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Speech Therapy for Children with Hearing Loss
What is Hearing Loss? The term hearing loss describes a problem with a child’s hearing. Hearing loss can range from mild to profound. A child with a mild hearing loss may be able to understand the general idea of what is being said but may miss certain sounds or specific details.
Vocabulary Resource Page
Vocabulary Activities for Children: How to Boost Vocabulary Skills Vocabulary refers to all of the words that we know. There are four different types of vocabulary: 1. Listening Vocabulary: Words you understand if you hear someone else say them. 2. Speaking Vocabulary: Words you are able to use during
Speech Therapy for Memory & Cognitive Skills
Speech Therapy for Memory and Cognition Skills Speech-language pathologists can help children with memory and cognitive skills. These problems may be a result of a developmental disability or could be associated with an accident, such as with traumatic brain injury. Whatever the cause, speech therapy can help children
Functional Communication: Goals and Speech Therapy Ideas
Functional Communication: Goals and Speech Therapy Ideas The term "functional communication" refers to a person's ability to communicate their basic wants and needs. Children who aren't speaking yet or who don't speak much can benefit from speech therapy targeting functional communication. This page explains how to work
Literacy Resource Page
What is Literacy? Literacy refers to any reading or writing skills. Children with speech and language delays often have difficulty with literacy skills as well. Children who have difficulty pronouncing or understanding certain speech sounds may have difficulty with reading and writing those sounds as well. This can
Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) | Meaning, Norms, and Goals
Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) | Meaning, Norms, and Goals for Increasing Sentence Length As children get older, we expect them to be able to speak in increasingly longer and more complex sentences. But some children struggle to using longer sentences as would be expected for their age.
Speech and Language in Daily Routines
Working Speech and Language Into Daily Routines Many of the parents I work with tell me that they don't feel like they have enough time to work on speech and language skills with their child as much as they know they should. This is a very common problem for busy
Themed Activities for Speech and Language
What is a Themed Activity? This refers to groups of activities that are based around a common theme. For example, you may have activities that are all about sports or winter. Themed activities can be great for working on speech and language skills. Here are some benefits of using
Speech and Language Crafts
Why Use Crafts for Speech and Language Development? Craft activities are great for improving a child's speech and language skills! Not only are they fun to do, but they also work on a variety of speech and language skills without even trying to. Plus, children will have a physical
Social Skills Therapy for Kids: How to Teach Social Communication Skills
Social Skills Therapy: How to Teach Social Communication Skills to Children Some children struggle with the social skills necessary to make and keep friends. It can be tricky to figure out exactly why the child is struggling so this may take some observations and lots of self-reflection on
Grammar Resource Page
What is Grammar? When we talk about helping children who have speech and language delays with grammar, we are talking about all of those little words and word parts that help us make complete sentences. Without grammar, our sentences would sound choppy or telegraphic. For example, instead of saying
Receptive Language Delay: Speech Therapy and Activities
Receptive Language Delay: Speech Therapy and Activities What is Receptive Language Delay? Receptive language delay is a broad diagnosis that simply means that a child has trouble understanding language. This covers a wide variety of language skills and the child may have trouble with all of those skill,
Questions Resource Page
Asking and Answering Questions Children with speech and language delays often have difficulty asking and answering questions appropriately. This is a difficult skill as it requires the child to understand what is being asked, process the question, form an answer, and speak that answer. Or, if the child is
Expressive Language Delay | Pre-Made Activities and Treatment Suggestions
Expressive Language Delay | Pre-Made Activities and Treatment Suggestions Expressive language delay (also called "expressive speech delay") simply means that a child is struggling to express themselves. They may be delayed in their communication skills. Or they may be struggling to pick up various language concepts like vocabulary, syntax,
Sensory and Behavior Resource Page
Many children with speech and language problems also have sensory concerns and/or behavior concerns. For that reason, I have included resources for these topics as well. Browse below to see what information I have. How Do Behavior Concerns Go Along with Communication Delays? When a child is unable to
Tips for Late Talkers: How to Help at Home or in Speech Therapy
Tips for Late Talkers: How to Help at Home or in Speech Therapy According to the Hanen Centre Website, a late talker is defined as a child that is 18-30 months of age who seems to understand language well but does not talk or say words as much
Speech Sound Resource Page
What Are Speech Sound Disorders? Most children naturally learn to say sounds correctly by hearing other people say them. There are certain sounds that are typically acquired earlier and others that come a little later. For example, it's perfectly normal for a small child to say "tat" for "cat"
5-Minute Speech Therapy Sessions: How Long Should Therapy Sessions Be?
5-Minute Speech Therapy Sessions: How Long Should Speech Therapy Sessions Be? What if I told you there was a way for your clients to make faster progress with less time in therapy? I'm guessing you'd be all about it, right? Well, the 5-minute model has shown itself again
PECS for Autism | Speech Therapy Phases and Strategies
PECS For Autism | Using Pictures to Help Children Communicate The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a way for non-speaking children to let you know what they need by handing you a picture. While children can use pictures to communicate in a variety of ways, the PECS
Communication Boards for Autism and Other Speech Delays
Communication Boards for Autism and Other Speech Delays A communication board is a set of pictures that a child can use to point to what they want/need. Children and teens with autism or other speech delays can use communication boards to get their basic wants and needs met and
