“You’re kid sounds funny” “He’s so weird” “What’s wrong with that kid?” “Why is he doing that?” “Is she dumb or something?” Sticks and stones may break bones but words can be just as painful if you are the parent of a child with special needs.  Those insults may come from other kids, other
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How to Help your Child with Teasing

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Why Use AAC for Toddlers or Children?  AAC devices are augmentative/alternative communication systems that allow a person to communicate with those around them without speaking.  There are many different types of AAC but the most common are high-tech AAC Devices that allow a person to push a button to speak a message.  These
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Why Use AAC for Toddlers or Children?

In this episode of the Speech and Language Kids Podcast, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark discusses the benefits of groups speech therapy for children and why speech therapists group children together.  Carrie also discusses the types of cases that benefit from individual therapy.  Click Here to Download Your Free Group Therapy Resource Pack
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Why Do Speech Therapists Group Children Together?

In this episode of The Speech and Language Kids Podcast, speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark discusses what speech therapists can do to help with literacy (reading and writing) skills in children and adolescents.   What is Literacy? Pre-reading skills like phonological awareness and basic language skills Reading skills Writing skills Why do Children with
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The Speech Therapist’s Role in Reading and Writing in Children and Adolescents

Hypernasality Speech Therapy: Treatment Ideas for Hypernasal Speech  Hypernasality occurs when a child speaks with too much nasal resonance.  Airflow tends to be directed up into the nasal cavity during speech instead of primarily through the oral cavity.  Nasal emission is when that air comes all the way out through the nose.  This
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Hypernasality Speech Therapy: Treatment Activities

Stuttering Therapy Techniques: The purpose of speech therapy for children who stutter is to help them learn how to communicate effectively and easily.  Sometimes that means eliminating the stutter all together, such as with preschoolers experiencing developmental disfluencies.  But often, especially for our older clients, the stuttering may never fully go away.  Our
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How to Help your Child with Teasing

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