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I’m In the Washington Post!
I'm so excited to share that I was interviewed by a reporter from the Washington Post on the topic of speech and language development! Written from a parent’s perspective, Tamara Gane explains how she recognized her child’s speech delay...
Mouse’s First Halloween: A Halloween Book to Use in Speech Therapy
On my daughter's first Halloween, she received the book titled Mouse's First Halloween. Since she was only 3 months old and a little too young to really appreciate this adorable book, I, like any good speech language pathologist, used...
Speaking Event At Wallington’s Literacy Night
Recently, I had the wonderful opportunity to read, Learning to Read is Ball, to a gymnasium full of parents and children at Gavlak Elementary School for the town of Wallington’s Annual Literacy Night. Using an interactive read...
Fun Activities to Promote Listening Skills
Good listening is imperative to learning and academic success. In this post, I’m sharing some fun activities to promote active listening skills. Included, you’ll see pictures of a resource I created. This packet is...
Listening Skills: How to Get Your Child’s Attention BEFORE Speaking
Photo Credit: wildrosetn39 How often do we give a child a direction to follow, a task to complete, or a question to answer only to be met with a “What?” or no response at all? If you have a child who struggles to understand auditory...
Irresistible Speech Therapy in Bergen County
I recently discovered an inspirational presentation by a charismatic speech language pathologist named Gina Davies. In it she implores her audience to ask themselves: "Is My Therapy Irresistible?" Here are some takeaways from Gina’s...
These are a few of my favorite things (speech therapy books for parents)
This month I had the honor of decorating the main entrance display to the Ramsey Library. I showcased a mini collection of some of my favorite parent friendly speech and language therapy books. My ultimate goal in sharing these books is to...
How to Enhance Social & Emotional Development in Children
Welcome to another installment of Interviews with Experts. This segment was previously called Lightening Round Interviews. I changed the name in fear that readers would think these interviews were related to Jim Cramer and Fast Money; sorry, no...