birth-3 Archives – Therapy Insights

Quick Start Guide: Prelinguistic Communication Evaluations

April 30, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

Use this resource to support accurate and meaningful language evaluations in the youngest clients with minimal spoken language.

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Identifying Apraxia in the 0-3 Population: A Roadmap of Early Indicators

March 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

This resource provides a roadmap for understanding how CAS may present in the 0-3 year population and what we can do about it.

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Using Language to Support Transitions for Toddlers

February 29, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

This parent/caregiver handout is designed to give ideas on how to incorporate language into transition times for toddlers to decrease maladaptive behaviors or familial stress.

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Impact of Cardiac Diagnoses on Infant Feeding

January 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.

Congenital heart defects are the most common occurring defects in the infant population. Understanding of signs of feeding difficulty and the appropriate use of evidence-based strategies are key in feeding success when working with this population.

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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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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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How to Use Book Reading to Expand Your Infant & Toddler’s Language

May 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

Book reading can allow for numerous learning opportunities. This handout details some ways in which families and clinicians can help to build language in infants and toddlers.

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Finger & Thumb Sucking – Impacts on Speech and Feeding Skills and Methods to Stop the Habit

May 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

Thumb sucking past the age of 3 can become problematic. This resource is for clinicians and caregivers who are looking for methods to minimize thumb sucking in children.

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The Role of the SLP in Tongue Tie Assessment – Release Recommendations and Recovery

May 1, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.

This is a quick, brief snapshot of the role an SLP can play in a tongue tie assessment in regards to recommendations and recovery from a release.

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Positive Parenting – Strategies for Parents of Children with Developmental Delays

October 1, 2022 by Ashley Zhinin.

This resource provides parents with positive strategies that may be used when caring for children with developmental delays.

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