Childhood Apraxia of Speech
What is Childhood Apraxia of Speech? Childhood Apraxia of Speech or CAS is when there is an interruption in messaging of the brain to the mouth and lips to receive a clear signal to plan...
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PROMPT Therapy for Speech & Voice Disorders
PROMPT is a hands-on technique which a requires a speech pathologist attend specialized trainings in order to understand and receive certification through the PROMPT Institute. It is taught worldwide in many languages and, but with...
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When Your Child is a Gestalt Language Processor: A Parent’s Guide
Discovering that your child is a gestalt language processor (GLP) can feel both overwhelming and exciting. While it may mean adjusting your communication and learning strategies, it also opens a world of possibilities for your...
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When Should My Child Stop Thumb Sucking?
Thumb sucking is a common and natural reflex for babies and young children. It can provide comfort and security, helping them to relax and fall asleep. However, if thumb sucking continues beyond the age of...
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Speech Sound Errors in Toddlers
Have you ever listened to your child talk and wondered if their speech patterns are developmentally on track? If you’re curious to learn more about your child’s speech patterns and what’s considered typical, look no...
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How an NLA-Trained Speech Pathologist Works With Your Child
For children who are Gestalt Language Processors, speech therapy sessions will look differentfrom a “traditional” speech therapy approach. Speech Language Pathologists (SLP) that aretrained in Natural Language Acquisition (NLA) provide neurodiversity affirming, child-ledtherapy to children...
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Strategies to Support your child’s Language Development
You can do multiple strategies and activities at home with your child to help initiate the use and content of their language skills. You may ask yourself where to start or how to implement these...
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Dysarthria in Children
What is dysarthria? Dysarthria is not apraxia but it is also a neuromotor speech impairment associated with slow, weak, and uncoordinated speech movements. Difficulties can occur in controlling the rate, duration, and range of speech....
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Speech Sound Milestones in Children
In the enchanting world of language development, children weave a rich tapestry of sounds, mastering phonemes that form the foundation of their spoken communication. During the first year of life, infants embark on a journey...
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Trends in Treatment for Gestalt Language Processors
If you have been following the trend in treatment for Echolalia you may have heard the term “Gestalt Language Processor”. These children acquire language in chunks, phrases, or meaningful sounds and then will over time mitigate that into new speech. For...
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Food Chaining
Food Chaining is a child-friendly treatment approach that slowly introduces unfamiliar foods while branching off the child’s current diet. Food chaining expands the child’s diet and increase the child’s comfort level with all the different...
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Spring has Sprung
A functional way to increase vocabulary and over all clarity of speech is to label and describe things outside. One way you can do this with your child is by playing eye spy. After a...
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