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Books Provide Full Language Story to Bilingual Students With DLD
Article written by: Elizabeth D. Peña, PhD, CCC-SLP and Lisa M. Bedore, PhD, CCC-SLP SLPs share ways of using books to boost language-learning of bilingual students with developmental language disorder. How do we design interventions for bilingual students? Do we plan activities in the home language, the school language, or both? These are some questions … Read More
20 Year Anniversary: Donations to South Bronx Neighborhood Centers
To celebrate 20 years in business, we partnered with South Bronx Neighborhood Centers (SEBNC) to give back to one of the many communities that our therapists have been serving since opening our doors in 2004. We collected winter coats and hats to keep the young children in their Minds Unlimited afterschool program warm through this … Read More
2024 Northwest Bayside Civic Association
This year we began collaborating with the Northwest Bayside Civic Association. We enjoyed getting to know the businesses in our community and the members of our community a little better. We attended Trunk or Treat on 10/26 and the Annual Holiday Lighting on 12/7. We hope that we can continue collaborating on more events in … Read More
2024 Provider Bonding Event
Crafts aren’t just for our little ones! Our staff had a great time painting their own pottery, laughing, and strengthening relationships among each other. Thank you ClayNation for hosting us and thank you La Famiglia Pizzeria for catering this incredible night!
Improving Reading Comprehension with Winter Literacy
Article written by: Nanette Cote, M.A. CCC-SLP I love following bloggers and using their lesson plans that are paired with children’s books! They have inspired me to create some of my own plans for my elementary aged clients. Over the winter break, I pulled out some of my seasonal books and created simple, functional lessons … Read More
What are Developmental Learning Disoders (DLD)?
Article written by: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders What is developmental language disorder (DLD)? Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a communication disorder that interferes with learning, understanding, and using language. These language difficulties are not explained by other conditions, such as hearing loss or autism, or by extenuating circumstances, such as lack … Read More
Busting AAC myths for good
Article written by: Alyssa Hillary Zisk , AAC Researcher Amanda Hartmann , Speech-Language Pathologist Busting AAC myths for good There are many things we now know to be true about AAC—both from research and from AAC users’ lived experiences. However, even with the research showing us certain things to be true, certain myths persist in … Read More
Classroom accommodations for language disorders
Article written by: Kelli Johnson, MA Classroom accommodations for language disorders Language disorders make it hard to understand and use language. (The main types are receptive and expressive, and some kids struggle with both.) The challenges show up in different ways. Kids might struggle to complete sentences and learn vocabulary. They might tell people about personal experiences in … Read More