NYC Speech and Language Pathologist, P.C

Signs your child may not be getting GOOD sleep They may be staying in their room. They may even have their eyes closed the whole night. However, the right AMO...UNT of hours does not mean they are getting the right QUALITY of sleep! Does your child check off any of these signs/symptoms 1. Snoring 2. Mouth breathing/loud audible breathing 3. Difficulty waking up in the morning 4. Sleepwalking, sleep talking , nightmares 5. Difficulty sleeping through the night 6. Difficulty falling asleep 7. Breathing pauses during sleep 8. Bed wetting (past appropriate age) 9. Tangles sheets at night/moves around a lot 10. Periodic limb movement 11. Irritability behavior/mood 12. Overly emotional or moody 13. Hyperactivity 14. Difficulty concentrating/focusing in school 15. Difficulty staying awake during the day/needs to nap (past average age) Contact us today for a complimentary phone consultation! #ctorofacialmyology #orofacialmyology #orofacialmyofunctionaltherapy #myofunctionaltherapy #dentalsleepmedicine #tonguetherapy #tonguethrust #wellness #health #mouthbreathing #thumbsucking #sleepapnea #dental #airway #iaom #connecticut #buteyko #functional #nasalbreathing

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Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a motor-based speech disorder; therefore a motor-based speech therapy approach needs to be utilized. Playful activities ... can be incorporated into speech therapy, but the SLP needs to embed strategies based on the principles of motor learning (PML) into the play. Apraxia therapy should look and sound different from traditional speech-language therapy. Increasing ambient language exposure will NOT be enough to build the flexibility and reliability of the child’s speech motor planning system. You can talk, read, and sing to the child 24/7...but modeling more language will not help the child with apraxia learn to TALK. One of the biggest prognostic indicators for a child with CAS is the APPROPRIATENESS OF THE THERAPY. When play and language are the focus of therapy, the child’s speech skills often remain static. The diagnosis drives the treatment approach. And CAS requires a motor-based therapy approach. If you are looking for more info, I just recorded my 6-hour presentation for the Oklahoma Speech-Language-Hearing Online Conference. You can sign up to take the course, even if you don’t live in Oklahoma! Edited to add link to the conference: https://www.oslha.org/site_event_detail.cfm You should also follow @grahamspeechtherapy, @bjoremspeech and @slpmommyofapraxia because they are awesome! . . . #cariebertseminars #slpsofinstagram #instaslp #speechtherapy #apraxiaofspeech #speechies #slp2be #slp2b #slpsfollowslps

IMPORTANT I am posting this once again because the early diagnosis of oral motor and feeding dysfunction in infants and toddlers is very importan...t. From TOTs , to low tone to motor dysfunction, we must be aware the OMDs occur across the life span but the treatment methodologies will range from more passive to active. See more