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Tips to Help Your Child with Joint Attention

June 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
Impairments with joint attention can have tremendous negative impacts on cognitive and social-communication skills. This handout provides information and techniques for clinicians and caregivers to use to help children with joint attention skills through various activities.
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Delayed or Age Expected: When to Get Your Child Evaluated for Speech Services

June 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
Parent involvement and early detection can help to increase the efficiency of a child’s language development. This resource provides information and a checklist for caregivers, therapists, physicians, and teachers who want help to determine if a referral for evaluation for speech intervention is needed.
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Early Identification of Children at Risk of Communication Disorders: Introducing a Novel Battery of Dynamic Assessments for Infants (2023)

June 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
Early intervention for children with communication disorders can greatly support the development of communication skills and prevent possible negative outcomes related to poor speech-language abilities. Poor identification by professionals may be due to the limited amount of assessment instruments available for children younger than 3 years of age. This study explores the utilization of dynamic […]
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Resource Roadmap Show – Pediatric SLP – #04

May 9, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
This course covers: Dynamic Case History Questionnaire for Speech and Language Evaluations, Summer Sorting/Categories Activity, Convergent and Divergent Thinking Task Examples and Activities, Tips to Help Your Child with Joint Attention, Delayed or Age Expected: When to Get Your Child Evaluated for Speech Services.
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Apraxia of Speech Among Children with Autism: Narrative Review and Clinical Recommendations (2022)

May 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
Research of treatment procedures for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and limited verbal ability is an often neglected area of study. Of the studies available, most focus on language skills, however, a subset of children with ASD also have speech impediments.This article was written to guide clinicians in their assessment and treatment of children […]
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