Written By: Jacqueline Croke, M.S., CCC-SLP From the time toddlers enter preschool, books are an essential aspect of learning. Toddlers are typically introduced to “big books” before three to four years old. Big books are enlarged versions of texts that...
Written By: Cassie Hicks, MA, CCC-SLP What is it? Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a speech disorder that makes the physical production of sounds and words difficult. A child who has CAS will have difficulty developing the motor plans required for the accurate...
Written by: Melissa Miller, CCC-SLP It is common for children with Autism and other developmental, emotional, or behavioral difficulties to have limited food preferences. Symptoms may go as far as vomiting, refusal to eat, interference with psychosocial functioning,...
By Cassie Hicks, M.A., CCC-SLP Blog post written for use with Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. This is a great book for both readers and pre-readers. The story consists of repetitive sentence structures, making it easy for...
Written By: Kaleigh Smyrk, PT, DPT Children typically begin to walk around 12 months of age, and when they start, it is so exciting to see! You may notice that your child starts to walk with a wide base of support, some waddling, and little to no arm swing. Initially,...
Written By: Cassie Hicks, M.S., CCC-SLP Stuttering is a disorder that is characterized by an increased number of disfluencies while speaking. There are different types of disfluencies including whole (“I want want want to play”) and part-word (“I wa-wa-want to play”)...
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