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Early Communication & Social Development: Patterns Worth Exploring

January 31, 2026 by Megan Berg.
This handout offers a warm, neurodiversity-affirming way to talk with families about early communication and social patterns that may benefit from extra support. Use it to open collaborative, low-pressure conversations with parents while highlighting strengths and inviting next steps when helpful.
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How to Spot Predatory Speech and Language Treatments

January 31, 2026 by Megan Berg.
This resource equips parents with tools to spot misleading “quick fix” speech products and understand why these claims can feel so convincing. Use it to support informed decision-making and protect families from false hope and unnecessary costs.
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How Often Is Best? Understanding Therapy Frequency for Your Child

November 30, 2025 by Celia Easton Koehler.
This handout helps parents understand therapy frequency models in a clear, collaborative way, emphasizing that therapists typically make recommendations while parents’ insights shape the plan. Use it to guide conversations about scheduling and empower families to ask questions and feel confident in the decision-making process.
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Words and Pictures for Velar Sounds

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This set of picture cards targets /k/ and /g/ sounds in initial, medial, and final word positions with clear, engaging visuals that are easy to use in therapy. Includes 60 pictureable words plus minimal pairs to support children working on velar sound production and fronting.
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Words and Pictures for /th/ Sounds

July 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource includes clear, image-friendly words for voiced and voiceless /th/ sounds and minimal pairs, organized by word position to support targeted articulation practice. It’s designed to help therapists easily model, cue, and engage clients using visuals that are concrete and easy to relate to.
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Helping Your Child with Articulation Goals at Home

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout helps parents support articulation goals at home without turning into speech therapists. It offers empowering language, practical modeling tips, and low-pressure carry-over ideas, all grounded in emotional support and confidence-building.
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Collaborative IEP Meetings: A Multidisciplinary Guide for Meaningful Parent Engagement

April 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This is a practical resource designed for therapists to share with parents and colleagues, helping to foster a more family-centered, inclusive approach to IEP meetings. Packed with actionable strategies, checklists, and parent advocacy tools, this guide empowers teams to create meetings where parents feel heard, valued, and truly part of the decision-making process.
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What to Expect in Play-Based Therapy

January 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help parents understand the principles of play-based therapy and how it supports their child’s development. This resource provides therapists with clear, parent-friendly explanations to share, making the therapy process approachable and meaningful.
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Visualizing Posterior Tongue Ties

December 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource is not intended to guide clinicians in diagnosing or treating posterior tongue ties; rather, it provides a clear visual to help illustrate the concept. Our goal is to empower patients and families with the information they need to make their own informed decisions about potential treatment options.
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Exercises After Frenotomy: Outdated or Evidence-Based?

November 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource provides an in-depth look at the role of post-frenotomy exercises, including the historical context, current controversies, and research on the effectiveness of these exercises across different age groups- infants, children, and adults. With a focus on evidence-based recommendations, this guide encourages patients and parents to make informed decisions in collaboration with their healthcare providers.
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