Speech-Based Activities to Do with Your Kids with Apraxia at Home and in the Community
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Special Needs App of the Day: Scene & Heard
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MoreSpecial Needs App of the Day: All About You, All About Me
All About You, All About Me is a social skills app with 56 illustrated picture cards that ask questions related to getting to know someone. Questions range from basic ones like, “What is your home address?” to open-ended prompts such as, “Tell me...
MoreMaking IEP goals that support Language and Communication: Tweaking the plan in the New Year
As our kids spend many hours per day in the classroom, their teachers and specialists track their progress (or lack thereof) by following the goals in their Individual Educational Plan (IEP). Supporting your child’s daily opportunities to attend...
MoreCommunication Aides & Devices: Therapy Tool or Communication Substitute?
Children with difficulty developing verbal speech are often in need of aides or devices to help them understand and use language. For these children, schools often use programs like PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) to help grow...
MoreLimited Communicators: How to Open the Door to your Child’s Potential
Have you ever said anything to someone close and been completely misunderstood? Have you ever tried to use another language in a foreign city and been frustrated when you could not access your wants or needs? If you needed the bathroom urgently...
MoreWhen a Child with Selective Mutism Goes Back to School
Dear Developmental Doc,My daughter is 5 years old and I think she has Selective Mutism. She is incredibly verbal at home but shy around strangers. Her camp counselor expressed concern that although she was friendly, she never spoke to anyone at...
MoreArticulation Speech Therapy: How Long Should It Take?
In general, if a child had not corrected an “r” sound distortion after six months in therapy the therapy should stop. In articulation therapy a speech/language pathologist identifies the sounds a child needs to correct and teaches the child how...
MoreAugmentative and Alternative Communication: The Voice of Success for Your Child
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) leads many children to success in school and life. It is generally associated with electronic speech-generating devices resembling laptop or hand-held computers, which young people may adopt as a...
MoreSpeech and Language Pathology
Speech/Language Pathologists serve special needs children and their parents in a myriad of ways. The earlier the intervention the better the outcome, and the less likely non-verbal habits will develop which will later have to be unlearned. The...
MoreTips to Support your Child with Selective Mutism Transition Back to School
Selective Mutism is a psychiatric disorder that affects 7 out of every 1,000 children (making it almost as common as autism), yet it is seldom dealt with within the confines of a psychotherapist’s office. It is an extreme form of social anxiety...
MoreDoes My Child Have a Reading Disability?
Reading is an important first step on a child’s path to success in life. A child that is an excellent reader is a confident child, has a high level of self-esteem, and is able to easily make the transition from learning to read to reading...
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