PediaSpeech Blog
News, announcements, and feature articles of interest to our PediaSpeech families
How can we help our children?
Carly Morris is currently reading this book and has found a lot of very useful information in relation to our profession and raising children. This book provides information regarding executive functioning, early intervention and promoting parent/child socioemotional development.This book focuses on children’s character vs. cognition to achieve success. Teaching children skills such as executive functions (planning,…
Read MoreApraxia-The Story of the Tarpley family
APRAXIA. What does that mean?Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder. Children with CAS have great difficulty planning and producing the precise, highly refined and specific series of movements of the speech mechanism . Most children who are diagnosed with CAS have receptive (or understanding) skills within normal limits. These children perform…
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Welcome!
PediaSpeech wants to welcome Mirabel to our practice this month! Mirabel is a special little girl who at 11 months of age began having seizures in an area of the brain called the temporal-parietal lobe also termed the “Wernicke’s area”. This part of the brain is critically involved with speech and language as well as…
Read More1-2-3, MAGIC!
Attention all Parents! If you are having trouble discipling your child, we have just what you need. It’s called “1-2-3 Magic” and from experience here in the PediaSpeech office, it works! 1-2-3 is America’s #1 child discipline program and is the leading resource for parenting solutions that are easy-to-learn and proven to work. With 1-2-3…
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Mayla says, “Kris the OT says at 12-18 months you should be taking your socks off. I’ll show him I’m always listening!”
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Books About Communication: Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Click here to find great books written for and about children with autism and asperger syndrome. For more information on autism and asperger syndrome and other communication disorders visit www.pediaspeech.com or call us at 770-209-9826.
Read MoreWhat are some signs or symptoms of feeding and swallowing disorders in children?
Children with feeding and swallowing problems have a wide variety of symptoms. Not all signs and symptoms are present in every child. The following are signs and symptoms of feeding and swallowing problems in very young children: arching or stiffening of the body during feeding irritability or lack of alertness during feeding refusing food or…
Read MorePicky Eating: a symptom versus a disorder “Picky eating” is normal for children two to six years of age. When picky eating habits continue beyond these years or lead to nutritional deficits these “habits” may actually be a disorder or a symptom of something else. Picky eating as a disorder occurs when the child’s rejection…
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iPad App Recommendations
We have added more apps to our list of great apps for development! Most are free! 2-year olds Old Mac HD Itsy Bittsy HD PickPix Tot LanguageMatch iLanguage – Language builder BabyBus Body Parts Shapes – Receptive shape identification Autism iHelp – Toddler vocabulary iTot Cards – Basic vocabulary Magic Voice – Child must vocalize…
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