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How Taking the Pressure OFF can Help your Toddler Talk

    Questions and Comments   As a Pediatric Speech Pathologist specializing in Early Intervention, one of the tips I offer to parents of Late-Talkers is to is to replace questions with comments. Comments provide opportunities to build upon your child’s interests! In fact, word learning is enhanced when you follow your child’s lead and […]

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toddler walking across bridge

    When little ones are engaged, they are ready for learning. The longer they stick with an activity, the more opportunities there are for language and communication! We can use what they are already interested in to teach new skills. Here are some examples:     Expand the play: Model new ways to play: […]

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yoga for speech

    Yoga for Speech Therapy   I recently completed my 200 hour yoga teacher certification. During my training, I found a lot of overlap between yoga and speech therapy. In this post, I outline five areas of speech and language development  that yoga may benefit. They are: social language, early literacy, speech production, language […]

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I’m Brooke
I'm a speech therapist specializing in early language, but more importantly, I'm a mom of a toddler who has been on her own journey with physical and occupational therapy
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feeding therapy Houston

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I'm a speech therapist specializing in early language, but more importantly, I'm a mom of a toddler who has been on her own journey with physical and occupational therapy
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Toddler mommy and me class

  Speech therapy with little ones requires a little extra creativity!  Toddlers learn best when they are engaged and the learning is meaningful. This means ditching the flashcards!  Here are some of my favorite ways to elicit speech sounds during speech evaluations and speech therapy.   Feed the Dog: My kiddos love to feed this […]

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I’m Brooke
I'm a speech therapist specializing in early language, but more importantly, I'm a mom of a toddler who has been on her own journey with physical and occupational therapy
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Reading out loud Reading out loud is one of the best things you can do to encourage your child’s literacy skills, social skills, and language skills. By making the time to read, we show children the importance of reading and the magic that books hold. We can also help them cultivate interests that may potentially […]

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I’m Brooke
I'm a speech therapist specializing in early language, but more importantly, I'm a mom of a toddler who has been on her own journey with physical and occupational therapy
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How Choices are “Magic” In my article, “Why I Don’t Say Say to Your Toddler,” I discuss why I don’t advocate demanding early talkers say a word. How do you encourage language then? In addition to setting up the environment to create communication opportunities (putting things out of reach, keeping items in containers, etc.) there is another […]

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I’m Brooke
I'm a speech therapist specializing in early language, but more importantly, I'm a mom of a toddler who has been on her own journey with physical and occupational therapy
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Autism and Communication Children with autism have difficulty with social aspect of langue. The definition of communication is “The imparting or exchanging of information or news.” Communication is first and foremost social. Social is the foundation of communication. Research shows that newborns prefer to hear their own mother’s voice. Babies only 12-36 hours old prefer […]

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I’m Brooke
I'm a speech therapist specializing in early language, but more importantly, I'm a mom of a toddler who has been on her own journey with physical and occupational therapy
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When I was a beginning clinician in early intervention, there were two things that  helped me through my first year as a clinical fellow: bubbles and “more.”  Although bubbles are still my one of my staples, since then I have learned much more about child language development.  Although “more” is a great beginning word, I […]

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I’m Brooke
I'm a speech therapist specializing in early language, but more importantly, I'm a mom of a toddler who has been on her own journey with physical and occupational therapy
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    About Thumbsucking Thumbsucking begins in-utero and helps young children self-soothe and explore their worlds.  However, it is not a habit that we want sticking around, especially past the age of 4. Keep in mind pacifiers can cause many of the same issues and use should be limited to bedtime around 8-9 months of […]

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