The New CDC Guidelines and Why the Speech-Language Pathology Community is Concerned
Recently the CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated various Speech and Language milestones in their "Learn the Signs, Act...
Speech Development - How Recent Data Has Changed Our Thinking
If you do a google search for “when should my child be able to say /r/?”, you will likely get a range of ages suggested. Over the past...
Identify the Signs: The Speech Spot Celebrates Better Speech and Hearing Month
May is "Better Speech and Hearing Month", which is a month dedicated to bringing awareness to communication disorders and the fields of...
When Should I Seek A Speech Evaluation?
When should you consider seeing a speech therapist in St.Louis, MO
Joint Attention - A Building Block of Early Language Development.
Parents often ask me is it ever too early to begin working on speech development? My answer is that it is never too early to begin...
Welcome to Toy Land- Tips for Selecting Toys for your Child
As a speech-language pathologist, I am often asked to recommend toys or books that enhance speech/language growth and development. When I...
How to Balance your Child's Tech Use and Encourage their Speech-Language Development
Each May, Better Speech and Hearing Month provides Speech Pathologists and Audiologists with the opportunity to educate and raise...
Social Thinking Conference
In May, I had the opportunity to participate in a continuing education seminar by Michelle Garcia Winner, the founder of Social Thinking....
