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5 Things to Expect During your Toddler Speech Therapy

    Is your toddler beginning speech therapy? You may be wondering what to expect. After the initial evaluation (learn about what to expect during the evaluation process here), your Speech Pathologist will give you a full picture of your toddler’s communication skills and let you know if they feel your child would benefit from […]

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    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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  You may not be surprised to learn  that there is a link between talking to your toddler and later language and vocabulary development. However, did you know there is a link between early parent language and later spatial and math abilities?   In a study by Pruden, Levine, and Hottenlcher (2011), researchers followed children […]

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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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  Just listening to child provides a Speech Pathologist with a lot of valuable information regarding their developing speech and language skills. When obtaining a language sample, one of the things we listen for is which morphemes a child is using.   What is a Morpheme?   A morpheme is a unit of meaning. For […]

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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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  Imagine taking a walk with your toddler. A dog passes by and your curious toddler hesitantly approaches the dog. After his hesitation disappears, he smiles as he pets the happy dog. “Dog,” you say to him. “That’s a nice doggy!”   This is the magic of word learning! When your toddler hears the word […]

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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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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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speech therapy evaluation

  A comprehensive evaluation is the starting point for speech and language therapy. This is how your Speech Pathologist comes to get a full picture of your child’s communication skills, their strengths and needs, and helps to determine their goals for therapy. In other words, your therapist needs to figure out where your child is […]

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I’m Brooke
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toddler with speech delay

My Toddler Isn’t Talking   As a Pediatric Speech Pathologist specializing in early intervention  (birth to three), I get a lot of phone calls from concerned parents.  Many of them go something like this. “My toddler is not talking. He can say the words, but he chooses not to. He’s just lazy..” Talking is Hard […]

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I’m Brooke
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  With the holiday season upon us,  gift guides, wish lists, and toy commercials are everywhere! If you have ever surprised your little one with a new toy only to have them show more interest in the box, you know that it’s not about the toy.   The definition of play is “an activity for […]

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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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As a Pediatric Speech Pathologist, one of the number one questions I get is, “How many words should my toddler be saying?” While the number of words a child is using is important, another important factor is the types of words your toddler is using. The Importance of Verbs In a study by Hadley, Rispoli, […]

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