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Finding Your Voice Again: How Voice Therapy Can Help
Finding Your Voice Again: How Voice Therapy Can Help Has your voice become strained, raspy, or unreliable? Do you find yourself constantly clearing your throat or coughing to get your voice back? Are you tired of going from doctor to doctor to find a solution? You may...
Would I or a Loved One Benefit from Voice Therapy?
Do you clear your throat a lot? Do you have phlegm in your throat that just won’t go away? Do you suffer from coughing attacks? Do you feel like your voice gets tired by the end of the day? These are just a few symptoms that may indicate the need to get a voice...
Cleft Lip and Palate: A Team Approach
Did you know that cleft lip and palate, a type of craniofacial disorder, is the second most common birth defect in the United States? A cleft is a separation or opening in the lip and/or palate (i.e., the roof of the mouth). Cleft lip is a separation within the lip,...
Why your child’s sleep is so important!
Sleep is critical in all aspects of our health, including our mental, emotional, and physical performance. When we are not getting enough good quality sleep, it negatively impacts our ability to learn, grow, and manage emotions. Sleep disordered breathing includes a...
5 Things I wish every parent knew about early intervention…
1. The sooner, the better. The most critical years in a child’s development of speech and language skills is 0-3 years of age. During this time, a child’s brain is like a ball of clay, ready to be molded and filled with alllll things speech and language....
How to Keep your Child Learning All Summer Long
Summer is a time to relax from the structure of school, to play, and grow. While we do not have set hours to learn, we still have plenty of opportunities to encourage it during the summer. Kids are like sponges and love to learn, especially when it can be fun. Here...
6 Tips to Encourage your Child with Down Syndrome’s Speech
Speech is a foundation for life. We use speech in a variety of ways from asking for directions to expressing our feelings and everything in-between. Children with Down syndrome struggle with learning to speak, but can and will eventually learn to communicate. Here are...
9 Great Childrens’ Books about Down Syndrome
Since it is Down Syndrome awareness month, we wanted to highlight some great books we found about Down Syndrome. Some of these books are geared for teaching other children and others are geared for kids with Down Syndrome. Check out our list and let us know if you...
Orofacial Myofunctional Disorder: A Mouthful
What Actually is it? Tongue thrust is one of many common disorders associated with orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMD). Orofacial myofunctional disorders contain one or a combination of the following: abnormal thumb, finger, lip and tongue sucking habits; an...
10 Facts about Autism Spectrum Disorder
For years Hollywood and culture has portrayed someone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD or Autism) in one distinct way, when in reality Autism looks very different for each individual. It can be difficult to diagnose because symptoms range widely. What one child may...
18th Annual Run for Autism
We just wanted to let you know about one of our favorite events. The Run for Autism is coming up April 27, 2019. It is held at Veteran's Memorial Park in Boise. This is a great opportunity to raise awareness for Autism, have fun, and support a local charity. Here is...
Books that Target the /th/ Sound
When your child is attending speech, the SLP (Speech Language Pathologist) will first identify sounds they need help with. Once they have identified the sounds your child needs to work, then they pick one sound to really focus on. Part of our responsibility as parents...