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Struggling with Speech: A Mother’s Perspective
Speech has been a part of my life in one form or another for the last 13 years. I am not a Speech-Language Pathologist, but I have four kids who have been treated for Apraxia of Speech. One has some stuttering problems on top of that and another has moderate hearing...
What Can We as Parents Do to Help our Kids Who Struggle with Speech
I’m sure like all parents, you ask yourself how can I best help my child who struggles with speech succeed? What does he/she need? It isn’t always clear as to how to best help our children. As we all know, there is no manual on your child. There are books and online...
The Important Difference Between Speech Pathologists and Orofacial Myologists
Speech and language development is a mixture of physically training the mouth and tongue to produce sounds and the mental ability to know what sounds go where to create words and how to combine words into sentences. Diagnosing a speech and language problem requires...
Fall, Pumpkin Spice, and Developing Language Skills
Fall is here! Chill is in the air, pumpkin spice everything, leaves are warming in color and crunching beneath our shoes. Use your five senses this fall. Feel the chill, see the leaves, smell the pumpkin spice, TASTE FALL! There are so many good fall recipes out...
How to Know If Your Child’s School Problems are Speech Related
You want your children to succeed in school. We, as parents, are willing to sacrifice evenings going to PTA meetings, pull our hair out trying to help with homework, and drive them about to sports and activities to help them be more rounded. But sometimes, it can be...
Glossary of Speech Terms
Below is a list of speech related terms and their descriptions. These descriptions are intended to give you a basic understand of the term. If you would like more in-depth information, please contact Rian Chatterton. Accent Reduction A systematic approach to reducing...
When to Be Concerned About Your Child’s Speech Development
The following information in intended to be used as a guideline to help you understand the typical development of speech as children age. These are not hard and fast rules, but rather general indicators of things to look for. If you feel your child's speech is not...
Recommended Apps that Nurture Speech
Recommended Apps for iPad Below is a list of apps that we have found useful in teaching children to develop language skills. These apps can be a great reinforcement to the principles we teach during speech therapy. While some of the listed apps are free, some require...