Developing fundamental ball skills are essential for communicating with peers. This episode with Early Childhood Expert Dr. Julia Smith leaves listeners with plenty of ideas for Monday morning practice. For best practices in treating the whole child (not just a mouth) in speech therapy, check out "Speech Sound Disorders: Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment" by Kelly Vess. It's sold at Amazon and other international booksellers. This book contains over 100 digital assessment and therapy clips with easy step-by-step guides.

This article is often erroneously cited as research against the complexity approach. However, a closer look at this study indicates major flaws in the a) intervention goals, b) intervention treatment targets selected, and c) measurement of progress. The outcomes of this study only add further evidence to a well-developed knowledge base that earlier sounds develop before later ones regardless of the intervention provided. To learn how to create change through the combination of complex treatment target selection and only the most effective based practices, check out "Speech Sound Disorders: Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment" by Kelly Vess. It's sold at Amazon and other international booksellers. This book contains over 100 digital assessment and therapy clips with easy step-by-step guides.

What does the latest systematic review of 26 randomly controlled speech and language therapy DLD studies tell us? Some intervention works for DLD and some simply don't. To learn best practices in the treatment of DLD through actual therapy videos and step-by-step guides, check out "Speech Sound Disorders: Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment" today. It is available at Amazon and major international booksellers.

Research indicates that very often the future does not look bright for children with DLD. This episode dives into the specific challenges that lie ahead. How can we prepare them early on to transcend future social and academic obstacles?

Learn how to provide intervention that creates lifelong change through digital clips with step-by-step guides in 'Speech Sound Disorders: Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment' at Amazon and other international booksellers.

Is LAMP on to something with their never-changing 84 symbol core vocabulary board starting point? What can we learn from LAMP's strength's in AAC practice regardless of the device or program used? This episode covers the 6 ways that LAMP sheds light on how we can innovate practice in AAC for children with limited speaking skills. For more information on creating educationally-rich activities for children with limited speech, check out "Speech Sound Disorders: Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment" by Kelly Vess. It has over 100 digital clips that show how-to put strategies in therapy and ready-for-use downloadable materials to use today.

You've probably used PECS in your practice with many children on your caseload. In this episode, we take some time to rethink PECS for both its strengths and weaknesses.

For the "step-by-steps" in innovating practice to develop communication skills for children with ASD, check out my book 'Speech Sound Disorders: Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment' at Amazon or major booksellers internationally.

Pulled in many directions? In-person, teletherapy, classroom, home setting-all in a single day? In this episode, I show my game-changing strategy to keep it simple, so you can focus on what matters. To sign up for my 2-Hour May 15th workshop "Keep it Real in a Digital World," check it out at www.kellyvess.com today.   

Get your google slide decks ready and up-level intervention with the world at your fingertips. Here I cover only three of many reasons getting Google Slides into therapy is a best practice. Sign up today for my 2-Hour LIVE Google Slides Workshop today on May 15th at KellyVess.com today.. I am going to deliver the goods!

If you're looking to get optimal gains with the /l/ sound, should you 'splash' or 'spray 'in therapy'?   Our latest findings will surprise you. This episode is a 'can't miss' for its relevance in treating speech sound disorders.   For easy 'how-to's' with over 100 digital clips and ready-for-use materials, check out Kelly Vess's book today Speech Sound Disorders: Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment. It is available on Amazon and major booksellers internationally. 

Single-word speech sound tests have a bad reputation. Research has found them to greatly vary from test to test in terms of types of sounds tested, scores, and age of developmental norms. So, how valuable are they really? Let's take a second look at single-word speech tests through fresh eyes with the very latest findings. To learn how to give speech evaluations with ready-for-use printables, case history forms, and a cluster screener, check out "Speech Sound Disorders: Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment" today from Amazon or major booksellers internationally.