My Baby Can Play: How Productive Play Promotes Literacy

My Baby Can Play: How Productive Play Promotes Literacy

December 29, 2018Blog

If you pay attention to the current toys, television shows, and materials for children like Your Baby Can Read! you should notice a cultural shift to the promotion of literacy, especially early literacy skills. From older shows such as Sesame Street and Between the Lions to newer shows such as WordGirl, WordWorld, and Super Why! we see the push for phonological awareness skills and reading … Read More

Apraxia: To Diagnose or Not? When? Who?

Apraxia: To Diagnose or Not? When? Who?

December 29, 2018Blog

Unfortunately, apraxia of speech is over diagnosed by many speech pathologists. Majority of children at our practice that come in with this diagnosis from early intervention are not truly apraxic. This diagnosis should not be given very early on and only given by a seasoned speech pathologist that has expertise in apraxia and understands the … Read More