Ashlynn is literally making leaps and bounds in her speech. Sometimes, I feel like we are actually having a mini conversation. I think the greatest aspect is her being able to tell me where she’s hurting, or even tell me what she wants to eat. She tries to repeat everything now, and even has some…
So, I went back to work this past month. As I was going through my new caseload and reviewing files, I came across a boy I’ll call Ben. Ben was a nonverbal Kindergarten student in the Spanish classroom with above average intelligence. Ben had suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech. The SLP who was substituting for…
December book of the month is The Gingerbread Man. This classic book has so many repetitive opportunites jam packed in the pages, and the kids absolutely love it! Tonight, Ashlynn’s word was “man” which combines a bilabial sound ‘m’ with a final consonant ‘n.’ On almost every other page the Gingerbread man shouts, “Run, run,…
It’s no secret that my daughter has a short attention span. I always worry of course since I’m her mom that it might be more serious than just the average toddler one minute attention span; however, today her school SLP expressed some concern as well. She asked me to come in next Wednesday to discuss…
After my IEP experience, I was excited but also skeptical pending the first day of school. Excited and hopeful she would finally get the speech and language enrichment she so desperately needs, and skeptical because it didn’t seem like her teacher or SLP would be the ones able to do so. I dropped off her private speech…
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie is a knockoff from the classic children’s song, “I know an old lady who swallowed a fly.” This is a great repetitive book I use with the kids to get ready for Thanksgiving. The book chronicles a lady who goes through and eats certain Thanksgiving items. …
