
The One Question I Am Asked Most Often
The One Question I Am Asked Most Often The one question I am asked most often is from parents wanting to know if their child has the level of speech and language abilities that are expected at his age. First-time parents especially, may not have previously witnessed a child moving through the

Steal These Questions to Get Your Child Talking About School
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

Understanding Social Language Skills
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

How Rhyming Supports Literacy Success
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

Helpful strategies to connect with adults who have Dementia
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

Early Speech and Language Support Made Easy!
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