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Winter Themed Speech Materials from Speaking of Speech

November 1, 2011

Speaking of Speech has wonderful themed materials that we have presented to you before. This blog post highlights games and materials you can use for winter lessons (and pin separately into your Pinterest account!) Materials include Winter Season board games, Holiday Bingo,…...

October 31, 2011

The word on the street is that our readers very excited about our thematic pinboards on Pinterest. I would like to thank all of you that email me (and blogged about) our Halloween Pinterest Pinboard. That said, let’s move on to Thanksgiving!…...

October 28, 2011

28 October 2011, Language, News, Newsletter, SLP

[Source: Medical News Today] Preschool children with relatively poor language skills improve more if they are placed in classrooms with high-achieving students, a new study found. Researchers found that children with relatively poor language skills either didn’t improve over the course of…...

October 28, 2011

Autism, Tip or Resource

Thanks to our friend Jenna Casbon of Independent Clinician.com who posted about this great resource in our LinkedIn Pediatric Therapy Discussion Group! Wow, thanks Jenna! [Source: iTunes Preview] The Yale Seminar on Autism and Related Disorders is the United States’ first undergraduate…...

October 27, 2011

28 October 2011, Art Therapy, Article, Newsletter

By: Pamela Ullmann, ATR-BC, LCAT copyright 2011. Pamela Ullmann. This blog post has been reprinted with express permission of the author as it appeared on the Colors of Play Blog Within my private practice with the Autism population, I have discovered that…...

October 27, 2011

28 October 2011, Article, Newsletter, Professional Development

By: Tanya Coyle, CCC-SLP Copyright 2011. Reprinted with the express permission of the author as it appeared on her blog The Lexical Linguist Today’s post is brought to you by the word: circumspect [sur-kuhm-spekt] /’s?rk?m?sp?kt/ adjective 1. watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent:…...

October 26, 2011

Image Credit” Growing Learning, Laughing Its always nice to honor multiculturalism with students. We have found a few nice resources in order to celebrate the Hindu holiday of Diwali with your kiddos. Diwali, the ‘Festival of Light’ is India’s most important holiday. …...

October 26, 2011

28 October 2011, News, Newsletter, OT, Vision

[Source: Medical News Today] The longer children and adolescents spend outdoors the lower their risk is of developing myopia (nearsightedness), researchers from the University of Cambridge, England reported at the 115th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Orlando, Florida. The…...

October 26, 2011

28 October 2011, Feeding Disorders, News, Newsletter, Picky Eaters, Video

[Source: SensoryFlow.com] Melanie has worked with families on how to have children be more adventurous eaters. Some children she sees dues to underlying conditions such as Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), Down Syndrome, Autism or any number of physical issues that require individual…...

October 26, 2011

28 October 2011, Article, Newsletter, SLP

By: Lauren Lowry, Hanen Certified Speech-Language Pathologist Traditionally, speech therapy with preschoolers involved parents bringing their child to a speech-language pathologist at a clinic. After an assessment, if the speech-language pathologist recommended it, the parent would bring the child for regular speech…...