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 When the unthinkable happens, it's great to know that our modern-day smart devices can be such a blessing in recovery.   Here's a great article about how a smartphone can be a boon after a traumatic brain injury: https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/leader.FPLP.26122021.64/full/

  Some holiday toys could be hazardous to children's hearing: https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/2021-12-15-noisy-toys-hearing-hazard/full/

 I just found a post that has some great ideas for practicing the /r/ sound at home.  North Shore Pediatric Therapy has some great suggestions for producing the /r/, including using animal sounds, shaping /r/ from other sounds, and eliminating the /w/.  Here's where you can find the post:  https://www.nspt4kids.com/speech-and-language/tackling-trouble-with-r-exercises-to-practice-%E2%80%9Cr%E2%80%9D-pronunciation-with-your-child/.  Also, https://www.superduperinc.com/handouts/pdf/102_RforParents.pdf also has some great ideas.

  Like so many, I was saddened to hear about Eric Carle's passing last week. Here's just one of many links that talks about tieing "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" into a speech/language session. What are some of your favorite Eric Carle speech/language tie-ins? https://thedabblingspeechie.com/2018/07/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-in-speech-therapy/

I've been thinking lately about employment for people with autism-- something that can be challenging but definitely an important topic.  Here's one good article I found:  https://autismspectrumnews.org/career-planning-for-people-on-the-autism-spectrum/ First of all, if you're looking for work it's important to look at areas of interest as well as strengths, weaknesses, and talents.  Volunteering can be an important step for people with autism and a good way to pick up some of the "soft skills" in the workplace.   The interview can be one of the most difficult parts of the job searching process, so it's good to get as much practice interviewing as possible.  https://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/12-steps-help-adults-autism-find-right-job. There are some companies that have specific programs for hiring autistic people.  It can be a good idea to check those out:  https://www.appliedbehavioranalysisprograms.com/companies-for-people-with-autism/ Many autistic peop

 Did you know: according to the CDC, approximately 1 in 54 children was diagnosed with autism in 2020.   With so many children being diagnosed, many want to know: what are some ways that autism can be treated?  In this post I'm giving seven terrific ways to treat autism: Applied Behavior Analysis-- where rewards are given for valued behavior in order to increase that behavior. DIRFloortime-- a relationship-based treatment where the adult meets the child at his or her level. Lego therapy--  where playing with legos is used to teach skills like listening, turn-taking, and sharing. More Than Words-- a parent-mediated program that uses everyday activities to help children improve social skills SCERTS-- a support process where communicative partners are taught to implement teaching strategies during "real world" experiences. Social Stories-- where stories are constructed that explain social situations to children Video-based instruction-- where video recordings are given as a

What if you didn’t know how to talk to people?  It’s estimated that 7.5% of kindergarteners have social communication impairments!    In this post you’re going to learn about social communication disorder— what it is and one idea for helping.   What is social communication disorder? It’s where there are problems with social interaction— that is, difficulties in using social language verbally and nonverbally. Its cause is unknown, but it may happen with with learning disabilities, traumatic brain injury, ADHD, and dementia. It’s different from autism since an autism diagnosis includes restricted and repetitive behaviors, like getting upset about transitions or lining up toys instead of playing with them.   These are in addition to social communication problems. Some things that are affected by social communication disorder include: Using greetings, adjusting to a communicative partner, repairing breakdowns that happen in conversation, making inferences, using figurative language, and ma

Building with legos as a way to help people with autism? It's listed as a promising therapy by raisingchildren.net.au, and I believe it! Children learn the skills of "turn-taking, sharing, listening, conversation, teamwork, shared attention and problem-solving" while interacting through playing with legos (https://raisingchildren.net.au/autism/therapies-guide/lego-therapy). I love it! Children take on different roles like "engineer" or "builder" and work together to build a model. Sign me up!

I did my master's thesis on social communication. Not too many years later, social communication disorder became an official diagnosis in the DSM-5. What is a social communication disorder, and what causes it? What are some things families can do to help with social communication disorders? Check here: https://www.autismspeaks.org/.../social-communication... and post your favorites in the comments!

Between 2.3-24.6% of school-aged children are estimated to have a speech sound disorder. In this post you’re going to learn about speech sound disorders, specifically phonological disorders. What’s a phonological disorder, you ask? Watch to the end of the video and read to the end to find out and to find out how you can help with phonological disorders! I got much of the organization of this information from the American Speech Language Hearing Association website practice portal on articulation and phonology https://www.asha.org/practice-portal/...​. What is a speech sound disorder? It’s an umbrella term— it can have to do with perception, motor production, or phonological representation of speech sounds. What is phonology? It's a system of contrastive relationships among speech sounds that are the fundamental components of langage— it's systems of sounds. What are articulation disorders and phonological disorders? Articulation disorders focus on substitutions or d

In this video you’re going to learn about stuttering. 70 million people stutter worldwide, or 1% of the population. Have you ever known someone who stutters, or do you stutter? What are your questions about stuttering? Please tell us in the comments! Watch to the end of the video… to hear what I learned about Steve Harvey and stuttering! A lot of my information was taken from the Stuttering Foundation of America (https://www.stutteringhelp.org/​) and the American Speech Language hearing association (www.asha.org) websites. Like, share subscribe, and hit the notification bell for more great content with communication, communication through song, speech, language, diction, voice. If you make a great comment I will reply! What would you like to know about stuttering, or is there another speech language topic you’d like to explore. Please Comment! What is stuttering? repetition of sounds, syllables, or words prolongations of sounds interruptions of speech-- blocks interjections

Learn some ideas that will help improve literacy in children! Main ideas: Why reading? Reading is great exposure to language. It's also a great way to explore the world! Repetitive text makes it easy to predict what sentence structure is coming up and what will be said. It also makes books fun to read chorally! Rhyming books are great for teaching sound awareness. Books can help children of all ages explore feelings about the world. How to have fun with reading? Read out loud, pretend to be an actor, do voices, make noises! Visit libraries and see what's on display there. Ask questions about the text as you read. Here are a couple of great titles I love: Heir apparent by Vivian Vande Velde: https://amzn.to/2ZyHbcE Eric Carle collection: https://amzn.to/2NNetSI I am an amazon associate and earn from qualified purchases. About me: I am a singer who became a speech and language pathologist to learn more about the voice and to help as many people as possible. If you like

What are the benefits of and difficulties that come with learning a second language? Check out my new youtube post! #bilingual #secondlanguage

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The Hanen center is one of my favorite ever resources for families. I highly recommend reading their post here about improving vocabulary. Making New Words "Stick"

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