Preventing Summer Slide: Keep Your Kids Engaged with Lively Letters!

Preventing Summer Slide: Keep Your Kids Engaged with Lively Letters!

Summer is a time for fun, relaxation, and a well-deserved break from the school routine. However, it’s also important to keep your children’s minds active to prevent the dreaded “summer slide” – the loss of academic skills over the summer months. One...
Types of AAC: Low Tech, High Tech, and Everything in Between

Types of AAC: Low Tech, High Tech, and Everything in Between

Have you ever passed messages along to your friends using nothing but pen and paper? Or told someone to be quiet by simply placing your index finger against your lips? If so, then you have engaged in using AAC! Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look at the different...
Echolalia and Gestalt Language Learning: The “Other” Way

Echolalia and Gestalt Language Learning: The “Other” Way

Written by: Joan Cajucom, M.S., CCC-SLP Did you know that there are TWO different ways people may process language? Many of us have assumed that we all develop language in the same way— that we start with single words, then learn to combine words into phrases then...
Toy Recommendations from our Therapists!

Toy Recommendations from our Therapists!

Written By: Amanda Beckert, SLPA, & Karol Owens, SLP Best Toys Guideline It’s a wonderful time of the year for gift giving!  As beautiful as twinkling lights are, family get-togethers are, and pictures of snow-covered mountains are, there is no denying that the...
Bilingualism: Should I Teach My Child Two Languages?

Bilingualism: Should I Teach My Child Two Languages?

By: Jennifer Penaranda, M.A., CCC-SLP If your child seems delayed in their speech and language skills, or has received a diagnosis such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, it is only natural to be concerned about the type and level of language input they are receiving. For...