Spring Language Scavenger Hunt
By: Julie Aills, M.A., CCC-SLP April Showers Bring May Flower! This is the perfect time of year to turn your trip to the park or walk around the neighborhood into a spring scavenger hunt. Regardless of the season or the weather, heading outside is always a great speech-language activity! We’ve made two spring scavenger hunt checklists….
Early Characteristics of Autism
By: Sara Beirl, M.A., CF-SLP Early identification of Autism can be helpful for ensuring that children have access to services that help meet their unique needs. Characteristics of Autism can include: Reference: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/signs.html It is important to note that Autistic children may not show all of these characteristics. Also, many of these characteristics can overlap…
Talk Tips To Go: Targeting Articulation at Home!
By Brooke Stoyak M.A., CCC-SLP Struggling to target your child’s articulation sounds at home for homework? Wanting to see more progress with your child’s articulation development? This is a read for you! See below for tips/tricks on targeting articulation at home: Ideas to target articulation at home:
Talk Tips To Go: Festive February Speech/Language Activities!
By Brooke Stoyak, M.A., CCC-SLP Valentine’s Day Word Scavenger Hunt: Looking for something to do indoors while it is still cold outside for the Valentine’s Day holiday? Help your child compile a word list with their targeted speech sounds and make heart shaped “flash cards” to hide around the house. Once hidden, have your child…
Talk Tips To Go: Cooking up Speech and Language Skills
Cooking together can be a fun and easy way to spend quality time with your child. Cooking together can also be a gratifying learning experience for the family. Your child can not only discover new foods and learn about nutrition, they can develop their speech and language skills as well. While the benefits of cooking…
Talk Tips To Go: Fall Activities at Home!
By: Brooke Stoyak M.A., CCC-SLP There are so many exciting activities to participate in once fall arrives during the year! Fall is the perfect season to target many different speech/language goals. Here are some ways for your family to engage in the fall fun: Fall Scavenger Hunt: Hide some of your favorite fall items inside/outside…
Dialogic Book Readings
By: Brooke Stoyak M.A., CCC-SLP What is Dialogic Book Reading & Why it works! During a Dialogic Book Reading, an adult becomes the “teller” of a story. The adult takes on the role of actor, listener and questioner for the child. How adults read to children is just as important as how often we read…
Talk Tips To Go: Fun with August National Days!
By: Susan Dabo, M.S.,CCC-SLP Working on speech and language goals at home can be challenging. A fun idea to help practice a little every day is to use National days. National days help us celebrate every day in a fun way and are great for working on a variety of speech and language goals. You…
Talk Tips To Go: Gestalt Language Processing
By: Sarah Denman, M.A., CCC-SLP This month’s Talk Tips to Go article by Sarah Denman offers a helpful overview of “gestalt language processing”. Gestalt language processing is a type of language development that is seen more often in neurodiverse populations, such as autism.
Talk Tips To Go: Tips to Practice Articulation at Home
By: Melissa Friend, M.A., CCC-SLP Are you looking for easy and fun ways to practice articulation at home? Articulation therapy is really teaching new motor patterns for your mouth. To establish a new motor pattern, you need daily practice! Spending 5-10 minutes every day practicing those motor patterns can significantly increase progress in therapy. Here…