Author: Elizabeth Novak-Czech MA CCC SLP

Practice Practice!

With siblings and busy schedules, it may feel difficult to find time to sit down with your child one-on-one to work on speech and language targets or homework. It is important to know that even if you are not spending as much one-on-one time with your child as you would like, they are still gaining crucial input and exposure during each conversation you have with them. Implementing therapy techniques and practice does not need to only be limited to individual practice. While one-on-one time is beneficial, it is also important for your child to learn how to use language in everyday routines and when interacting with family and friends. Speech and language development techniques can easily be implemented into daily

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New Year Goals

Happy New Year! The New Year is an excellent time of the year to set goals and resolutions for the coming year. What goals do you have for your child’s speech and language for 2021 Here are some ideas for New Years resolutions related to speech and language to help kick of 2021. Practice speech sounds for five minutes at least five days a week. Life can get busy for everyone, but research shows daily practice even for just five minutes can make a huge difference in a child’s progress. Ask your child’s therapist for speech targets.Go to the library and read each day. Going to the library is a fun activity which leads to bringing home new, exciting, and

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Have you wondered why your child struggles with reading?

Reading is a complex process and is often a challenging undertaking for children. Dr. Hollis Scarborough’s Reading Rope is an excellent infographic that depicts the necessary sub-skills needed for accurate, skilled, and fluent reading. The Reading Rope is comprised of two main strands. The upper strand encompasses language comprehension or what is often referred to as reading comprehension. Within this main strand are smaller individual pieces of rope representing background knowledge (this refers to knowledge of content, facts, concepts, etc.), vocabulary (word meaning, multiple meaning words, shades of meaning, etc.), language structures (sentence structure and grammar), verbal reasoning (inference generation, figurative language, etc.), and literacy knowledge (genres, print concepts, story grammar, etc.). The lower strand of the Reading Rope involves

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