For years, I’ve been making materials to use with patients. I just recently decided to offer some of those materials for purchase. I recently started selling therapy materials I make on Teachers Pay Teachers, which is a marketplace for educators,…
Measurability, Structure, Evidence: Keys to My Literacy Intervention Practice
The difference in treatment of literacy impairments by a speech language pathologist are many. I have struggled with defining these differences when parents have asked–not because they don’t exist, but because it’s difficult to describe what I am doing that…
Value of Speech Sounds Goes Beyond Talking: It’s Foundational to Literacy
Literacy for Life: Guessing is Not a Strategy
Nearly everyday, I work with children who are struggling with learning to read. For some, they are years behind on their ability to read. For others, their struggle became obvious earlier and they are not considered to be as behind…
Literacy: Seek Responsive Treatment, Not Scripted
I treat literacy impairments. This means I help children learn to read. It’s an area of passion for me. Similar to communication, which is weaved into EVERYTHING we do on a daily basis, so is reading. We read menus at…
Up Next: Moving into the Village
I’m moving! It’s finalized and I picked up the keys today! In the coming months I’ll be working to ready this new office space located in the Village business and shopping district of Grosse Pointe. I’m above the children’s clothing…
The Surprise In My Mailbox: ASHA ACE Award
I love to learn and I’m in a profession that requires continual education. This relationship works out well. I am doing professional development and continuing education courses all the time. Some I complete in a webinar format or online series.…
10 Ways to Help Develop Speech & Language Skills
There are ways to help your child develop speech and language skills way before they are actually talking to you. Children learn through their every day environment–that means from their interactions with you, extended relatives, siblings, babysitters and other caregivers.…
Nice to Meet You!
Let me take a moment to introduce myself. I am a mom, a speech-language pathologist, a former journalist, a wife, a daughter, a sister and an avid reader to name a few of the roles/titles associated with me. I’m a…