An important part of helping young children who may need speech therapy is early intervention. To achieve early intervention with speech therapy it is vital to know the speech and language developmental milestones. While all children develop at a different pace, knowing what the “normal”...
There are a large variety of speech and language disorders that can benefit from speech therapy. One often misunderstood speech-language disorder is Apraxia. What is Apraxia? Apraxia is a motor speech disorder. It manifests as having trouble saying sounds, syllables, and words. The brain will...
The word speech, in the context of speech therapy, encompasses all the processes of making the sounds of speech. Potential speech disorders include articulation, apraxia, stuttering, phonological and more. Articulation refers specifically to how a sound is formulated with the mouth. Errors in the sounds...
Most people think of speech therapy as being exclusively for those with articulation challenges. Articulation refers to how sounds of speech are made. Often speech therapy is employed when difficulty making specific sounds like /r/, /sh/, /th/ occurs, such as when a child says “fwee”...
Is your child having difficulty following directions? If you repeatedly ask your child to do something and they just can’t seem to make it happen you are likely quite frustrated. But how can you tell if it is a behavioral problem or something more? Often...
Does your child lose all control when things don’t go as expected? Here are five ways to build flexible thinking skills and help your child more easily go with the flow when plans change.
Children with autism can find language, communication, and social interactions to be a challenge. Whether mild, severe or somewhere in between, children on the autism spectrum each have their own unique set of challenges within each of the closely related categories. While there is no...
All parents get concerned sometimes about if their child is developing on schedule. Every child progresses differently and has their learning style. If you notice that your child has delays, don’t hesitate to schedule an appointment. Whether it be speech or physical, you can schedule...
We all know how challenging it can be to get our kids back into the routine of going to school. Getting them out of the summer vacation mindset is crucial to preparing them to get back to school. Follow these tips to help your child get back into the swing of school.
Many children struggle to cope with strong emotions. They can be overwhelming to a child, and calming them down can be very difficult. Teaching a child to handle their thoughts productively doesn’t happen overnight. So we have some simple ...