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Therapy Tip of the Week 7.15.12
Here’s this week’s Therapy Tip of the Week:
Therapy Tip of the Week 7.15.12
In this week’s video I’m discussing how to incorporate language into movement activities for very young children. Many times adults want a child to “sit down” and “listen,” but often our little friends with language delays also have sensory processing differences and NEED [...]
Conference Schedule Fall 2012
The fall conference schedule has been finalized! The rooms are booked, and I’m coming to see you in Atlanta, Chicago, and Columbus, OH!!
Altanta - September 27 & 28
Columbus, OH - October 11 & 12
Chicago - October 25 & 26
By request this year our conferences are offered in a 2 day format.
Day One is Laura’s UPDATED popular [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week for 6.29.12
Therapy Tip of the Week is back…. from our new office too!
Helping Toddlers Learn to Identify Pictures
Watch for practical ways for helping toddlers learn to point to pictures on request.
If a toddler doesn’t understand many words yet, stick to objects first!
If a child isn’t letting you read WITH him or her, then you’ll know [...]
How to Book an Appointment
teachmetotalk.com is so pleased to announce our new location in Shelbyville, KY, a short 30 minute drive east of Louisville.
We offer a variety of services catering especially to out-of-town families who want a second opinion or a solid assessment and comprehensive treatment plan outlined for home programming and/or recommendations for your local therapy team. New [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week for 6.1.12
Here’s this week’s Therapy Tip of the Week:
Part 3 of Introducing Pretend Play to Toddlers with Developmental Delays
Included are extra ideas for helping a toddler expand pretend play and begin to include symbolic ideas.
Sound effects and vocalizations help a child learn to “pretend.”
Don’t forget to target receptive language during play!
If you need more ideas for [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week 5.25.12
Here’s this week’s video:
Introducing Pretend Play to Toddlers with Delays - Part 2
Watch for ideas and objects to use in beginning pretend play activities with dolls & other “characters” a child already loves.
The focus of this kind of play is to help a child begin to combine familiar objects and use 2 toys together during [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week for 5.18.12
Here’s this week’s Therapy Tip of the Week:
Beginning to Teach Pretend Play to Toddlers with Developmental Delays
Pretend play is such an important cognitive milestone for toddlers. A lack of pretend play is associated with developmental disorders including autism.
Many times toddlers with developmental delays don’t begin to perform very early “pretend” play activities until we teach [...]
Supporting the Needs of Moms for Mother’s Day
As a pediatric speech-language pathologist, I’ve seen moms of babies and toddlers with developmental delays and disorders at their absolute best and unfortunately, at their worst.
The longer I do this job, the more I’ve come to appreciate just how hard it is for a mom to rise to the occasion and deliver her best day after day, week after week for a child who may [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week 4.27.12
Here’s this week’s video:
Therapy Tip of the Week 4.27.12
In this week’s video I’m sharing ideas for teaching language to toddlers with developmental delays using Mr. Potato Head.
Don’t skip straight to expressive language with this toy. Work on receptive language, or comprehension, first! You can help a child learn to understand body parts and select those parts on request. [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week 4.21.12
Here’s this week’s video:
Cause & Effect Toys
Cognition plays a HUGE role in the development of language. A child must master the important cognitive milestones of cause & effect, simple problem solving, and object permanence BEFORE he or she is developmentally ready to talk.
In the video I showed you a few of my favorite toys for teaching cause & [...]
