I do not make New Year's resolutions, but I do set goals for myself, and one of them is to perpetually look for new ways to treat patients that are fun and creative in nature. On a recent commute to work, I was excited to hear a story on NPR's Morning Edition: ''Singing Therapy Helps Stroke Victims Speak Again.'' I immediately thought ...

There is often no easy answer to address swallowing deficits in the elderly. I am sometimes approached by staff and families because a resident ''cannot swallow'' or ''is not eating/ drinking/ taking medications,'' but upon evaluation, I find no physical cause, but rather a cognitive-based problem. There are other patients who do have ...

I wanted to share some of my favorite apps that I use for speech therapy. Please feel free to comment and tell me your favorite apps so I can add them to my wish list for the holidays!   My Play House by Shimon - This is an interactive play house that I use to work on play skills, turn taking, linguistic concepts, ...

  This blog is based on the following presentation from the 2011 ASHA Convention: Exploring Child Characteristics/Family Factors in Evidence-Based Practice for Autism By Twyla Perryman, PhD, CCC-SLP Assistant Professor East Carolina University, Greenville, NC perrymant@ecu.edu    Dr. Perryman and Kathie Dr. ...

I love to hug children Hugs feel so good I'd hug them every day If only I should. But hugs are for parents Grandparents and such Professionals should go with High fives, knuckles and thumbs up. Today, on Thanksgiving Give your family your best Squeeze them with hugs Save high fives for the rest. ...

I am taking a brief departure from the soon-to-be-wrapped-up ''Book It'' series on using picture books in language interventions in order to report back from ASHA Convention in San Diego. I was super excited to attend this year's ''Divas + One Players'' Session: Language Intervention in Science and Social Studies: A Panel Discussion. ...

  This is Thursday, 11-17-11. Are you at ASHA? I have special little gifts for the first few SLPs who introduce themselves to me in San Diego. Of course, you have say, ''I read your ADVANCE Autism Spectrum Blog.''   I have on an exhibitor's badge representing AliMed, as they publish my Tongue Tracks ...

In my last blog, I interviewed Dawn Hallett, iPad Coach at Warringa Park School in Melbourne, Australia. As you will soon learn from Dawn's experience, it takes a considerable amount of planning, training, and support to ensure the successful use of this new technology. Here is Part 2 of my interview ...

This fall at the preschool where I practice, we have had an unusually high number of children in need of full evaluations all for various reasons. For some, they were simply due for their re-evaluations which happen every 2 years at this age in our district. For others, we had decided as a team that several children were in need of a ...

In my last blog, I posted questions regarding the use of iPads in schools that many SLPs have.  I'm excited to interview Dawn Hallett from Warringa Park School in Melbourne, Australia. Dawn has been kind enough to share more about her role as an iPad coach and comment on many of the questions that have been raised.   Angela: ...