Category: Speech Therapy
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Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
ARFID stands for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. It is a feeding and eating disorder characterized by a persistent disturbance in eating or feeding that results in significant weight loss, nutritional deficiency, reliance on nutritional supplements, or interference with psychosocial functioning. Unlike other eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, ARFID is not driven by body image concerns…
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AAC And Communication
What is an AAC device? An augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device, is tablet that helps someone with a speech or language impairment to communicate. How do I get my child an AAC device? Ideally, this should be done with a speech therapist also known as a speech-language pathologist (SLP). One of the jobs of a…
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Abraham Lincoln’s Story and Activities
Get ready for Presidents’ Day with this week story about Abraham Lincoln. This is great for social studies. Speech therapists incorporate books during sessions because speech and language skills are the foundations of learning to read. Reading to children is a great way to continue speech therapy sessions at home. Some examples: Download the story…
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AAC Activities part 1
Two of my boys have transitioned from Picture Exchange Communication to an AAC device. I am so glad we have made this choice. I have had lots (and lots) of people ask me if I use the device for homeschool lessons. YES! I use it in EVERYTHING WE DO! It is their voice. It needs…
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Getting a Therapy Referral For Your Child: It Is Not As Scary As You Think!
Parenting is an amazing experience. Every parent wants their child to thrive. It is an extremely rewarding and challenging job at the same time. Sometimes things come up that cause parents to be concerned with their child’s development. I remember taking my oldest son home the first night after he spent 3 days in NICU…