Top 3 Proven Speech Therapy Tips When Your Child’s Speech Is Unclear If you see that your two or three-year-old baby is not yet talking or is unable to construct sentences, you should check the suggestions below. The options are in line with the experts because they know more about speech development, the kind of…
Children learn by observing and the best role model is the parent. Having a home environment in which learning is rewarded and encouraged, with games that are useful for developing speech, language, and social skills will be invaluable. It is important to always keep in mind that children observe and absorb everything they watch, so…
Children develop at different rates, but there are some guidelines for knowing if your child is generally on track in his or her development. Knowing what is and is not typical for a child’s speech and language development can help parents know if their child is on track or if there is a cause for…
Development is amazing, whether we are watching eggs in a nest, seeing little hatchlings that move through stages of development to become fledglings, ready to leave the nest or whether we are watching a newborn move through early stages of development, leading forward into more independent stages of life. Normal development is predictable, and moves…
Get Ready for a Great School Experience! School will be starting again before we know it! All children (and parents!) can prepare for a smoother transition from the flexibility of summer time to the set routine of the school day. Speech & Occupational Therapy of North Texas serves children of all ages and many of…
Language Intervention in Autism: The Implications of Neurobiological Research Anne Bramlett, MS, CCC/SLP At Speech & Occupational Therapy of North Texas, we encourage our therapists to acquire specialized training for the populations we serve. We recently provided a fantastic opportunity for continuing education credits. Many of our therapists attended this great webinar regarding the implications…
Having a son with autism has shaped my perception of human behavior and also convinced me that we have a miraculous brain. Watching how Sam has processed information throughout his thirty years with autism has been quite an education for me personally. Sam has always been a very happy, fun loving guy, by nature. The…
Depending on a families experiences, the understanding of pediatric speech therapy varies. Some may see the speech-language pathologist as the expert to consult for communication challenges. The ability to initiate and carry on a conversation, respond to others, turn take with activities and follow instructions would all be examples of communication skills. Others may think…
Speech Therapy addresses language and production aspects of communication. Speech and language therapy treats 5 domains; semantics, pragmatics, phonology, morphology, and syntax. Semantics has to do with meaning, so in a sense, vocabulary. Pragmatics addresses the social communicative aspect of language. Phonology relates to sound production, with the smallest sound segment being a phoneme. Morphology…