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Ideas for Providing Oral Stimulation to Promote Pre-Feeding Readiness in Infants with Complex Medical Comorbidities

Published by <p>Many infants and neonates have a long road to oral feeding. This resource provides examples and ideas for activities to use and teach parents/caregivers to assess and improve pre-feeding skills and readiness. <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>

Ice Cream Syllables

Published by <p>Saying words with two or more syllables is challenging for children with articulation or phonological disorders, or apraxia of speech. This worksheet provides opportunity for practicing these words in therapy and at home. <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>

How to Spoon Feed Your Baby

Published by <p>This handout provides ideas for successful early spoon-feeding and characteristics of good spoon-feeding. Giant gobs of food with leftovers shoved into the oral cavity? NO THANKS. <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>

Make-A-Sentence: Household Scavenger Hunt

Published by <p>This fun activity will help your child build vocabulary and increase sentence length and complexity. <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>

Home Carry-Over Tracking Chart for Parents

Published by <p>This chart provides a place for families to document the following for discussion with the SLP during a therapy session: Date Duration of meal Set-up (high chair, table, car, etc) Foods offered Child’s reaction to food Parent response <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>

Hidden Scene: Find the /L/ Words!

Published by <p>This speech therapy activity targets the /l/ sound. Search this busy, colorful page for all the words that start with L! <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>

He/She and Him/Her Pronoun Picture Cards

Published by <p>Grasping pronouns like he/she and him/her is an important and sometimes challenging part of pediatric language development. This therapy activity provides visual pronoun cards along with ideas of how to use the cards in structured therapy sessions. Also includes a page of pronoun practice using pictures. <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>

Why Is My Child a Picky Eater?

Published by <p>This handout explains why children develop picky eating habits, with a focus on the complex and multifactorial nature of these patterns. <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>

What is Echolalia and Why is My Child Using It?

Published by <p>This handout uses accessible language for parents and caregivers to understand what echolalia is and how it helps children learn and process language in a natural way. <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>

Visualizing /f/ and /v/

Published by <p>This handout includes a large visual of lingual/dental placement as well as a clear visual on voiced and unvoiced productions. The handout also includes quick tips and tricks for eliciting the sound. <div class="woocommerce"> <div class="woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message"> This content is only available to members. </div> </div> </p>