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What You Can Expect From Speech Therapy {A Guide for Parents} Part Three: The Assessment Process

May 13, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: WHat You Can Expect From Speech Therapy {A Guide for Parents} 2 Comments

Welcome to the third installment of What You Can Expect from Speech Therapy {A Guide for Parents}. In the last installment, we talked about how you can go about getting your child a speech and language assessment. Now that you have decided where you will start this journey (early intervention, school district, private practice or […]

What You Can Expect From Speech Therapy {A Guide for Parents} Part Two: How to Get an Assessment

May 6, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: WHat You Can Expect From Speech Therapy {A Guide for Parents} 8 Comments

What You Can Expect From Speech Therapy

Welcome to the second installment of What You Can Expect From Speech Therapy {A Guide for Parents}. Last week I introduced this series and explained some of the many variables that contribute to how assessments and therapy could look like for YOUR child. Today we are going to talk about how you can go about getting […]

What You Can Expect From Speech Therapy {A Guide for Parents} Part One: An Intro

April 29, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: WHat You Can Expect From Speech Therapy {A Guide for Parents} 2 Comments

There you are. You have been concerned about your child’s speech and language skills and are seeking an assessment. Or maybe your child has already been assessed and speech therapy has been recommended. What can you expect on this journey? What will happen? How can you help? This is the first in a series of […]

What is Communication? {It is so Much More than Speech}

February 20, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Speech & Language 101 3 Comments

What is communication? A while back, I wrote a post about the Difference between Speech & Language. In that post I touched on communication as well, and today I am going to expand on that post because understanding the difference between speech and language and knowing what communication is is part of the foundation one needs know […]

Your Child’s Speech & Language: 4 Years to 5 Years

November 14, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Developmental Milestones, Speech & Language 101 2 Comments

Well we’ve made it through the first 4 years of your child’s life and here we are at the last year before she enters kindergarten. Kindergarten. As I type this, my own daughter will be 4 in a couple weeks and next year she will go to a transitional kindergarten program (like a Pre-K) as her […]

Your Child’s Speech and Language: 3 Years to 4 Years

November 7, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Developmental Milestones, Speech & Language 101 28 Comments

Can you believe your baby is turning three? Time goes by too fast, doesn’t it? And this year your child is going to be learning so much. He is like a little person now as you leave the toddler years and head into the preschool years. Can you believe it? A little person. So Let’s see what he […]

Phonological Delays: Don’t Treat Them Like Articulation!

November 6, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Articulation & Phonology (aka Speech Sounds), Planning Therapy, Therapy Ideas and Activities 41 Comments

Welcome to my short series on treating phonological delays. These posts are being written for my fellow SLPs. However if you are a parent of a child with a phonological delay you might be interested in this information, even though some of it will be in “SLP Speak.” Feel free to ask any questions in […]

Your Child’s Speech & Language: 24-36 Months

October 31, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Developmental Milestones, Speech & Language 101 11 Comments

Your little one is now toddling into the “terrible twos.” Or has he already hit them? At 21 months my own son started becoming more….independent and opinionated which resulted in an increase in the tantrums that are so well known for the “two’s.” On top of that, your two year old can understand a WHOLE […]

You Asked, I Answer {Survey Results}

October 29, 2012 by Katie Filed Under: Blogging, Therapy Ideas and Activities 6 Comments

Happy MONDAY! I am writing his from my new Mac and I am thrilled to say that I LOVE IT! It is so much faster (although it also has nothing on it right now, all my files are still trapped in the dead Dell). And oh my goodness I Love iPhoto. I also have Lightroom and Elements but iPhoto […]

Speech and Language 101

Welcome to Speech and Language 101! Looking for information on speech and language development? How about information on speech and language disorders? What should you do if you suspect your child is struggling in the areas of speech and language development? If these subjects interest you you’ve come to the right place! Below you will […]

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