Steal These Questions to Get Your Child Talking About School
Remember when your kids were little and wouldn’t stop talking? I admit, there were days when I succumbed to preparing dinner with headphones on… volume set just loud enough to drown out the non-stop voices, yet soft enough to hear if anyone were to scream. I just needed some quiet time, some “no listening” […]
Understanding Social Language Skills
Social language skills, also known as pragmatic language skills, refer to the unspoken verbal and nonverbal rules governing our interactions. These rules vary according to whom you are speaking with, where you are, and typically vary across different cultures. Someone with good social language skills will respond appropriately and flexibly to an ever changing social […]
How Rhyming Supports Literacy Success
Full disclosure…when I became a mom, I didn’t really know any nursery rhymes. And frankly, that felt a bit weird because, I am a speech therapist! But up until that point, my career had largely focused on work with adults. A friend told me about a local “Mother Goose” program for new moms and babies, […]
Helpful strategies to connect with adults who have Dementia
Dementia is one of the biggest public health challenges we face today. With 35 million people living with Dementia worldwide, and the prevalence expected to double every 20 years, it is likely that most of us will be personally touched by Dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is responsible for almost 50% of dementia. This disease presents unique […]
Early Speech and Language Support Made Easy!
Becoming a parent brings with it plenty of responsibility. You brought a being into this world who is completely dependent on you and you put a lot of pressure on yourself to get it all done, leaving little if any extra time at the end of each day. The good news is…supporting your baby’s speech […]