This week I am continuing my look at the condition of Cerebral Palsy (CP). Last week's post discussed some of the basic facts surrounding the condition and the overall affect CP can have on an individual. This week I am narrowing the focus and will look at how speech therapy can benefit a child who has been diagnosed with CP. According to the ...

Over the last 8 weeks I ran a series of blog posts highlighting what ''Normal or Typical Speech and Language Development Looks Like in Children Ages 0 to 5'', breaking down developmental stages and milestones by months and years. The goal of the series was twofold: First, I wanted to help educate parents who may not be familiar with childhood ...

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 development. Last week's post cited information from both WebMD and ASHA regarding ...

Thank you for joining me for week 3 of my 8 week ''Normal Speech and Language Development'' Series. This week I am moving on to the next age group level: Children ages 12 to 24 months. During this year in a child's life, the world opens up! Growth and maturity are happening very quickly as little ones embark upon talking, walking and becoming a ...

Today's post is a focus on the ''S'' sound and a favorite wintertime book named The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats. The letter ''S'' was last week's letter of the week at our school and in order to support the curriculum, we read The Snowy Day as part of our speech and language group sessions. Here is the layout of the lesson, as well as some ...

  The CCELS is a screening tool similar to other early language screeners on the market, but priced much lower at $29.99. It's based on the Common Core Standards that are now making their way into the school systems (Is your school using them yet?). I am not an SLP in the schools so I am not totally up to speed on everything common core. ...

''The Biggest Pizza Ever'' by JibJab Jr. is a fun book app that you can use to work on answering ''wh'' questions, teaching verbs, stating emotions and much much more.  Here's how it works: Choose who is going to be the main character of the book and then choose Create Character and add photo, name, and skin type. Now you are ready to ...

This week at school the letter of the week was ''Q.'' Now of course, we could honor the letter Q with a homemade quiche or by sampling a succulent quince; however, the occupational therapist I often co-treat with had an exciting idea that involved actually making the letter Q. She suggested we prepare no-cook edible dough that the children could ...

I SSSSSSPY! The year is drawing to a close, and my ideas for therapy are dwindling. The other day I pulled out a favorite software program that hadn't seen the light of day for a long time. I'm not sure why I haven't used it lately; it is the perfect therapy activity for the under 6 set: Scholastic's ...

Toca Boca has done it again! An amazing free app for the iPhone, iPod and iPad called Toca Monsters. How it works: Begin by selecting your monster. Gomez is the brown monster, and Nebula is the blue monster. Choose from 8 ingredients to feed to your hungry monster. Prepare the food by choosing to cut, blend, boil, fry, mix or ...