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Hello all! For the month of September, I’m running the blog! Over the next month I hope to fill you in on some of the interesting and informative things we come across in our practice!   My name is Lindsay and I work in the Farmingville and Wantagh offices of the Suffolk Center for Speech. I am a graduate of Long Island University Brooklyn with my master of science in Speech-Language Pathology. 

What is a stroke? A stroke is when a clogged or burst artery interrupts blood flow to the brain. This interruption of blood flow deprives the brain of needed oxygen and causes the affected brain cells to die. When brain cells die, function of the body parts they control is impaired or lost. A stroke can cause paralysis or muscle

Do you have problems swallowing? You may have already had a swallowing test with a speech-language pathologist, also called an SLP. During this test you may have tried different foods and liquids. The SLP may have checked how well you can move the muscles of your mouth and how clearly you talk. Sometimes the SLP needs even more information about

What are feeding and swallowing disorders? Feeding disorders include problems gathering food and getting ready to suck, chew, or swallow it. For example, a child who cannot pick up food and get it to her mouth or cannot completely close her lips to keep food from falling out of her mouth may have a feeding disorder. Swallowing disorders, also called

What are orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMD)? With OMD, the tongue moves forward in an exaggerated way during speech and/or swallowing. The tongue may lie too far forward during rest or may protrude between the upper and lower teeth during speech and swallowing, and at rest. What are some signs or symptoms of OMD? Although a “tongue thrust” swallow is normal

Stages of play is a theory and classification of children’s participation in play developed by Mildred Parten in 1932. Parten recognized six different types of play: Unoccupied (play) – when the child is not playing, just observing. A child may be standing in one spot or performing random movements. Solitary (independent) play – when the child is alone and maintains

Philip S. Dale University of New Mexico Deborah A. Hayden PROMPT Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico Purpose: PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets) is a treatment approach for the improvement of speech sound disorders in children, which uses tactile cues to support and shape movements of the oral articulators. No research to date has systematically examined the efficacy

Below is a link to a website that fully describes speech and language disorders. http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/ChildSandL.htm Speech Disorders Childhood Apraxia of Speech Dysarthria Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonological Processes Stuttering Voice Language Disorders Language-Based Learning Disabilities Preschool Language Disorders Selective Mutism Medical and Developmental Conditions Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Autism Cleft Lip and Palate Right Hemisphere Brain Injury

As a parent it is very important to become involved in your child’s development.  Listed below are some speech and language milestones with suggested activities that facilitate speech/language communication and growth. Developmental milestones (PRO-ED; 1999) These milestones are behaviors that emerge over time, forming the building blocks for growth and continued learning. Some of the categories within which these behaviors