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Printable sentence strips give children a visual and hands-on way to combine words into longer, more meaningful utterances. A strip can show a simple phrase…

A mirror can make speech production visible. During articulation therapy, children often hear that a sound is “right” or “wrong” without understanding what…

Childhood dyslexia is a language-based learning difference that can affect accurate and fluent word reading, spelling, and the development of automatic…

Joint attention is a shared social experience in which a child and another person attend to the same object, event, or activity while recognizing that they are…

Speech therapy often asks children to coordinate several demanding skills at once: posture, breath support, attention, motor planning, listening, and spoken…

A speech-language evaluation should give a child or adult a fair opportunity to demonstrate communication skills. When the client and clinician do not share a…

Reading comprehension depends on much more than recognizing words on a page. Students must understand who is involved, what happens, where and when events…

Children experience powerful emotions long before they have the language to explain them. A preschooler may cry, hide, hit, run away, or become very quiet when…

Naturalistic play sessions give speech-language pathologists a valuable view of how children communicate when interaction feels meaningful and flexible. A…

A doctor’s appointment can involve unfamiliar people, strong smells, bright lights, waiting, physical contact, and unexpected changes. For a child with…