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Talk Time's Spring Gift Guide
Spring is finally here, and with it comes the perfect excuse to refresh your child’s toy shelf, art supplies, and book collection! 🌸
Allessandra Farrar
Mar 207 min read
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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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A Sound Start
Phonological awareness is your child's ability to recognize and play with sounds in words. Learn why PA skills are essential for literacy!
Ryan He
Dec 29, 20246 min read
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Talk Time's Holiday Gift Guide
It's true that you can probably incorporate speech and language into just about any toy, but we are SLPs and these are our favorites.
Allessandra Farrar
Nov 25, 20248 min read
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Getcha Head in the Game
Have you ever wondered how you can support the development of your child’s social communication and/or their executive functioning skills? I
Julia Zackular
Sep 27, 20244 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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E.I. E.I.? Oh!
Let's talk about one support that ALL parents should know about. Early Intervention. What is it? How is it different than private services?
Grace Burleson
Aug 15, 20244 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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Find Your Inner OWL
In Part 1 of our series on Early Language Support Strategies, we discuss OWLing. This passive strategy lets kids take the lead.
Nicole Curtis
Apr 16, 20248 min read
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The Digital Dilemma
As SLPs we have some advice about the relationship between screen time and language development and what you can do to support your little
Kendra Hennegan
Mar 2, 20249 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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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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