Early Intervention Speech Therapy : websites and other resources

Normal Speech and Language Growth: Ages 2 to 3 years

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:38:00 GMT

Thank you for joining me for week 5 of my Normal Speech and Language Development Series! This week I am narrowing my look at children ages two to three years of age, as well as exploring the vast range of "normal" that exists when looking at childhood...(read more)

Normal Speech and Language Development: Birth to 1 Year, Continued

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:49:00 GMT

Last week was the first of my 8 weeks series on what normal typical development looks like in young children ages 0 to 5 years. In addition, I shared WHY I feel this series is especially important for parents, as knowledge is power and the more information...(read more)

Normal Speech and Language Development for Babies – Birth to 1 year

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:52:00 GMT

As promised, today's post is the first in my 8 week series of posts dedicated to looking at normal, typical development in babies, toddlers and young children! This vital piece of information for parents is unfortunately not always well-known. Some hospitals...(read more)

The Magic of Pinterest

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:01:00 GMT

As promised this month's posts will be full of fun holiday therapy crafts, recipes and activities! Today's post highlights just some of the endless ideas which can be found on Pinterest. For those of you who are new to the Pinterest scene, the following...(read more)

Speech and Language Christmas Crafts 2012

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:43:00 GMT

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to All! Over the next month I will be highlighting holiday recipes, crafts and various speech and language activities that can be used both in the classroom and at home with young children in need of speech and language...(read more)

Language of Babies

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:00:00 GMT

Although it has been a few years since my days as a home care therapist because I am now a mother of two with a 5-month old of my own, I am once again focused on the delightful language of babies. Recently, while discussing the communication habits of...(read more)

A Velopharyngeal Dysfunction Refresher

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:18:00 GMT

Today's post is a factual look at VPD or Velopharyngeal Dysfunction . I am currently working with a student who presents with a hypernasal quality to their speech and am researching on my own the best ways to treat them in therapy. Based on my research,...(read more)

Recipe: Peanut Free Resources

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:50:00 GMT

Today's post is a continuation of last week's peanut allergy post and is bursting with excellent resources and information for individuals interested in learning more about this allergy. My post today includes: websites, a children's book and a delicious...(read more)

Finding Speech Therapy Jobs in 2012

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:25:00 GMT

It's been over three years since I have written a post about finding jobs in the field of speech language pathology. Latest numbers show that unemployment in the United States has remained at a steady but significant rate of 8.2% for the second month...(read more)

Recipe Post: Dairy Free Resources

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:33:00 GMT

Living today as we do with so much technology at our fingertips, it is easy to log onto the web and google "Dairy Free" to see what is revealed! One of the challenges of course can be that TOO many options emerge, which can be both overwhelming and confusing,...(read more)

Recipe: Exploring the Dairy Allergy

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:07:00 GMT

As promised, starting today and continuing throughout the summer I will be exploring the world of food allergies. In spring of 2011, I wrote several posts highlighting gluten free resources and recipes. Now and throughout the month of June, I am going...(read more)

Better Hearing & Speech Month Is Here!

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Today's post is a reminder that the month of May is Better Hearing & Speech Month (BHSM), and this year's theme is "Connecting People Through Communication." Today is May 1, and I thought the ideal way to kick off this month was to create a resource...(read more)

"Unique Among the Blogs"

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:00:00 GMT

It has been several months (or longer) since I wrote a post sharing web-related resources for therapists and parents. However, when our Early Intervention Speech Therapy Blog was officially recognized by the ASHAsphere , which is "the official blog of...(read more)

Tropical 'Rainforest' Ice Cream

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Happy spring! This week is "R" week at our school, and one of the themes the children are learning about is the rainforest. Tropical Ice Cream is a fabulously delicious recipe that the occupational therapist at our school created. The dish turned out...(read more)

More Results from the PSHA iPad Survey

Stephanie Bruno-Dowling — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:00:00 GMT

For those readers that are joining us new this week, PSHA is the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The organization conducted a survey geared towards SLPs and audiologists in February 2012, and the results were recently released. In last...(read more)