by admin | Apr 12, 2013 | Acquired Brain Injury, Adult issues, Children
The brain is an intricate part of our body, which controls our communication, our thinking, our movements, our moods and our senses. Understanding the complex and delicate interplay of the different parts of the brain can be quite challenging, especially for those of...
by admin | Mar 22, 2013 | Adult issues, Miscellaneous
Many people may not realize that acid reflux can affect someone’s voice, causing chronic laryngitis. Most of the time, we know we have acid reflux (usually GERD, gastroesophageal reflux disease) because we get heartburn. If the acid is going further up into the throat...
by admin | Mar 21, 2013 | Autism and Speech Therapy, Children, Language Delay
With early assessment and identification of autism improving, many children of average intelligence and with only mild language delays, but clear social differences are being diagnosed with autism at a younger age. Therefore, I have frequently been receiving questions...
by admin | Mar 5, 2013 | Children
Your Child’s Attention Span Are you worried your child’s attention span lasts only a few seconds or minutes at most? Well that’s probably an accurate observation. Some parents often come in and report, “My child’s attention is so short—he moves from one toy to another...
by admin | Feb 25, 2013 | Children, Language Delay, Speech and Language Therapy, Speech Delay
Often times I have heard parents report “My child isn’t saying his /s/ sound yet” or “We noticed he wasn’t using the ‘K’ sound at four years old, but now he’s seven years old and still not using it.” The problem is not all parents know the milestones for speech sound...
