"Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder. Children with CAS have problems saying soudns, syllables, and words. This is not because of muscle weakness or paralysis. The brain has problems planning to mvoe the body parts (e.g., lips, jaw, tongue) needed for speech" (www.asha.org).
What is stuttering:
“Stuttering is a disruption in the forward flow of speech that can take many forms, and may be accompanied by physical tension, secondary behaviors, negative thoughts and emotions, or decreased communication skills”. (12 minutes 52 seconds) Stuttering 101: What Every SLP Should Know. Craig Coleman.…
Session #1 of Your Baby Can Sign was taught Winter 2016 to a class of eager parents who wanted to known how and when to teach their baby sign language. Read session #1 notes to get an understanding of when and how to teach your infant, baby signs.
What are Baby Signs
Baby sign teaches infants…
1. Size matters!
Grabbing a cup with two hands is a lot of work for toddlers. They have to decide if they want to put down the scrumptious snack or try to drink! Eliminate the dilemma and use a small cup that your child can easily grip with one hand.…
Skip the sippy!? Eliminate the crucial and highly marketed step? Why? Because there is something better, something functional, something that promotes the oral movements that I as a feeding therapist want to see every child drinking from.
A Cup! Yes, you heard me a cup. Babies who can…
I often get calls and e-mails, “Help, my child is choking on their food.” My heart races as I continue reading and listening, as I recall in great detail each of the three times my own children have choked. Despite my training and experience my hands and body trembled as I…
Toddler feeding tip! Do you want to break game "drop the spoon", laugh, watch adult pick up, repeat? Raising a Healthy Eater says, "Try to limit utensils to just three. Three spoons means the parent gets one and the child gets two at the…
I am a mother of a child with apraxia of speech. That means my son has difficulty sequencing the sounds he needs in order to speak. He can produce many sounds on their own he can say his ABC's clearly and almost perfectly. However, when asked to say /s/ in "moose"…
