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 movements. This means that the mouth, lips and teeth have the ability to move but they are not getting the...
Read MoreThere are many types of strategies to help elicit verbal speech. Prior to verbal speech children need to learn to imitate you in non verbal speech tasks, so they can imitate you during speech tasks! Often children need to me taught how to imitate you to, which your SLP can help with, but here are...
Read MoreWe have all heard that reading is essential for little ones growth! Observing others is 80% of how learning occurs, that means the more you model language during reading, the better! Often parents of late talkers, delayed talkers and/or children who use Alternative ways to communicate benefit from predictable lines to fill in the correct...
Read MoreThis is a common question that many parents have asked me in the past. My biggest suggestion and comment when asked this question is, will your child imitate you during play? Prior to your child using verbal language to communicate, your child uses nonverbal language to communicate. Everything from smiling, to crying, to gesturing… like...
Read MoreBest practice for teaching new vocabulary is…80% core AND 20% fringe vocabulary according to research by Bean A., Cargill L., & Lyle S. (2019).I had a big “aha” movement in March wherein I realized one of the little ones I am working with was not progressing as fast as I would have liked her to in...
Read MoreIn a situation where a baby vocalizes “baba”, the communication partner, knows what the baby wants even though the infant did not say the word completely. The baby can’t put all the sounds (phonemes) together yet to say the complete word, “bottle”, but the communication partner attributes meaning to the vocalization and hands the baby...
Read MoreDoes your child tend to say wabbit for rabbit or wat for rat? If these mispronunciations tend to occur in your child’s language, then I am sure that you have encountered a few frustrations trying to correct them. After all, how could one of the most used sounds in the English language be one of...
Read MorePROMPT 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 one methodology. The technique is a “tactile-kinesthetic approach”, meaning that the therapist provides cues on the lips, cheeks, jaws to...
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