Speech Disorders

In our profession, working with children with speech and language delays can require significant patience. Sometimes expressing this patience translates into waiting—I mean a bit longer than we normally do—for the student to respond. Children benefit from extended wait time to allow them to process. Let’s discuss the positive outcomes associated with increased wait time.

What would you say to encourage other colleagues to join SIG 3?SIG 3 provides valuable opportunities to discuss clinical practice and research in voice and upper airway disorders, get advice from colleagues, and form lasting relationships with other clinicians with similar interests. If you have a strong interest in voice and upper airway disorders and want to expand your knowledge and your practice, it is an excellent resource.

Is there anything I can do to improve my child’s chance of outgrowing stuttering? Although stuttering is not caused by ways parents interact with their child, I can certainly recommend interaction strategies for parents to incorporate once their child starts showing signs of childhood onset stuttering. These five tips allow parents to support their child in facilitating confident verbal expression.

Pediatric speech-language pathologists often get asked about toy recommendations for young children. It makes sense because we often use toys in sessions to keep children engaged in learning. So, which toys should we recommend to parents?

SLPs understand the havoc transitions can wreak on speech and language progress and performance. Everything from weather to a change in routine can cause challenges with generalizing skills or bolstering performance. So when summer comes around, it’s key to give students tools to minimize disruption caused by a few months away from treatment.Empowering our students and their families with creative, functional ideas to maintain and generalize skills into their daily routines can help them keep up skills over the summer break.Here are three steps that work for me in tackling the summer transition for students: