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The American Speech and Hearing Association states the following about Auditory Processing Issues:  by Teri James Bellis, PhD, CCC-A Diagnosing APD Children with APD may exhibit a variety of listening and related complaints. For example, they may have difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments, following directions, and discriminating (or telling the difference between) similar-sounding speech sounds. Sometimes they may behave

In addition to November being Alzheimer’s Disease Month, the month of November is also Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month.  A gluten-free diet is a special diet that eliminates foods that contain or are made from the protein gluten.  Wheat, barley, rye, and oats contain gluten and should be avoided.  Experts often recommend a three-month gluten-free-diet trial period for children younger than

With thanksgiving right around the corner, many parents are probably rushing around shopping and making dinner plans. Some might even wonder how they’re going to manage all the preparations for Thanksgiving dinner AND keep their little ones busy and out of trouble. One solution is to let the kids in on the cooking action to promote learning of speech and

It’s that time of the year, where Thanksgiving and other food-centered holidays are around the corner! Extreme selectivity with foods may not only be a stressful thing for the “picky eater” but can also have an affect on parents.  The anticipation of an entire day focused on family and food has many parents antagonizing over their child’s selectivity and intolerances

Hello everyone! My name is Tamara and I am the newest clinical fellow at the Long Island Centers for Speech and Myofunctional Therapy. Since Fall is a very festive time of year, I thought you all might enjoy some Fall activities that are fun, inexpensive and best of all – target speech and language skills! Take a walk outside and

Hello All and Happy November! For those of you that don’t already know, November is Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month.  Alzheimer’s is a progressive brain disease that slowly destroys an individuals memory and thinking skills, and eventually the ability to carry out simple every day tasks.   Research has stated that Alzheimer’s disease accounts for about 50-80 percent of dementia cases.  Alzheimer’s disease is

Hi Everyone, With Halloween approaching fast, I thought it would be nice to have a list of safety tips. I found these online from www.parentingspecialneeds.org: Halloween Safety Tip 1: Select a costume that makes your child easily visible in the dark to improve Halloween safety. Most Halloween costumes are dark colored and make it hard to spot kids while trick

Hi Everyone, This week is Halloween and I thought it would be a good idea to give everyone some fun holiday themed speech practice ideas! If you are trying to work on improving receptive language skills, have your kids categorize the candy they get trick or treating! Sorting candy will help them improve their categorization skills, which can help with

Hey everyone! In the spirit of anti bullying month I thought this was a great study to report on to you guys. A new study has just been published on how typically developing peers often judge their peers with Autism as unfriendly and untrustworthy within 30 seconds of seeing them! The journal of Autism’s study had typical 11 year olds