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The title SLP or Speech Language Pathologist can be misleading.  Understandably, those who carry that title provide speech therapy.  But what many don’t realize is that the benefits of such a clinician can go far beyond speech and language.  Some of the skills that...

Traditional Speech Therapy Roles It has been an accepted fact for years that speech therapy follows this script.  The mother brings her child to the speech-pathologist at the clinic to be evaluated.  After the assessment, if the child is prescribed for speech therapy,...

Unfortunately for many, the term “health insurance company” has become a synonym for “red tape.” But this doesn’t necessarily mean that your kid needs to suffer. Denial of benefits such as speech therapy need not result in denying your child the speech therapy...

People often ask a therapist providing speech therapy, “How do you go about teaching a kid to…” with any number of ways to finish that question. And although never an easy one to answer, when it comes to helping a child speak correctly, the answer often can be quite...

As a parent concerned about your child’s apparent speech or language deficiency, you have probably begun to research speech disorders, and speech therapy seeking a way to correct it.  And it is more than likely that in this search you have come across either...

Do you Know How Widespread is the Need for Speech Therapy? Many business actors, actresses, executives, professional athletes and even political leaders had speech problems from stuttering to lisping. And many could use speech therapy. King George VI was so ashamed by...

Like so many things in life, what appears to us on the outside isn't accurately reflective of what is going on inside. Take stuttering for example. You often find that many well-intentioned people when they hear someone stutter will heap on seemingly helpful advice...

The pace of technology continues to accelerate making it tough for many schools to keep up. Your school can't grab every innovation. There is neither the budget nor the trained staff. So you must set priorities to maximize the gifts and challenges that technology...

While most training courses for principals cover many of the challenging situations expected to be encountered, specific items must be on the agenda of every new principal. Ignore these five crucial gems of advice at your own risk. Take them to heart and expect that...