Pop in this new innovative DVD, "The Transporters" and get ready to enter a land of toy trains, cable cars, buses, ferries and other mechanical...
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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...
Articulation Speech Therapy for R and S
On Friday I attended a continuing education course by BER (Bureau of Education and Research) on “Practical Therapy Techniques for Persistent...
Play-Doh for Preschoolers and Speech Therapy
Certain toys and games are winners as they amuse children and allow for discrete turns so a child can repeat your model, and you give them one more...
Preschool Speech Therapy Activities
When I work with preschoolers, I always use toys and great books. Recently, I came upon A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson (the author of the fun...
Speech Therapy Blogs
I have posted some of my favorite speech therapy blogs but one that has been started recently and contains lots of excellent information is in...
Speech Therapy Materials, Preschool Books
As speech therapists we are always looking for new materials to throw in our bag of fun to keep little ones engaged and entertained. I use toys as...
Free Kids’ Valentines–For Home or Therapy
I will admit that Valentines Day was not my favorite holiday when my three boys were growing up. Guys just didn't look forward to ""making"...
How To Motivate Your Preschooler to Practice Speech
First of all your preschooler should not be told he has to practice speech or any other direct way of implying that there is something wrong with...
Early Diagnosis of Apraxia of Speech
Recently I seem to be getting calls to test kids from 2 1/2-3 years old who have had a history of speech therapy for about a year. Their original...
Preschool Speech Therapy
Once again I am reminded of the importance of good communication between preschool teachers, speech therapists working with a child in their class,...
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