Speech Therapy Blogs

The vestibular system is one of the basic sensory systems. It controls equilibrium and balance, controls body movement, and facilitates the development of muscle tone. It also is one of the influencing factors in auditory language processing. While researchers aren’t entirely sure how it helps to influence...

What is Cerebral Palsy? Cerebral palsy is a broad term used to refer to a group of various disorders that impact an individual’s ability to move. It is caused by damage to the brain during pregnancy or soon after birth. Symptoms vary widely, depending on the part of the brain that received the damage and...

Among other things, epilepsy increases a child’s risk of developing speech and language deficits. This is an area that needs to be addressed early on, as it can greatly affect a child’s ability to interact with peers and educators, thereby making education as a whole more challenging. Read...

The Articulation Vacation app is designed to help children in speech therapy track progress between sessions with a therapist. The app is built around a vacation theme so as to make it more fun for children as they practice. There are five different games that all have a summer vacation theme. Read...

Eli Munyankindi became an orphan at age 10 during the Rwandan Genocide. At one point, he wasn’t sure he finished high school, but against all odds he just finished his Master’s degree in speech language pathology at the University of Utah College of Health. He plans to return home to Rwanda, where he...

Alyssa Cook, an upcoming graduate of the speech-language pathology program at University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), spent years working with a Speech Language Pathologist of her own. She had difficulties pronouncing “R” correctly, and with the help of her SLP, was able to correct the issue....

There are tons of SLP materials available online. But if you’re looking for a “one-stop shop” for your speech-language curriculum needs, consider “Teachers pay Teachers,” a digital marketplace created by school-based professionals for school-based professionals. Read...

Sensory Processing Disorder affects about half of all autistic children, and the symptoms often significantly impact all aspects of daily life, including learning. Understanding how to deal with the disorder is crucial to communicating and working with autistic children. Autism is the fastest growing...

The value of picture books in early intervention therapy is well established, and the market today offers a wealth of great books to assist in speech therapy, and there are countless apps that can be integrated for a multi-sensory approach. Sometimes it can seem like technology is the only way forward, but...

Communication Breakthrough for Autism? Parents of autistic children have many questions. How much does my child understand? Does he know what’s going on? How much is getting through? When a child can’t communicate in a traditional way, it can be difficult to make a connection or even understand...