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Evidence-Based Considerations for Pediatric Modified Barium Swallow Studies (MBSS)

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PediatricSLPArticulationF/V Sounds
Based on the course Modified Barium Swallow Studies in Infant and Pediatric Patients by Jennifer Raminick, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, this handout covers radiation exposure, accuracy of clinical bedside evaluations, elements to improve consistency and accuracy of swallow studies, candidacy for MBSS, differences of infant swallow vs. adult swallow, and stages of swallow during the exam.
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Encourage Language While Playing with Simple Toys

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PediatricSLPBirth-3Language Development
Carry-over of speech therapy at home with family is vital for lasting success. This handout provides concrete suggestions related to 5 toys that parents/caregivers can use to encourage language while playing with their child at home.
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Emotional Vocabulary Expansion Activity

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PediatricSLPLanguage DevelopmentPragmatics
Children with social pragmatic communication disorders often have a limited range of emotional vocabulary words (e.g., excited, depressed, sad, angry, happy, etc.), which affects their ability to express feelings in a healthy way. It is our job as speech-language pathologists to provide these children opportunities to learn and understand a wider variety of emotional vocabulary.
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Effects of Mouth Breathing

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PediatricSLPArticulationFeeding and Swallowing
Mouth-breathing is a maladaptive, compensatory behavior. Human facial anatomy was designed for breathing to occur through the nose. The nasal cavity filters the air we breathe, and allows airflow into the body for proper craniofacial development. The harmful effects of mouth-breathing in children are becoming more well-understood. This handout provides a brief overview of information for caregivers, parents, therapists, and other professionals regarding how mouth-breathing can affect multiple facets of development.
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Early Intervention: How to Target More Than Nouns in Play

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PediatricSLPBirth-3Language Development
Nouns emerge first in early developing language, but to help kids push into multi-word phrases and meaningful dialogue with communication partners, it is important to help them build up other types of words in their vocabularies. This handout provides a quick way to extend word types across play and everyday activities.
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Dyslexia

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PediatricSLPLiteracy
This handout is intended for parents, teachers, and therapists to use as a reference when working with children with dyslexia. The information below provides a brief, general overview of dyslexia.
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Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing for Apraxia

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PediatricSLPCASChildhood Apraxia of Speech
This handout describes the use of DTTC by therapists address apraxia of speech in the pediatric population. The handout describes what DTTC is, how therapists incorporate it into therapy, and the principles of motor planning that make it successful.
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Developmental Grammar Milestones

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PediatricSLPBirth-3Language Development
This handout is designed for speech-language pathologists and other language specialists and outlines 8 major grammar milestones for children from 19-50 months.
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Development of the Swallow & Oral Motor Skills: From Infancy to Toddlerhood

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PediatricSLPAnatomy/PhysiologyFeeding and Swallowing
This resource provides caregivers and clinicians information about swallow development, including anatomy and physiology development from infancy to toddlerhood. The handout also outlines specifically how the pediatric swallow anatomy is not just a smaller version of adult anatomy and how these anatomical differences can impact dysphagia for the pediatric population.
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Daily Routine Visual Sequencing Strips

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
This visual resource is designed for clinicians working with the pediatric population to address sequencing of functional daily routines.
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Creative Pairing of Preferred Foods with Non-Preferred Foods

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
Clinicians typically use a variety of techniques and strategies to help children overcome fears of new or non-preferred foods. Each child is different and will need a unique approach based on their responsiveness to what is trialed in therapy. One for children with sensory-behavioral issues is to pair preferred foods with non-preferred items. This handout is especially helpful in understanding specific ways to use this approach across settings.
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Core Word Picture Cards for Everyday Therapy

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PediatricSLPAACAACLanguage Development
These visual cards can be used in therapy and at home as a functional activity. One way to use these cards is during play routines (e.g., practice “in” and “out” while playing with a toy; prompt the child by asking, “Is the ball in the box or out of the box?” and point to the correct cord word image).
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Core Vocabulary: Valentine’s Day Love Smoothie

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PediatricSLPAACAACLanguage Development
Use this recipe with your AAC learners. Core vocabulary is a set of words that make up about 80% of what most people say during the day.
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Core Vocabulary for the Word “GO”

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PediatricSLPAACAACLanguage Development
This therapy activity is designed for therapists targeting 3 word phrases using the word “go.” Includes squares featuring the words “Cars,” “go,” “fast,” “slow,” and “home.”
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Conversational Turn Taking Cards for Group Sessions

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
Initiating conversations between school-aged children can be difficult during group therapy. Conversation becomes a challenge when children cannot think of things to say. This resource can be used by therapists, educators, and families who are working with school-aged children on conversational turn-taking tasks.
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Consonant-Vowel Snowglobe Activity

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PediatricSLPArticulationVowel Sounds
Snowglobe with CV, VC, CVC, and CVCV syllable shapes: Fill the snow globe with word “snowballs” to practice various syllable shapes for children who are learning to put sounds together to form words.
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Clinical Reference

Considerations When Creating a Feeding and Swallowing Clinical Team

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
Based on the course Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Clinic: Team Considerations for Implementation by Pam Holland, MA-CCC/SLP, BCS-S, this handout provides a list of considerations to consider when assembling an interdisciplinary feeding and swallowing clinical team.
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Compare and Contrast Activity (Summer Theme)

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PediatricSLPLanguage Development
Comparing and contrasting concepts and objects is a higher-level language skill that helps children develop an understanding of similarities and differences. This activity uses fun, engaging vocabulary associated with summer time to work on this specific language skill.
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Commonly Used Behavioral Strategies in Feeding Therapy

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PediatricSLPFeeding and Swallowing
This quick reference is designed for therapists, parents, and caregivers working with children with experientially-based feeding disorders.
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Coaching Model for Clinicians

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PediatricSLPArticulationLanguage Development
Coaching models are used frequently in early intervention, preschool, and with early communicators. It takes a lot of skill on the clinician’s part and this handout offers some suggestions for how to get started.
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