another amazing SLP from Teach Me to Talk on a podcast all about the importance of quality toys, toy rotations and more! A Must hear!

Popular Parents Internet Radio with Teach Me To Talk on BlogTalkRadio

Language Modeling & the Zone of Proximal Development

I just reread this piece from Kim at Little Stories and remembered how much I love it. If you have a child with a language delay or are an SLP who works in Early Intervention, this is a must read. Kim talks about how to model language to best help your child learn to say more.

Language-Model little stories

Childhood Apraxia of Speech & Sleep

This is an older one from Advance about CAS and Sleep…

The role of sleep appeared to have had a pivotal role in the unusual case of a boy named Max who had childhood apraxia of speech and a seizure disorder and was found to have obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as well. The series of events he endured, which eventually ended with a routine but life-changing operation, left Max cured of his sleep apnea and making considerable gains in speech production.

Definitely food for thought for those with Apraxia and their families. Check out the full article at Advance.

Living Hands Free

Do you follow Hands Free Mama? I do, and I am currently reading author Rachel’s new book (Affiliate link->) Hands Free Mama: A Guide to Putting Down the Phone, Burning the To-Do List, and Letting Go of Perfection to Grasp What Really Matters! Rachel shares how she found her over-busy life and too much screen time was effecting her relationships with family and how she changed her ways. I talk a lot on this blog about how important simple interactions are for our children’s speech and language development. Too much screen time can effect our children’s speech and language skills. Her whole book and blog are great food for thought for any parent.

Happy Friday!

About Katie

Katie is a licensed, credentialed and certified pediatric speech-language pathologist and mom to four (8, 6, 3 and 6 months). Her passion for educating, inspiring and empowering parents of children with all abilities led her to start her blog playing with words 365 where she shares information about speech & language development & intervention strategies, parenting, photography and a little about her family life too. Katie has been working in the field of speech pathology for 12 years and is certified in The Hanen Centre’s It Takes Two to Talk ® and Target Word ® programs and holds a certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). In addition to blogging and being a mommy, Katie works part time in her small private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area. You can follow her on Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter.

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  1. debbie page says

    December 15, 2013 at 2:02 pm

    I would really like to use some of your books you had for free download, but not able to find them. the very hungry reindeer and Snow man what do you see. Can you tell how to find them. I work with children with vision impairments and other disabilities the books look wonderful !!
    thank you
    debbie

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