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Encouraging Articulation Practice
If you want a child you are working with to make progress in his/her articulation goals, you have to inspire them to practice between sessions. Make...
Questions on Apraxia Therapy
I notice that a number of people who come to my site are searching for and interested in information on apraxia and speech therapy for apraxia....
Articulation Cues for Consonants in Speech Therapy
I just got a note from Marshalla Speech and Language, pointing me to Pam Marshalla's new free videos on YouTube, demonstrating her cues for...
Speech Therapist as Consultant
Today I was called in to consult on a little 2 year-old girl who has been receiving services from a Birth-3 provider. I usually ask parents to have...
Preschool Speech Therapy, Teaching Imitation
I watched a wonderful interaction between mother and child today during our speech therapy session. It is exciting for me to see my little clients...
Speech Therapy for Apraxia
As I have said before, I think many children are labeled apraxic prematurely. Often I will say to a parent that their child is apraxic-like, meaning...
Materials for Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Many speech delayed children have apraxia of speech or apraxic-like characteristics: inability to consistently repeat speech models, difficulty with...
What Parents Can Expect From Preschool Speech Therapy
Any speech therapy practice is constantly changing--clients are being dismissed and new ones are beginning therapy for the first time. It occurred...
Preschool Activities for Speech Language Delay
Don't we all want to get the most out of our therapy sessions while having fun?? I find it challenging to find fun activities that don't monopolize...
Products for Children with Special Needs
Parents of children who I work with are always looking for fun and effective products to use with their kids to promote their skills. One of the...
Articulation Speech Therapy Games
I find the easiest way to motivate kids working on sounds is to have a cache of fun, motivating games to play with them. Have them say several...
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