As many of you know, my family and I are expecting baby number three in just a few short weeks. As I take some time off from work and blogging to spend time with my family both before and after my new son’s birth, I am thrilled to share with you some amazing posts written […]
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What is Stuttering?
What is Stuttering? Stuttering is a communication disorder that effects speech fluency. It is characterized by breaks in the flow of speech referred to as disfluencies and typically begins in childhood. Everyone experiences disfluencies in their speech. Some disfluencies are totally normal but having too many can actually significantly affect one’s ability to communicate. In […]
Assessing Language Skills of Verbal Children with Down Syndrome
Today’s post is intended for my fellow speech-pathologists. I am so excited to have Tatyana from Smart Speech Therapy, LLC with us today. She always blows me away with her thorough and informative posts on her blog and her seemingness endless knowledge on all things speech & language. Today, she is sharing some fantastic information with us […]
Tips from Speech Therapists, Educators and Fellow Parents {Guest Post Round Up}
The last several weeks, I have had some amazing guest posts from an array of fellow speech pathologists, educators and parents. I didn’t want any of you to miss these fantastic posts, so here are snippets of each post. Just click “Read more…” After each snippet to check out the rest of the post. ENJOY! […]
Increasing Client Awareness and Carryover of Speech and Language Goals
As many of you know, we recently welcomed our new son, Emory, to the world. As I take some time off from work and blogging to spend time with my family and get to know my new little one, I am thrilled to share with you some amazing posts written by some very talented bloggers. So please […]
10 Things I Wished I had Known About Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS)
As many of you know, my family and I are expecting baby number three in just a few short weeks. As I take some time off from work and blogging to spend time with my family both before and after my new son’s birth, I am thrilled to share with you some amazing posts written […]
I’m Going to Disneyland! {And Having a Baby!}
What does one do right before one gives birth to baby number three? You Go to Disneyland! Right?? As I write this I am counting down the days until Baby Boy gets here! I am 36 weeks 3 days along this Friday and tomorrow my family leaves for a last vacation as a family of […]
What You Can Expect From Speech Therapy {A Guide for Parents} Part Seven: Speech Therapy Myths
Welcome to the seventh installment of What You Can Expect from Speech Therapy {A Guide for Parents}. Today, I am going to go over some MYTHS Â about speech therapy. Â 10 Speech Therapy Myths MYTH: Under age three (or two, or one) is “too young to address speech problems.” TRUTH: I just saw this posted on […]
What You Can Expect From Speech Therapy {A Guide for Parents} Part Six: Therapy Settings Explained
Welcome to the sixth installment of the What You Can Expect From Speech Therapy {A Guide for Parents} series. Before we get started, you’ll want to read Part Two of this series where I covered How to Get a Speech Assessment, where I explain the basics of each setting. Today, I am going to tell […]
10 Ways a Speech Language Pathologist Can Change Your Child’s Life
Last week, I was over at The Friendship Circle sharing 10 Ways that SLPs can Help Your Child. In that post I cover the many areas SLP’s, can address  including articulation skills/speech intelligibility, expressive language skills, receptive language/listening skills, speech fluency/stuttering,voice and resonance disorders, social/pragmatic language use, use of assistive/augmentative communication, and even swallowing/feeding issues including tongue […]