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There are many skills your baby needs to develop before they will speak their first true word. These skills develop during the first year and many children who begin therapy due to delays in their language development may have not acquired these skills or acquired them later than expected.

With summer quickly approaching (thank goodness!), the season lends itself to many different opportunities for language expansion! The ability to be outside, to hopefully be able to start traveling again (even if it is only short distances), is full of language growth opportunities!

Plastic Easter eggs…probably one of my most used therapy tools. And since it is finally spring, Easter eggs are easy to find and your child will probably have at least a dozen after the Easter weekend. So the question…what should you do with them?

One of the most frequent questions I get, from both parents and teachers, is “when are certain speech sounds supposed to develop?” AKA, is it okay that my 2 year old can’t say R? (Hint: yes!)

One of the most frequent concerns that parents voice when they call me is whether or not their child is showing early signs of autism. Googling early signs of autism can you lead a person down a scary, often incorrect, path.

While we all know language is all around us, it can still sometimes feel like a struggle to think of ways to explicitly elicit language from our children, especially when they need a boost in the language department. Luckily, the holiday season is great at giving ample opportunities during activities you were already going to be doing (no adding to the to-do list here!)

So to have the night be enchanting and not a fright, some things to consider (if Halloween is actually happening this year! #thanksCOVID

I love books. I’ve loved books for as long as I can remember. Going to the library and bringing home a stack of books was one of my favorite things as a child. My parents had to clear out a shelf on the bookcase just for me since my stack was always so big.

Welcome to the season of apple picking, pumpkin carving, and my favorite… Pumpkin Spice Lates! The fall season ofers so many wonderful opportunites to get outside and explore; but for those days that are not crisp, cool, and generally perfect…

“I turned out okay.” This is a comment that I hear from parents from time to time. Luckily this isn’t something I hear often, but when I do, I know that it is important to explain why this line of thinking could actually hurt your child rather than help them.