1307, 2015

Walker Spotlight: An SLP shares her view on why she walks for her clients AND a bigger cause, by Lynn Zimmerman

Last fall, I attended the 2014 Denver Walk for Apraxia with a client and his family. In my private practice, I have the privilege of working with many children with CAS and appreciate deeply the work of the CASANA community. Walks such as this, are a beneficial experience to share as a Speech professional with the community of families connected to the cause. As Speech Language Pathologists, we dedicate hours,

2506, 2015

Walker Spotlight: Why I walk for CASANA, by Monica Mayhak

Laura Smith
June 25, 2015
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Our story is much like many other families’ stories. A relatively quiet baby, the missing “mama” and “dada,” the doubt creeping in. For us, it was easy to know that something was off. Our little Emmett is the youngest of six. We knew how this all worked and something wasn’t working here. After five typical and healthy children, when Emmett was 18 months old we had our first experience of

2406, 2015

Why apraxia? Master plan? Coincidence? Destiny?

When I first started in the field, I actually had not set out to be an SLP. It seems crazy to me now since I can’t imagine doing anything else, and it seems especially crazy since I not only think about speech everyday, but I think about apraxia even more. If I’m not thinking about apraxia or something apraxia related, it doesn’t last long. No, I was working at a

1506, 2015

I failed her

Laura Smith
June 15, 2015
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Little Jace is 2:11, the exact age my daughter was when I took her into Child Find. This is also the time I started blogging. I was talking with a client’s mom today, and he is the baby…the baby of like 6 or 7 kids (I tend to lose track), and she was saying every once in awhile they realize just how much they are missing out on. These include

0106, 2015

Her fight, our fight: The day we met Ronda Rousey

Laura Smith
June 1, 2015
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It started with an intriguing title: Ronda Rousey: The World’s Most Dangerous Woman, and then a picture of a James Bond beauty type. … Now, I normally wouldn’t click on stuff like this, but today I had a day off, the kids weren’t fighting, and I thought, okay…sure. Let’s see. A beautiful James Bond girl is the most dangerous woman in the world? Sure. Let’s read about this. And then

2805, 2015

Speaking in scripts with a story in her eyes

Thanks to funding from Small Steps, I have Ashlynn back in therapy with her private SLP, who is also my mentor and now friend. The other night she was updating me on her progress and what happened in the session. I take my daughter to her house, so occasionally her husband or dogs may walk by and apparently distract Ashlynn. She was remarking on Ashlynn’s ability to hold a pretty

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