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The Heart of the Eval
Let’s take a closer look at what evaluations are, why evaluations are an important part of helping your child thrive academically, socially,
Kesi Cania
Mar 177 min read
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Embrace the Clutter
You may have heard of stuttering, but have you ever heard of cluttering? Both are fluency disorders. Learn more about cluttering!
Sarah Burstein
Sep 5, 20245 min read
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Anyone Have an IDEA?
What do school-based services look like? How can I support my child?
Fiona Higgins
May 23, 20244 min read
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Parentese If You Please
It's correct that we shouldn't use baby talk. Instead, we should use parentese. Learn how in this blog post!
Nicole Curtis
May 10, 20244 min read
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Lights, Camera, Recast
Recasting is a strategy helps parents and caregivers to model expansions and correction of their child.
Fiona Higgins
May 2, 20243 min read
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A Handy Rule
This week, we have a new rule of thumb, or rather of hand. Yup, that's right, we have The Hand Rule, a helpful strategy to help parents.
Alessandra Spaulding
Apr 24, 20245 min read
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Sense & Sensibility
And how it relates to speech and language! Sight, taste, touch, smell, and hearing. They’re the five senses we learned about in grade...
Zoë Fabian
Jan 6, 20247 min read
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The ABCs of MLU
Hi, welcome to this blog post! If you're here and you're not an SLP, do you know what MLU stands for? Did you click on this title because...
Nicole Curtis
Jul 20, 20236 min read
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Bringing Up (Bilingual) Bébé
There’s a lot of, sometimes confusing, information out there about language development, especially when it comes to young bilingual...
Emma Rogers
Jul 8, 20233 min read
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Tired of Waiting
The first few years as a parent are hard, and there are very few supports in place to help parents know what to expect, especially in...
Alessandra Spaulding
Mar 24, 20238 min read
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Talking about Talking
The communication between you and the therapist is what will make or break your relationship. Clear, consistent, frequent communication from
Alessandra Spaulding
Jan 13, 20233 min read
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Knowledge is Power
How to Choose Your Speech Language Pathologist (SLP): Knowledge Part 5 in our ongoing series How to Choose Your SLP. And we're back! So...
Alessandra Spaulding
Dec 23, 20226 min read
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The Price is Right
How to Choose Your Speech Language Pathologist (SLP): Price Part 4 in our ongoing series How to Choose Your SLP. Welcome back from the...
Alessandra Spaulding
Dec 2, 20223 min read
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Let's Philosophize
How to Choose Your Speech Language Pathologist (SLP): Philosophy Part 3 in our ongoing series How to Choose Your SLP. You've learned...
Alessandra Spaulding
Nov 18, 20224 min read
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Location, Location, Location
How to Choose Your Speech Language Pathologist (SLP): You Guessed it... Location Part 2 in our ongoing series How to Choose Your SLP....
Nicole Curtis
Nov 11, 20226 min read
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Setting the Scene
How to Choose Your Speech Language Pathologist (SLP): Setting Part 1 in our ongoing series How to Choose Your SLP. Let's set the scene:...
Alessandra Spaulding
Nov 2, 20225 min read
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Connection, Not Compliance
Let's pretend that you're a kid again. You're bored, so an adult hands you a toy to play with -- a pretend cash register. You like the...
Nicole Curtis
Sep 10, 20227 min read
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Where's My Manual?
It is a huge milestone when your baby turns one. Every baby grows tremendously over that first year - even though each baby is different....
Alessandra Spaulding
Aug 16, 20228 min read
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No Wrong Way to Play
In today's world, it can be hard to remember the value of play. Our education system pushes academic readiness as early as preschool,...
Alessandra Spaulding
Jun 17, 20224 min read
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Hello! We're New Here!
My name is Alessandra, and I am thrilled to introduce you all to Talk Time Boston, a new speech language private practice in the Greater...
Alessandra Spaulding
Mar 3, 20223 min read
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