I recently came across a flyer for a wonderful walk to raise funds and spread awareness for Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS).  CAS is a motor speech disorder that results from difficulty with the planning and coordination of  the speech musculature (e.g.,...

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, and Simpson Speech and Language wants to celebrate! In honor of BHSM, we will be giving away a summer packet that includes (4) Tickets to the Fresno Chaffee Zoo, a Preschool Summer Packet that includes information on how to promo...

I think we can all hear the voice in our head of a mother shouting, "Don't play with your food!" Well, there can be a very good reason to play with your food. Picky eaters are very common. I'm sure that many of you are thinking of your own children right now. However,...

Just a quick post to let you know that I am now a vendor with the Central Valley Regional Center! CVRC is dedicated to providing services to individuals with developmental disabilities and at risk children. I will be providing services to children under 3 years of age...

Many of you might be familiar with AssistiveWare's augmentative and alternative communication app Proloquo2Go. Those of you that are familiar with it know that it is expensive. Well, now there is a chance to get the NEW version with a 50% off discount! The newest versi...

Have you ever wondered if your young child is developing speech and language appropriately? Do you worry when your child doesn't communicate as clearly, or as often, as other children? Here are some developmental signs to help determine if your child (aged 0-3) has a s...

Paying for speech therapy can range from being easy breezy to a huge headache. If your health insurance plan covers speech therapy, than you are already off to a good start. However, there are a lot of reasons why a health insurance policy ultimately would not cover sp...

I have a friend that has two little sweeties that have IEP goals, and she shared those goals with me in order to give me some inspiration for this post.  For today’s post I am uploading materials related to their goals: action verbs and the speech sound /s/....

Welcome to my website and my first blog post! I do not consider myself a blogger at all, but I want to try and periodically post therapy materials, ideas for facilitating therapy goals at home, and product reviews. For this first post I want to focus on a few materials...