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Building Confidence in Kids: The Power of Letting Them Struggle

May 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help parents build their child’s confidence by supporting them through struggle instead of rescuing them. This handout provides practical strategies and scripts to help parents navigate those key moments when learning is hard, fostering resilience and independence in kids with disabilities.
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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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Gestalt Language Theory: A Parent’s Guide

January 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This parent-friendly handout explains gestalt language processing and how therapy supports children in developing flexible, meaningful communication. Perfect for therapists to share, it provides an overview of the therapy approach, stages of development, and practical tips for supporting progress at home.
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Smooth Transitions: Helping Kids Move from One Thing to the Next

January 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource equips parents with practical strategies to help kids transition smoothly between activities, reducing stress for both parent and child. Perfect for therapists to share in therapy, it includes actionable tips, sample scripts, and a set of cut-out visual aids to support young children through transitions.
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Understanding and Supporting Slow-to-Warm-Up Kids

January 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout helps parents understand and support “slow-to-warm-up” kids, celebrating their thoughtful and observant nature rather than trying to change it. Perfect for therapists to share, it includes practical strategies for fostering confidence and connection at the child’s own pace.
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When to Start Solid Foods with Your Baby

July 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
Introduction of solid food is a huge milestone for babies as well as caregivers. This handout provides some tips to note before initiating solid foods with your baby to make those early introductions as successful and fun as possible.
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Parent Training Tips for AAC Implementation

May 31, 2024 by Ashley Zhinin.
Parents and caregivers are the initial teachers of communication skills to young children. Children who require augmentative and alternative communication to support language require additional support from caregivers to acquire the language as well as access the language within their system to functionally communicate.
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Filtering Out Feeding Misinformation: A Social Media Guide for Parents

November 30, 2023 by Ashley Zhinin.
Social media has become one of the most accessible ways for parents to gain information. Many clinicians and researchers utilize the platform to discuss feeding interventions with inconsistent use of evidence to support the claims being made. This resource helps parents learn to filter out misinformation.
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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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