Today we welcomed May with open arms, warmer temperatures, and thoughts of the weekend on our mind. Weekend dinner planning can be difficult, and it is often too easy to order take out. This weekend, I challenge you to try a better option that will even get the kids involved. […]
Technology and the Picky Eater
Recently I discovered Tiny Tastes, an amazing app ($1.99 on the app store). It’s a very colorful and animated app, and tells the story of a kangaroo named Tiny who ventures out of her house for the first time. During the story, the user helps Tiny meet new friends and […]
One Size Does NOT Fit All
Speech Pathology Australia (SPA), Australia’s professional organization for speech-language pathologists (SLPs), recently submitted a proposal that suggests that SLPs working in clinics run by the Australian government must be trained in the Lidcombe Program in order to treat pre-school aged children who stutter. SPA is also supporting legislation that would […]
Is there a treatment sequence??
Question: Do you have a sequence in which you like to introduce techniques to students who stutter? I do not believe there is a “right” sequence. Each child and family experiences stuttering in a different way due to their temperament, home environment, communities, etc. and their treatment plan has to […]
Help parents target childhood stuttering through early identification
There are more than 3 million people in the United States who stutter. Pediatricians and teachers are often the first professionals that a parent will go to for advice. In order to determine when to refer to a speech/language pathologist, these professionals are faced with the challenge of differentiating between […]
FRIENDS One Day Workshop in DC
Very excited to be helping to facilitate a FRIENDS workshop on March 28, 2015 in Washington, D.C. There will be sessions for children, teens, siblings, parents and speech-language pathologists . You can learn more about this wonderful organization by visiting their website at http://www.friendswhostutter.org/. https://www.scribd.com/doc/252172038/freinds32815?secret_password=OK2uuKEc3Ij8wI0wXshK#download&from_embed
“Use Your Tools!”- Why Your Child Who Stutters May Not Be Using Their Strategies
When a child who stutters is demonstrating the ability to make changes to their speech in the therapy room, it seems obvious that they’d want to use the same strategies to improve their speech outside of the therapy room as well. Children, especially teenagers, rarely want to stand out in […]
Perceived Rate of Speech (Source: Rebecca Mayer Knutsen for ADVANCEweb)
A careful diagnosis, thorough evaluation and an individualized care plan, are the keys to successfully treating the fluency disorder cluttering. The disorder is characterized by perceived rapid and/or irregular rate of speech, which results in reduced clarity and fluency. “To the listener, the speech rate of a person with cluttering […]
A Letter To My Younger Self
If you had a chance to go back in time, would you do things differently? Is there advice you might give your younger self, knowing what you know now? Why not put it in writing? Simon Walsh, a person who stutters and the host of the blog “Diary of a […]
Is this stuttering?
I have been getting a lot of questions from SLPs and parents that all seem to center around the question “Is this stuttering” or “Does this warrant speech services?” Question:I am a school based SLP. I just screened a 7 year old girl. Her teacher was concerned that she might […]