What is an SLPA? **This first part is about the roles of an SLPA. For resources, materials, and support: scroll down! Here’s what the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) defines as a speech-language pathology assistant (SLPA): “Speech-language pathology assistants are support personnel who, following academic coursework, fieldwork, and on-the-job training, perform tasks prescribed,
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Resources for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs)

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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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Resources for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs)

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