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Toy-Gifting? Skipping Batteries Can Lead to More Learning, Growth

Toy-Gifting? Skipping Batteries Can Lead to More Learning, Growth

Sara December 11, 2022December 13, 2022 Early Intervention, Uncategorized No Comments

Toys are so much fun. They inspire children to use their imagination and to be creative. Toys also have the power to promote an incredible amount of learning for children–but not the academic kind of stuff that might pop into…

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Cooking: A Natural Path to Language

Cooking: A Natural Path to Language

Sara April 16, 2020May 14, 2021 Expressive language, Language Development, Receptive Language, Uncategorized No Comments

Cooking together is a great way to support language development at home. It’s fun. It’s natural. It’s loaded with endless possibilities.  Cooking together is always a great way to target and support language development but it’s a particularly great time…

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Tele-Practice Option for Speech Therapy

Tele-Practice Option for Speech Therapy

Sara April 7, 2020May 1, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments

During these strange times, it is so nice to see all of the smiling faces of patients every day! I hear their laughter and we spend our sessions exchanging stories and sharing in conversation. It’s not the way we normally…

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Low-Tech Ways to Keep Up with Speech & Language Skills during COVID-19

Low-Tech Ways to Keep Up with Speech & Language Skills during COVID-19

Sara March 20, 2020April 10, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments

Right now, there are so many digital and online recommendations being made available. There is much generosity happening by authors, musicians, artists, museums, organizations, and the list continues. It’s wonderful. Honestly, though it’s also a bit over-whelming. Especially for parents…

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Up Next: Moving into the Village

Up Next: Moving into the Village

Sara February 13, 2018May 1, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments

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…

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The Surprise In My Mailbox: ASHA ACE Award

The Surprise In My Mailbox: ASHA ACE Award

Sara September 25, 2017May 1, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments

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.…

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10 Ways to Help Develop Speech & Language Skills

10 Ways to Help Develop Speech & Language Skills

Sara May 12, 2017May 1, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments

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.…

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Speech Therapy: It Takes Time, Patience, Practice & Priority

Speech Therapy: It Takes Time, Patience, Practice & Priority

Sara April 25, 2017May 1, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments

One of the most frequently asked questions I receive as a speech-language pathologist is: how long will it take? When will my child be able to _____(fill in the blank)____? This question seems easy enough. However, it’s rather complicated to…

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Journalism & Speech Therapy: They’re Not So Different

Sara March 21, 2017May 1, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments

I’m a speech-language pathologist and a former journalist. I love both. I’m fortunate in that respect. I choose two careers that have allowed me to work with people and two careers that offered me the chance to help others. Frequently…

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Tips to Promote Language through Reading

Tips to Promote Language through Reading

Sara February 28, 2017May 1, 2020 Uncategorized No Comments

Reading is one of my favorite ways to spend time. That includes reading myself as well as reading to my children. Not only do I enjoy the story but the extra snuggles are wonderful too! Reading aloud to children is…

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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…

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23

Value of Speech Sounds Goes Beyond Talking: It’s Foundational to Literacy

Dec
13

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…

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