by Carl White | Nov 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
As a parent, it can be scary when your child isn’t reaching expected speech and communication milestones. Perhaps your daughter is making grunts instead of using words or maybe your son isn’t making eye contact or talking at all. Often, then, an official diagnosis of...
by Carl White | Oct 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Interpersonal communication is governed by a wide range of unwritten, unspoken rules encompassing both verbal and non verbal cues. The inability to follow or recognize those cues may be a condition called Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder, or SCD. SCD first...
by Carl White | Sep 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Speech skills don’t always develop at a uniform pace. As children absorb, emulate, and learn speech, they master some sounds at different rates. For example, the articulations of the L, R, S, Th, and Z sounds are often particularly challenging for children. These...
by Carl White | Aug 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Articulation refers to the way people produce speech sounds to make words to communicate. Occasionally, as kids learn to talk, they have a hard time creating certain phonemes or saying specific types of words. This might be a speech articulation disorder. About 8% of...
by Carl White | Jul 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Does your school-age child regularly mix up past, present, and future tenses when speaking or writing? Does your three-year-old still speak in two-word phrases? Do they struggle to remember words or grow their vocabulary? These are just a few symptoms of expressive...
by Carl White | Jun 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Coronavirus pandemic has dramatically altered family life for most people. Schools are closed, many parents are working remotely, and most activities are either canceled or moved online. Everyone is navigating a variety of unique challenges during these...