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What Are Basic Concepts?

Basic concepts are the foundation of a child’s education. They are words that a child needs to understand in order to perform everyday tasks like following directions, participating in classroom ro...

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The Effect of Dose Frequency On Treatment Efficacy For Children With Speech Sound Disorders

Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are urged to make evidence-based treatment decisions, but it is challenging to determine the appropriate intervention intensity for children with speech sound di...

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Scope of Practice Q&A: Gait Assessment For Falls Risk

Is gait assessment/training and the use of these tools within the occupational therapy scope of practice?

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Modeling the Acquisition of Words With Multiple Meanings

Learning vocabulary is essential to successful communication. Complicating this task is the underappreciated fact that most common words are associated with multiple senses (are polysemous) (e.g., ...

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What Are Executive Functions and Self-Regulation and What Do They Have to Do With Language-Learning Disorders?

In this article, executive functions and self regulation are defined and the reciprocal influence of these factors on the performance of students with language-learning disorders (LLD) is explored....

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How to Target Multiple Meaning Words In Speech Therapy

In this week's podcast episode, Marisha reviews the evidence related to the assessment and treatment of multiple meaning words.

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Assessing Children's Knowledge of Multiple Meaning Words

Knowledge of multiple meaning words is important for oral and written communication. This research concerned the assessment of such knowledge. Elementary school children with language-learning diff...

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

AAC is used by people who, some or all of the time, cannot rely on their speech.

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Gait and Balance Training

The objective of Physical and Occupational Therapy is to restore lost or restricted range of motion, muscle strength, balance, muscle endurance and function that may be compromised due to surgery, ...

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A Holistic Approach to Voice Therapy

Therapy approaches designed to improve the disordered voice may be equally effective when used to enhance the normal voice. A holistic approach to voice therapy is based on a continuum of voice wel...

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Language In Brief

Language is a rule-governed behavior. It is defined as the comprehension and/or use of a spoken (i.e., listening and speaking), written (i.e., reading and writing), and/or other communication symbo...

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Physical Therapy for Pain Management - Pain Management Center - Everyday Health

Physical therapy involves exercise, massage, and stimulating the body's natural painkillers. Learn about using this pain treatment for chronic pain management.

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Pre-Writing Skills/Strokes | Handwriting

Handwriting is a complex process of recording language by hand, often by using paper and a pen or pencil. The production of legible and efficient handwriting requires intact skills in the areas of ...

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Pronoun Acquisition

As children develop language, they naturally make pronoun errors. These errors are often age-appropriate (and adorable). Some children will not fully master all pronouns until the age of 4. Pronoun...

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Receptive Language (understanding Words and Language)

What is receptive language (understanding words and language)? Receptive language is the ability to understand words and language. It involves gaining information and meaning from routine (e.g. we ...

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Receptive Language Vs. Expressive Language

Put simply, receptive language generally refers to listening while expressive language refers to talking. But there's more to it, as we share in this blog!

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Speech Intelligibility: How Clear is Your Child’s Speech?

Have you ever found it difficult to understand your child’s speech?A Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) can help you understand if your child’s speech intelligibility is at an appropriate level for ...

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Speech Sound Disorders: Articulation and Phonology

The scope of this page is speech sound disorders with no known cause—historically called articulation and phonological disorders—in preschool and school-age children (ages 3–21).

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Speech Sound Errors. The Most Common Speech Errors a Child is Likely to Make.

Speech Sound Errors: Speech production difficulties are the most common form of communication impairment school-based speech pathologists are likely to encounter when working in schools.

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The 100 Most Important Multiple Meaning Words Kids Need to Know | K5 Learning

K5 Learning highlights the top 100 most important multiple meaning words.

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Using Grammar - Kid Sense Child Development

If your child struggles to get a message across or is frequently misunderstood, they may require assistance from a speech pathologist to address grammar issues.

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Visual Motor Skills

Here, you find a huge resource on visual motor skills including information, visual motor activities, and tools to support visual motor skill development in kids.   We have shared quite a few posts...

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Multiple Meanings: Theory, Research and Teaching Tips

Learning about the multiple meanings of words (e.g., to find -- a find) is included in the new and widely adopted Common Core Standards for English Language Arts. For example, the excerpt below was...

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What to Know About ADLs and IADLS

Here is a basic guide to ADLS (Activities of Daily Living) and IADLS (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living).

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Why Do the Children (Pretend) Play?

Pretend play appears to be an evolved behavior because it is universal and appears on a set schedule. However, no specific functions have been determined for pretend play and empirical tests for it...

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