NPR ran an article about a new DVD produced in Britain called "The Transporters," designed to teach children with autism to look at faces (like the...
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Picture Books Build Social Language
I love to go to our children's library and browse through the books. I use good children's literature for all the kids I work with, whether they are...
Speech Therapy for Nasality
Throughout my career as a speech pathologist I have worked with children with varying degrees of nasality. Some were purely functional and responded...
Games for Speech Therapy and Home Fun
I love to hear from parents and Speech Therapists with ideas to stimulate speech and language. Keep the e-mails and comments coming! Today I heard...
Speech Therapy Game for the “R” Sound
I always play with toys or games when I work with children so they forget that they are doing "work!" It occurred to me the other day that...
Speech Language Therapy Through Read Alouds
I've been working with several elementary aged children to build their language skills. I always find that rich children's literature holds their...
Great Speech Therapy Kit for Preschoolers with Language Goals
Part of being a speech-language pathologist is looking a bit like Mary Poppins with our bags of toys and materials to excite and stimulate kids'...
Review: “Come Learn With Me” by North Country Kids, Inc
Every speech-language pathologist yearns to grab a bag of goodies that will amuse, entice and teach their preschoolers the foundation of language,...
Practice Makes Perfect with Children’s Articulation
I love the kids I work with and am privileged to be able to deliver my services in their homes. Since I work in their environment, they are relaxed,...
Great DVD for Speech Therapists and Parents to Develop Speech
Creative people are constantly developing slickly produced media for our kids. Some of it is educationally outstanding and some isn't. That is why...
Santa Claus Diagnosed Autism in this Mom’s Child
I came across a video of a mom's experience in coming to grip with her child's diagnosis of autism. I thought it might be helpful to other parents...
Speech Celebrations!
Today was a day for celebrating! Domenick graduated from speech therapy after 5 years of hard work on many sound and language goals. He started when...
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