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Nature Walk-and-Talks I have always loved the Fall. The change in weather here in California is particularly pleasing to me. We are still able to spend plenty of time outdoors but without quite so much sun and heat. While we don’t have a drastic change in seasonal...

General Vocal Hygiene Routine 1. Recognize vocal tension and try to reduce it before speaking/projecting with it.a. notice when larynx (voice box) is held high in the throatb. notice when vocal mechanism is “tight” when waiting to speak 2. Exercises to reduce...

What Can We Do in 5 Minutes? The goal of each 5-minute home practice will be to get your child to practice their new skill as many times as possible. In order to make this happen, you will need an activity that doesn’t take a lot of time and won’t take...

AI and Your SLP (That also Includes Me, the Person Writing this To You) Laura Elliott Adams, M.S., CCC-SLP I want to have a conversation with you. Not in the “We need to talk because something is wrong” way. Rather, in the “I have an idea in my head,...

Pediatric Client Behavior: How do I manage it? Julia Caserta When I started graduate school for speech-language pathology in 2014, I had a well-developed understanding that behavior management would be a large part of my work every day. My background is working as a...

Using Children’s Literature to Support Language Development Laura Elliott Adams, M.S., CCC-SLP My mother was the head librarian at the Hillsdale Library in San Mateo. From an early age, I would spend entire days at the library. My “babysitter” was a good book in...

What You Can Do at Home to Help Your Young Child Who Stutters For reference sources: westutter.org There are many things you can do that may help a young child to talk more smoothly. These  strategies will not cure your child’s stuttering (bumpy speech). Instead,...