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Best resources for speech therapy at home! We cover parenting tips & speech and language development to bring you all you need to know to keep your child thriving.

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Auditory Processing Disorder

According to Geffner and Kessler’s overview, Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) refers to “what the brain does with what the ears hear.” One example is, there…

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Reading Motivation: A Critical Foundation in Early Reading Development

Looking more deeply into reading motivation can support your little one’s learning to navigate their journey in becoming a lifelong reader. What Exactly is Reading…

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Benefits of IEP and Educational, Health and Care Plans Explained

First of all, many of you reading this might be asking, what is an EHCP? This stands for a “Educational, Health, and Care Plan.” It…

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Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development

Children’s development is broken down into four types: fine motor, gross motor, perception, and health, safety, and nutrition. Speech Blubs App for Speech and Language…

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B Sound Articulation Therapy: A Guide for Parents

The /b/ sound is a bilabial sound, which means the lips are pressed together while producing the sound. It is also a voiced sound, which…

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Infants and Learning through Listening

Listening is an important skill that requires a child to hear a message, understand it, and then act accordingly. Young children who have listening difficulties…

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Child Brain Development: Early Childhood

Even though the brain develops until it’s 25-years-old, most of its development occurs before the age of six. But, what are the brain’s development stages,…

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Top 7 Easy Writing Activities for Preschoolers

Home is where parents spend a lot of time devoted to their preschoolers doing things like writing activities for children to help them learn the…

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My Chat w/Mitja Mavsar, Co-Founder of Speech Blubs

Speech Blubs caught my attention, and my young son’s because instead of abstract graphics or images the program featured real children modeling speech. I thought…

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Finding My Brother’s Voice: Why I Became a Speech Pathologist

The reason why I became a speech-language pathologist is something that I share with anyone who asks me. Ever since I can remember, my brother and…

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My son was diagnosed with bilateral hearing loss in both ears last year, and after his surgery, Speech Blubs is the best app to get him on track with kids his age.

- By Nola and Kory

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SLP WEBINAR: El Paso SLPs Meet Rachel Madel, M.A., CCC-SLP

With the current restrictions, how do these kids get the services they need? They can’t meet in person with their speech therapist. They can’t go…

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How to Teach Children about Diversity

As the title says, this blog is about teaching children about diversity and all of the issues involved. This is good reading for parents and…

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How Down Syndrome Affects Children's Speech Development?

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Can Children on the Autism Spectrum have Apraxia of Speech?

So first things first, your child can be diagnosed with Autism AND have apraxia of speech at the same time. Can both disorders happen independently…

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Mom Guilt: Am I to Blame for My Child's Speech Delay?

The normal questions I get after parents hear their child has a speech delay are like, “what could I have done differently,” “am I to…

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Preschoolers with Older Siblings Develop Speech Slower. Why?

Studies on siblings and language development show that children from large families develop communication skills more slowly because of less attention from parents.  However, more…

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