Speech with Lisa

I just found this online vocal studio and love these warmups!

Have you ever read about the adventures with the Herdman family in "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever?" I love reading about and helping with churchy Christmas plays!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/qiBnSMXvUzn29gibA Fun times with photography and music around St. George... Chatting with a friend and taking fun pictures around a cityscape that involve music can be a fun conversation-starting activity. Here's a great sculpture in front of a fun downtown theater/dance space in St. George Utah...

It's so fun stimulating language with music! It can work with younger children or with older adults. Singing popular nursery rhymes etc. is a great way to help young children learn some of the cadence and rhymes in a language. Singing familiar and new songs with older adults can help stimulate language as well-- it can help older adults remember an experience with a certain song or help spark new neural pathways as adults learn new lyrics. What's your favorite song?

Lisa Higbee--Speech Language Resume Speech Language Pathologist Salt Lake City, UT lhigbee@gmail.com 801-671-7652 Objective: The practice of speech-language pathology utilizing music- and movement- based interventions. Approaches include: Utilization of song-writing experiences for improvement in oral language skills. Work Experience Speech Language Pathologist Washington County School District, St. George, UT Provided determination of eligibility for speech and language services for students from diverse multicultural backgrounds; provided individualized assessment and intervention for preschool students in a county with some of the largest public school system speech caseload numbers in the United States, supervised speech language technicians and speech language paraprofessionals, provided continuing education to SLP's, SLT's, paraprofessionals, created interactive parent education opportunities. Speech Language Pathologist Washington Heights, Manhattan, NY, NY

It's the new year, and I'm excited to get going! I thought I might start out the year talking a little bit about behaviorism and behavioral strategies for helping children with communication. So superduperinc.com has some wonderful information for parents and practitioners. It's usually one of my go-to places for all the best and most fun little tidbits, helps, etc. This little screenshot from superduperinc.com gives a little overview of ABA, a therapeutic system that utilizes the idea of reinforcing positive behaviors. How could you use some practical ABA ideas at home? It could be fun to employ some ABA ideas in natural contexts like the home. According to information on the website asha.org, communication is a fairly fluid target and so might be harder to target using ABA methods, though it's still doable. Thanks to all my ABA friends, I have learned tons from you!