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 | Nov 7, 2019 | SLP basics
Thanksgiving marks a big turning point in the year as we head into the holiday season. Books often allow us to expose kids to ideas and environments they may not encounter on a daily basis. That is why I love using these Thanksgiving books to support my clients in... 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...