Using AAC for language development
AAC stands for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. It includes any tool, strategy, or system that supports a person’s ability to communicate when speech alone is not enough. This can range from simple methods, like gestures, pointing, or picture boards, to high-tech solutions such as tablet-based speech-generating devices. For children and individuals with Autism, AAC helps bridge the gap between what they understand and what they are able to express.
Tongue Thrust & Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders: What You Need to Know
What is tongue thrust? What are orofacial myofunctional disorders? Learn all about it here, and why its important to address in speech therapy.
Speech: Avoiding the Summer Slide
Children often regress in the skills they learn during the school year, and that include speech and communication. Here are some fun ideas for helping your children practice their speech during the summer time, or find a professional that can help during the interim.
Language Disorders
Language Disorders are discussed, and broken down between Expressive Language Disorders, Receptive Language Disorders, and Social/Pragmatic Language Disorders. Autistic children have difficulty with all three areas of language, to varying degrees. Parents are given advice as to how they can help build their child’s language skills at home.
Articulation & Phonological Disorders
What are Articulation and Phonological Disorders? What are the signs? How do I know what is ‘normal’ for my child?
This blog outlines differential diagnosis for kids who are delayed or “late-talkers,” when to go find a speech therapist, and how to help at home!