5 August 2024
Tips for Maintaining Social Skills over the Summer
Many children have been limited in social interactions over the last 14 months. If your child has delays in their pragmatic skills, this may have affected them more than others. With school out for the summer, it’s important to maintain their social skills. Here are five tips for maintaining social skills over the summer break. […]
22 July 2024
3 Signs Your Child May Need Speech Therapy
As a parent, it’s natural to be concerned about your child’s development, especially when it comes to speech and language skills. While children develop at different rates, there are certain milestones that most kids should reach by specific ages. If you notice that your child is struggling with their speech and language development, it’s important […]
20 July 2024
Empowering Parents: Ways to Support Your Child’s Speech Therapy Journey
As a devoted parent, your role in supporting your child’s speech and communication development is indispensable. Your active involvement, along with the right resources, can play a pivotal role in helping your child overcome speech and language challenges. In this blog, we will explore various resources that can empower you to actively participate in your […]
15 July 2024
Teletherapy Designed for Kids: 5 Reasons Your Child Will Love Online Speech Therapy
Our children have unique lived experiences that we will never quite relate to as adults. For instance, not only have Gen Z children grown up with the Internet and social media their whole lives, but they also spent the past two years attending school either entirely or partially online. At this point, your tech-savvy kids […]
9 July 2024
Executive Functioning Skills
Does Your Child Need Help with Executive Functioning Skills? Executive functioning skills have a huge impact on our lives. From making decisions to planning and organizing tasks, we use these types of skills every single day. Children who struggle with executive functioning skills can suffer in a variety of ways. They may have trouble starting […]
8 July 2024
5 Ways to Increase your Child’s Intelligibility
Intelligibility refers to how clearly a child is able to speak and how much of their speech an adult is able to understand. Often, parents are able to understand a child’s speech much better than others due to familiarity. However, it is important address your child’s intelligibility so that they will be able to clearly […]
20 June 2024
How to Recognize a Receptive Language Disorder
A receptive language disorder can often fly under the radar until a child is school-aged. Is can be difficult to recognize a receptive language delay in children under 3 years old. When learning letters and how to read, parents and teachers often begin to see signs a child is struggling. Receptive language disorders affect how […]
20 June 2024
Ways Online Therapy Can Be Implemented in a Traditional School Setting
Over the course of the last year, many schools have been taking an alternative approach to learning. Some students are distance learning, while some are going to school part-time. As COVID-19 cases decrease, students will begin moving back into a classroom setting. While online learning may decrease, online therapy doesn’t have to. Whether your school […]
20 June 2024
Tips for Helping Your Child Produce /s/
By age six, a child should be well versed in saying words with the /s/ and /z/ sounds. If your child has difficulty with the /s/ sound, this is typically considered a lateral lisp. You may also notice your child has difficulty producing /z/ sounds as well if your child is not able to produce […]