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Playing With Purpose: Sidewalk Chalk
It's summer which means plenty of opportunities to take your speech therapy session or your kids outside for Playing With Purpose. Now here in Texas, we've got temperatures rising above 100 degrees but some days my clients and I need a change of pace. So this...
Nutrition & Child Brain Development
This week I am excited to welcome Lahana Vigliano, certified holistic nutritionist, as a guest blogger for Tandem Speech Therapy. She is the owner of Thrival Nutrition in Austin, TX. Lahana helps women and men who struggle with weight loss, hormonal imbalances, and...
Peek-a-Boo
Communication begins with social interaction. So learning to play social games, such as peek-a-boo, is an excellent opportunity to support your child in learning to communicate. Not only are we targeting an early phase of social interaction and engagement, but...
Review: The Communicrate
How valuable is your time? Really think about this question. You are a busy pediatric speech-language pathologist, a parent, an educator, a caregiver and you spend hours of your time in the service of others. In addition to your hectic work schedule, you may...
Building Impulse Control in Kids With Aggression
This week I am excited to welcome Susan Phariss, Neurodevelopment Consultant, as a guest blogger for Tandem Speech Therapy. She is the owner of Brain Fitness Strategies in Austin, TX. Susan specializes in helping bright kids who struggle with learning and...
Playing With Purpose: Everyday Items
When I started this series, Playing With Purpose, my goal was to help parents, caregivers, educators, fellow SLPs, etc. make simple tweaks to their play interactions with children to expand speech and language skills. I have written about some of my favorite...
Pacifier Use: an SLP Perspective
As a pediatric speech-language pathologist treating the birth to three population the topic of pacifier use comes up often. In fact, it is a question I ask parents during the case history interview in an evaluation. I also ask about thumb sucking and prolonged bottle...
Pacifiers, Vocalizing, and Development
This week I am excited to welcome Eliza Parker, Infant Development Specialist, as a guest blogger for Tandem Speech Therapy. She is the owner of Conscious Baby in Austin, TX. Eliza respects babies as whole people who enter the world knowing how to communicate,...
Celebration of the First Year
As I reflect on this first year of Tandem Speech Therapy, I still remember very clearly one of the first kids I worked with at my first speech therapy job post-grad school. Ana* made significant progress rather quickly, moving from a near-incomprehensible...
Review: Blast Off Board
Sometimes, motivating our clients and children can be a challenge. So I am always looking for new toys and tools to use that will keep kids engaged while we are working toward their speech goals. Through the magic of the internet, I was introduced to the Blast Off...
Meet Emily
Emily Cohen, M.A., CCC-SLP is the founder of the Tandem Speech Therapy, a pediatric speech therapy practice serving the south and central Austin areas.
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