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Practical guidance from our speech-language pathologists and learning specialists to support your child's speech, reading, and learning.

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Talking to Your Infant in a Meaningful Way

Talking to Your Infant in a Meaningful Way By Tessa Lancaster, M.A., CCC-SLP Did you know that the way you talk to your infant can impact his language development? I recently came across an article describing a study that addresses the benefits of talking to your...

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Preposition Practice in Play

By Tessa Lancaster, M.A., CCC-SLP Does your child struggle to use spatial concept terms correctly? There are many ways to teach preposition words, including teaching through play! In order to teach prepositions in play, use your child’s toys (e.g., figurines or...

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Tips for Increasing Fluency in a Child Who Stutters

Does your child stutter or often have disfluent speech? There are a few changes that you as the parent can make to decrease disfluencies and increase your child's communicative success! Tip #1: Speak slowly. If you speak in a slow and relaxed manner, your child...

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Rhyme Time!

Written by Jaimi Bird, M.A., CCC-SLP Phonological awareness is a term that refers to a group of pre-reading skills that are important for literacy and language development. Phonological awareness is the ability to hear sounds that makeup words in spoken language. This...