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"Before a child starts their homework, it is important to give them at least 20-30 minutes of sensory movement activities when they arrive home from school."

1. The sooner you intervene, the better

Children who are referred for speech-language therapy often also face challenges within their overall development. Occupational therapy addresses sensory processing and self-regulation skills through sensory integration.

This visual - a circle drawn on a piece of paper - can be used for groups and individual speech therapy sessions to help children keep their bodies and minds present in the group, whether the group is multiple children or the child and therapist in a 1:1 ratio.

Pragmatic language refers to the verbal and non-verbal rules that dictate our social interactions.

Yoga can help with your child's coordination, flexibility, strength, body awareness, sensory development, concentration, attention, and more!

Receptive language is a person's ability to understand language. Here are some receptive language activities to help build strong listening skills.

Scaffolding during reading is a great way to help your child with auditory comprehension.

If you notice your child is experiencing atypical disfluencies, experiences disfluencies for 10% of the day or more, or has been stuttering for an extended period of time (6 months), an evaluation is warranted.

Despite growing autism awareness, it is still under-diagnosed especially in children under age 8, according to researchers at Rutgers University.

Flexible thinking refers to the ability to adapt to new situations and find solutions to overcome unexpected problems.

One mom put her kids on a "screen detox" and her daughter grew five reading levels in seven months!

The Westby Play Scale defines the ten stages in the development of symbolic play abilities and how it relates to language concepts and structures.