During this time, it can be hard to think of new and interesting ways to practice your young child’s requesting or labeling skills. However, regular and consistent practice is vital for your child’s speech and language abilities because research...
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There are many ways to help your child along with their development. As parent’s, we set up tasks for our kids to perform, we control their environment, we provide assistance whenever we can to show our kids what to do and we believe that we are...
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Sleep and Speech/Language Development More and more research is being done on the importance of nighttime sleep and naps for speech and language development in kids. Professionals say that they have found links between deep sleep and...
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Who doesn’t love playing with Kinetic Sand? It’s such a fun and engaging texture, but it can also be used to target several different speech and communication skills. When I use it in therapy, I like to have small toys that we can bury in the...
MoreWhat is a Developmental Preschool? A developmental preschool is an inclusive school program for children that have a diagnosed disability. Who attends? Any child that has been screened and evaluated through their district’s preschool and...
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When your child receives diagnosis questions can (and usually will) begin to flood your brain to ask your doctor. In addition, before you know it you could very easily overwhelm yourself with questions of your own. What do I do? Who do I talk to?...
MoreElmer the safety elephant is an excellent website to explore a variety of safety activities including but not limited to: bike safety, water safety, stranger danger, internet safety, school bus safety and fire safety. This website includes many...
MoreMost parents can’t wait to hear their child’s first words. It is so exciting to finally get a peek into what they are thinking, isn’t it? For parents of late talkers, anxiety can start to build when the words don’t seem to be coming when they...
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