5 Fun Summer Activities to Build Language

5 Fun Summer Activities to Build Language

Summer is a great time to build language skills. These activities are fun, affordable, and provide hours of fun for your child. Even though routines are more lax, summer provides so many fun activities for building language. This is a great opportunity for families to...
The Occupational Therapy-Speech Connection

The Occupational Therapy-Speech Connection

The longer I work as a speech-language pathologist, the more I appreciate working with occupational therapists.  I checked in with my friend Jill Loftus at Honest OT in Denver, Colorado, to find out How Sensory Processing Impacts Speech Development. It’s important to...
What is Childhood Apraxia of Speech?

What is Childhood Apraxia of Speech?

I recently signed up to do a Walk-a-Thon to raise awareness for Childhood Apraxia of Speech, a motor speech disorder that has been on the rise as of late.  What does it mean to have a child with apraxia of speech and what types of resources are available to you?...
Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea

Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea

Here’s a scientific article on childhood sleep apnea.  Yu-Shu Huang1 and Christian Guilleminault2* 1Department of Child Psychiatry and Sleep Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and University, Taiwan, China2Sleep Medicine Division, Stanford University,...