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FEEDING ➤ January 27, 2025

From Rewards to Curiosity: Using Extrinsic Motivation as a Bridge to Intrinsic Motivation in Feeding Therapy

Motivating a child to step outside their comfort zone with food can be one of the most complex challenges in feeding therapy. For families navigating picky eating, the frustration and worry are palpable. A child’s...

FEEDING ➤ March 19, 2021

When to Seek Feeding Therapy for Your Baby

The top two reasons our practice sees kids for feeding challenges under 12 months old are anatomical &/or physiological issues. What do anatomical &/or physiological issues really mean? Anatomical: Challenges breaking down food as a...

FEEDING ➤ April 12, 2019

The Sippy Cup Situation.

We are always trying to find the best products for our kids to use. I often find myself researching and stocking up on new baby and child feeding products at Bed Bath and Beyond (linking...

FEEDING ➤ December 14, 2018

Getting Through Mealtime With Picky Eaters

Round. Crunchy. Salty. Simple. One Color (usually green or brown!) These are often the characteristics I hear from parents regarding foods that their children will eat during mealtime. As a feeding specialist, I have seen...

LANGUAGE ➤ August 26, 2025

Speech Therapy Activities Parents Can Do at Home in 10 Minutes a Day

To support your child's language development, focus on incorporating a few simple, effective strategies into your daily routine. By using these Speech Therapy Activities Parents Can Do at Home in 10 Minutes a Day, you can make a significant impact. First, make reading time interactive with repeated-line books like "Brown Bear, Brown Bear." Use different voices and pause to let your child fill in the blanks, which helps build their vocabulary and memory. Second, get down to your child's eye level to talk. Holding objects at your eye level encourages them to watch your mouth, which helps them learn how to form words. Third, respond to every sound your child makes—coos, babbles, or even grunts. Attribute meaning to their sounds and "serve it back" by turning their sounds into full sentences. Finally, use simple gestures while you talk to your child to give them a way to communicate before they have words, and consider creating a quiet play space, like a tent, for them to feel safe and calm.

SPEECH ➤ August 22, 2025

Articulation vs. Language Delay: How to Tell the Difference

A parent’s excitement to hear their child’s first words can quickly turn to concern if those words are hard to understand. As children grow, their communication skills develop at different paces, and it can be...

AAC ➤ July 22, 2025

The Power of “Let’s”: Unlocking Communication for Gestalt Language Processors

As parents and speech-language pathologists, we’re constantly searching for ways to unlock communication for our children, especially those who learn language in unique ways. If you have a child who is a Gestalt Language Processor...