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Happy New Year!! Let’s jump right into 2015 with some tips to encourage speech and language development for your child. The American Speech-Language Hearing Association provides helpful tips to facilitate speech and language! Check it out! Below I have expanded on and modified speech and language tips that you can do with your child at home. “The basic building block of

Auditory Processing Disorder Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) affects many school-aged children. These children have difficulties processing information they hear auditorily because their ears and brain don’t fully coordinate. Something adversely affects the way the brain recognizes and interprets sounds, particularly speech sounds. APD is an often misunderstood because many of the behaviors related can also appear in other conditions such

 Vocal Cord Dysfunction Vocal cord dysfunction is a condition that is often misdiagnosed as exercise-induced asthma. Asthma medications are not effective for those individuals with vocal cord dysfunction. The vocal cords in your throat open when you breathe in and close as you breathe out, unless you suffer from vocal cord dysfunction. Then, your vocal cords close when they shouldn’t, which

Hi Everyone! I often have parents asking for apps for the iPad that would be beneficial for their child to use at home to assist in improving language skills. Here are a few applications and a brief description of each that are great for targeting language skills: Speech With Milo Interactive Storybook This app is good for pre-school children in which they

Sometimes I Just Stutter By: Eelco de Geus   This book is a great way for children to learn and become aware of stuttering in a positive way. It explains that the harder they try not to stutter, the more they may do so. This book consists of letters to brothers and sisters, grandparents, teachers, and others to assist children

Speech Sound Development Speech sounds begin to develop from the time a baby vocalizes their first babble (which is when an infant appears to be experimenting with sounds) to about 8 years of age (middle of elementary school). When sounds are developing, children may demonstrate omissions, substitutions, or inconsistent productions. Typically these errors should disappear by a certain age. Below

How to stimulate more speech from your toddlers Most often children just need a little more incentive to get them talking. There are many ways of “tempting” your child to speak. Here are a few ways to elicit expressive language. Eat something your child loves in their presence without offering them any. When your child indicates that they would like

Articulation Station Articulation Station has 6 awesome activities at the word, sentence and story levels allowing you to follow the process of articulation therapy. Rather than focusing on handouts/worksheets this application is a more engaging experience for both you and your child. Below are features of this app: Word Level Activities Flashcards These flashcards are real life images that are

The /r/ Phoneme (prevocalic and postvocalic) The /r/ phoneme is an unusual sound. It’s typically categorized and treated like a consonant. However, in the post-vocalic position, when /r/ comes after a vowel (a, e, i, o, u), it takes on vocalic properties. This is recognized as a unique subcategory known as vocalic r, vowel r, or r-controlled vowel. The /r/