“Some children as young as age 3 or 4 can swallow a pill…With the water and his head back -poof the water and the M&M mini were gone!” Well maybe you need to teach your child to swallow all kinds of pills, but I personally was motivated because I gave my boys fish oils. If…
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Elementary Introduction to EFAs
“Now the scientists, brought together by the Cherab Foundation, a major nonprofit group for children with speech disorders, are calling for a large-scale clinical trial to validate these initial findings.The panel of experts who reviewed the study included scientists from the NIH, Johns Hopkins University, Kennedy Krieger Institute, University of Kansas, and Oxford University, England….
5 Ways To Get Free Or Affordable Speech Therapy
Perhaps your child is a late talker without a diagnosis and you are looking for a bit of help. Or perhaps your child was just diagnosed with apraxia and you are searching for a lot of help. Either way navigating how to secure appropriate therapies can be a daunting task. Below are 5 ways to secure…
Numerous Ways To Get A FREE iPad
How to get a free or low cost iPad comes up often as a question in the communication impaired community. I had shared this article often from Wonderbaby, which lists 5, but with a quick search realized there were many more ways and a tremendous amount of grants to choose from than what was listed there. So below…
The Power of Sound: A Therapy Worth Listening To?
Auditory and language processing deficits can be multi-faceted and complex, and knowing where to turn to help a child with these challenges can be overwhelming for parents. Sound or listening therapies might be helpful for some children, and in fact, anecdotal evidence abounds of children making significant language processing gains after undergoing such programs. Some…
Speech or Language Impairments and Family Child Care
Speech or Language Impairments and Family Child Care by Doreen B. Greenstein, Ph.D. Cornell University, Ithaca, NYAs a child care provider, one of the most frequent “special needs” that you are likely to encounter is a child with a speech or language impairment. As a family child care provider you can have a very positive…
Parent Friendly Soft Signs
“Boy do I wish I knew this is what he had when he was screaming and people were looking at me like “what are you doing to that poor child” Soft Signs Typically we are seeing mild soft signs in children with apraxia. The average parent or even pediatrician can’t always spot them, why either…
Late Talker Handout
Is Your Child A Late Talker? · Are they quiet? · Seem shy? · Not talking like their peers? · Allow you or siblings to speak for them? · Do you wonder why? Your baby’s babbling and toddlers first words can be music to your ears. When faced with a child who doesn’t speak or seems to have difficulty with words parents are…
When Silence Isn’t Golden
After The Late Talker book was published, as a mom was pretty excited when we were asked to write this feature cover article for “Contemporary Pediatrics” which is the trade magazine for hundreds of thousands of pediatric medical professionals nationwide! My one coauthor is a neurodevelopmental pediatrician and I was credited for the “guide for parents” The article…
Parent Friendly Signs of Verbal Apraxia
… from a parent Written By Lisa Geng in 2000 My son Tanner was diagnosed with both severe oral as well as verbal apraxia, but each child is different, and some may not go through all the signs that Tanner had, with his severity, and/or some children may have other aspects. Here are the “late…