Sensory Friendly Halloween Snacks and Crafts

Looking for fun, sensory friendly Halloween snacks and crafts you can engage your child in this year? Check out these recipes for candy corn slime, exploring pumpkin seeds and pulp in a sensory friendly way, and delicious snacks to be enjoyed by the whole family!

Speech Therapy, Feeding Therapy, EducationJessica BarisanoOctober 30, 2019Collaborative Corner, Parenting, Special Education, Child Development, Developmental Milestones, Autism, Autism Awareness, Parent Education, Speech Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, Early Intervention, Sensory Friendly Activities, Sensory Friendly Halloween, Sensory Feeding Aversion, Feeding Therapy

Guest Blog: October is AAC Awareness Month

October is AAC Awareness Month! Find out more about Augmentative and Alternative Communication from our guest blogger, Kathleen Elwell, a pediatric speech-language pathologist.

Halloween Social Story

Have you heard of a social story? We have prepared a Halloween social story that can be downloaded and utilized with your child who may be apprehensive about trick or treating door to door, who may be nervous to wear a costume, or collect candy.

Speech Therapy, EducationJessica BarisanoOctober 28, 2019Collaborative Corner, Parenting, Special Education, Child Development, Developmental Milestones, Autism, Autism Awareness, Parent Education, Speech Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education

How to Choose Developmentally Appropriate Toys for Your Baby and Toddler

Do you know what toys are most appropriate for your child’s age and how the toys you choose can impact gross motor, fine motor, and language development?

Speech Therapy, EducationJessica BarisanoOctober 9, 2019Collaborative Corner, Parenting, Special Education, Child Development, Developmental Milestones, Autism, Autism Awareness, Parent Education, Speech Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education

Screen Time and Its Effect on Language Development in Children

Is your child addicted to screen time? Do they often tantrum when it is time to take the device away? What kind of impact is an increase in screen time having on the language development in children?

Speech Therapy, EducationJessica BarisanoSeptember 25, 2019Collaborative Corner, Parenting, Special Education, Child Development, Developmental Milestones, Autism, Autism Awareness, Parent Education, Speech Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, Receptive Language, Expressive Language, Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education

Do You Have Difficulty Understanding Your Child’s Speech?

Children may produce sounds in words incorrectly as they learn to talk – and this is okay! There are specific sounds that are meant to develop at different ages, but which ones and when should you reach out to your pediatrician for a referral for speech therapy?

Speech Therapy, EducationJessica BarisanoSeptember 3, 2019Collaborative Corner, Parenting, Special Education, Child Development, Developmental Milestones, Autism, Autism Awareness, Parent Education, Speech Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, Articulation Therapy, Speech Sounds, Speech Sound Disorder, Articulation Disorder, Phonological Disorder

Is Your Toddler Communicating with You?

As children grow, their receptive and expressive language skills should develop simultaneously. This means that the amount of information that they comprehend should closely mirror the amount of sounds and words that they are producing. When is it time to be concerned that they are not meeting their speech and language milestones?

Speech Therapy, EducationJessica BarisanoAugust 27, 2019Collaborative Corner, Parenting, Special Education, Child Development, Developmental Milestones, Speech-Language Pathology, Speech Therapy, Expressive Language, Receptive Language, Communication, Language Development