SpeechPath

🗣️ This National Speech-Language-Hearing Month, I'm prioritizing the amazing teachers I work with by providing vocal hygiene strategies and hearing screenings. Their dedication shapes the future of our students, and this is my way of showing appreciation. 🎤👂📚

Happy National Speech Pathologist Day! 🤍

“The most interesting people you’ll find are ones that don’t fit into your average cardboard box. They’ll make what they need, they’ll make their own boxes.” — Dr. Temple Grandin
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Bruce Willis’ Diagnosis Puts Aphasia in the Spotlight While aphasia is a newsworthy event in the lives of more than 2 million Americans, it’s not a condition that most people understand unless they had a friend or family member experience it. The difficult news of actor Bruce Willis’s aphasia diagnosis has made international headlines and o...

Back at it! It was my first week back with regular school hours and all students on campus since March 2020! My assignment will be quite different this year with less therapy time and more assessments …. I’m ready for the ride! Who started back as a this week?

I successfully made it through my first week back to school this year in person. Things were quite different, but I loved seeing students so happy to be back on campus and being able to talk to my colleagues in person. 💚

Today is National ASL Day 🤙🏼✌🏼👌🏼 Using sign language, especially with toddlers who struggle with expressive language is one of my favorite parts of my job! It’s pure joy to see them use sign language to ease their frustration and allow them to communicate. This is one of my favorite signs... do you know what it is?

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Happy SLP Appreciation Day to all the out there!

Happy May 1st .... and Happy Better Hearing & Speech Month! ❤️🗣👂🏼
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Knowing signs of hearing loss in babies and toddlers is so important for parents. As an early intervention SLP, I cannot tell you how many times I hear things like “But he hears when his Dad comes home from work before me because he hears his truck.” or “He hears when I yell his name.” I then gracefully get on my soapbox and explain frequencies of hearing and signs of hearing loss. And often, I get a response of “I actually have hearing loss myself.” The next step: ENT/audiology referal. And a lot of my clients end up having tubes put in, about 6 months of speech therapy ... and then they don’t.stop.talking! 👏🏻🙌🏻
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Informing our parents is key! Helping them ask for a referral is also important! But most importantly, guiding them through this unknown process is what they need and appreciate the most!