by Emily | Jun 25, 2020 | Guest Blogger
This week I welcome Nozaina Khawar, M.A., CCC-SLP of Empowered Speech Therapy, a speech therapy telepractice, as a guest blogger for Tandem Speech Therapy. We all know that one person who lights up a room as soon as they walk in. On the contrary, we also know a Debbie... by Emily | Dec 12, 2019 | Guest Blogger
As parents, we live with a never-ending litany of worries about our kids: Are they eating enough vegetables? Getting too much screen time? On track for their developmental milestones? As both a mom and an SLP, I have those same concerns, and while I can’t help a... by Emily | Nov 21, 2019 | Guest Blogger
We are sisters (twins) in sister fields (occupational therapy (OT) and speech-language pathology(SLP)). I’ve joked with my sister that if I wasn’t an SLP I would have become an OT and she, an SLP instead of an OT, as there is so much overlap. Interestingly, we’ve... by Emily | Oct 24, 2019 | Guest Blogger, SLP basics
There are many different areas of speech and language development we work on as SLPs. In my work, I see many children with needs in building their expressive language skills and speech sound production. But SLPs work on receptive language, social language (aka... by Emily | Oct 17, 2019 | Guest Blogger
Core vocabulary has been a hot topic in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) recently. When I first began my career in 2006, I had never even heard the words core vocabulary. Nowadays, if you’re talking to someone about AAC the words core vocabulary are... by Emily | Aug 22, 2019 | Guest Blogger
As a speech-language pathologist currently working in the US, I am often asked by parents if they should only speak English, as to not confuse their child. I reassure them that research shows whichever level a child can speak and understand in one language, they can...