angelman syndrome – Speech in The City

ADVOCACY ➤ December 14, 2019

2019 FAST Global Summit & Gala

According to the FAST website “Angelman syndrome (AS) is a rare neurogenetic disorder that affects approximately one in 15,000 people – about 500,000 individuals worldwide. Symptoms typically include difficulty suckling and eating, gastrointestinal issues, delayed...

ORAL MOTOR ➤ May 18, 2026

Dental Development and Facial Growth

Dental development plays an important role in a child’s speech, feeding, breathing, and overall oral facial growth. During childhood, clinicians may observe various dental patterns such as open bites, overbites, underbites, crossbites, crowded teeth, spacing...

Orofacial Myology ➤ May 4, 2026

Screening for Tonsillitis in Speech Therapy

When working with children in speech and feeding therapy, it is important to recognize when something medical may be impacting progress. Tonsillitis is one of those conditions. While speech language pathologists do not diagnose tonsillitis,...

FEEDING ➤ October 20, 2025

Feeding Cues

It seems like one of the most common questions I hear from families—no matter where they are in their child’s eating journey—is some version of:“Why won’t my child eat?” “Why won’t they eat more?” or...