Speech with Lisa

  🌟 Helping Kids Find Their Voice 🌟 This week, I read a little about working with children who stutter and how they often feel anxious about speaking—especially when called on in class. Simple but powerful ideas from cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) to help! Instead of just avoiding the scary speaking moments, we gently explored the thoughts behind the anxiety—like “Everyone will laugh at me” or “I’ll mess up and sound weird.” Together, we practice replacing those thoughts with more helpful ones: ✨ “Everyone messes up sometimes, and that’s okay.” ✨ “I can take my time—I’m doing something brave.” We pair that with small, safe speaking challenges to help build confidence step by step. The best part? By the end of the session, the child can say, “I’m proud of myself. I didn’t hide.” Speech therapy is about so much more than sounds—it’s about courage, growth, and helping kids believe in their ability to communicate with the world. 💬 Have you ever tried challenging your anxio...

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Write a song or two for Christmas! That's what I'm doing. Here's a little tune to brighten your holiday. #merrychristmas2023🌲⛄❄️🦌

I couldn't find a freely available song for kids with easy guitar chords and Tier 2 vocabulary for Halloween, so I wrote one!  Check out the video and enjoy with your littles if you like. #eeriehalloween #singersongwriter

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It's disability pride awareness month! Celebrate by reading one of the books suggested by the New York Public Library. I am reading Paperboy by Vince Vawter about a boy who stutters. I love the book, and I identify with the story of a boy who is misunderstood because of his disability. Prayers for everyone who has a disability and may have been misunderstood or mischaracterized because of it, and prayers for all those who work with people who have disabilities. If you would like to advocate for having a disability specialist in your church congregation so that more people can be included in your gospel activities, check out the following: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/callings/disability-specialist?lang=eng. I personally believe that having ward and stake disabilities specialists would result in exponential growth of wards and stakes since up to one in four adults in the United States have some type of disability. https://www.nypl.org/blog/2022/07/01/celebrating-disa...