Speech Therapy for Kids
PediaSpeech now specializes in Cleft Lip & Palate
Cleft lip and palate are birth defects that happen while a baby is developing in the uterus. During the 6th to 10th week of pregnancy, the bones and tissues of a baby’s upper jaw, nose, and mouth normally come together (fuse) to form the roof of the mouth and the upper lip. If the tissue…
Read MoreSippy Cup Do’s and Don’t’s
Sippy cups can be a great way for your baby to transition from nursing or bottle-feeding to a regular cup. They can also help improve hand-to-mouth coordination. When your baby has the motor skills to handle a cup, but not the skills to keep the drink from spilling, a sippy cup can give some independence…
Read MoreDoes my child stutter?
The young child who is still struggling to master certain sounds, vocabulary, sentence arrangement and the social pressures of talking will naturally stumble over speech more often than adults or older children. Because children with normal disfluencies show many of the same behaviors found in stuttering, it may be difficult for you to distinguish normal…
Read MoreStaff – Carly Morris
Carly Morris, MA, CCC–SLP Received her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorder from the Pennsylvania State University, followed by Master of Arts in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign. While in graduate school, Carly received a training scholarship to research and explore relationships between parents and children, with emphasis on…
Read MorePre-Phonemic Awareness Activity
Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. A great phonological awareness activity is rhyming! Help your child fill-in some new rhymes. Since you are focusing on sound and not meaning, nonsense is fine. Have fun! A tree with a …bee. A cat with a …bat. A…
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