Archive for August, 2008
Listen LIVE on August 29 for “Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate”
I want to invite you to join us for my next show this Friday, August 29. You can listen LIVE using the link here EVERY Friday from 1-2 pm Eastern time.
During this week’s show we’ll finish discussing in detail strategies for parents to use at home to help late talking children begin to communicate. We’ll be discussing the technique of expansion [...]
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Teach Me To Listen and Obey - The DVD
I’m so excited to tell you that my 2nd DVD, Teach Me To Listen and Obey, is in final edits this week and next, so look for its release in early September.
This DVD focuses on language comprehension strategies to use at home with children with receptive language delays and disorders. It also explains developmentally-appropriate behavioral [...]
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Listen LIVE to this Week’s Show “Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate”
I want to invite you to join us for my next show this Friday, August 22. You can listen LIVE using the link below every Friday from 1-2 pm Eastern time.
During this week’s show we’ll finish discussing in detail strategies for parents to use at home to help late talking children begin to communicate. Specifically we’re going to discuss modeling language [...]
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Oral Motor Exercises to Help Speech in Toddlers and Preschoolers - Why Science Says They Don’t Work
Recently I’ve heard of mothers who are telling other mothers that they’d better be doing oral motor exercises at home with their kids and find SLPs who will do these with their kids to help their toddlers learn to speak more clearly. I wanted to let you all in on apparently what some SLPs aren’t telling [...]
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Teach Your Child To Say “Mama”
Today on my show “Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate” (click the icon in the right column to hear it for yourself!), one of our wonderful callers Annette shared with us that although her son is talking now and understands and says, “Dada,” he’s not yet saying “Mama.” How heartbreaking for her!
This is [...]
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What Do You Do When NOTHING Is Working?
I’m writing this article to read later when I need to cheer myself on.
As a pediatric SLP, there are times when I leave a session thinking, “I’ve tried EVERYTHING I know to do, and it’s not working.” There are times when I wake up in the middle of the night with one of my little [...]
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Listen LIVE to My New Podcast - “Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate”
I want to invite you to join us for our next show for parents and professionals, “Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate.” I invited my good friend and developmental therapist Kate Hensler to chat with me about teaching young children to learn to communicate.
During this week’s show we’ll discuss in detail very specific [...]
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Listen LIVE! CORRECTED POST!!!
Listen LIVE to my new podcast “Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate” on Friday August 8th @ 2 pm est. Join us as we discuss what works and what doesn’t work teaching young children to talk.
In case you have a question you can call us between 2 and 3 EST @ (718)766-4332. It’s [...]
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Listen to Our New Podcast…”Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate”
I’m so excited to tell you that this weekend we recorded our first show in our brand new podcast ”Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate.” I invited my good friend and developmental therapist Kate Hensler to chat with me about apraxia in toddlers. During the show we talked about the characteristics of apraxia in toddlers which help make the [...]
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Is Bad Speech Therapy Better Than No Speech Therapy?
Hmmm….. this is a question I’ve been pondering all day long. Let me walk you through my entire thought process before you weigh in on this issue.
This morning I was in a huge hurry to get ready to go see one darling little girl for speech therapy and then pursue my other passion, being a mom, for the rest [...]
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