Choose Your Words Wisely: Tips to Help Your Child Combine Words
Do you remember hearing your child’s first word? What a wonderful milestone! And as your child says more and more you start to feel a...
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Nisa Ruel
- Aug 14
- 3 min
How Books Can Help Kids with Speech Delays
A study by WHO consultant Sophie Jullien on language and speech delays in children found that the average prevalence of isolated speech...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Jul 16
- 3 min
Dysfluent Speech - When Should I Worry?
A question that I have been asked a lot recently is whether it is normal for children to emit dysfluent speech and when as a parent...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Feb 7
- 3 min
5 Key Principles to Preventing Challenging Behaviors
Let’s face it, children can have big emotions and those big emotions can translate to tantrums and other challenging behaviors. These...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Jan 23
- 5 min
Enhanced Milieu Teaching: A Naturalistic Developmental Behavior Intervention for Promoting Language
Young children who have deficits in communication and language skills are not only at risk for academic failure but are also at risk for...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Jan 10
- 3 min
Early Predictors of Autism Spectrum Disorder
There are many early signs of autism in young children which include challenges with shifting attention, decreased joint attention, and...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Dec 27, 2021
- 2 min
Use Everyday Routines to Build Understanding
Did you know that you can use every day routines to help build your child’s understanding of language? Without receptive language, it is...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Nov 17, 2021
- 3 min
Which Approach Should You Use?
Whether you’re a parent or a therapist it can be challenging at times to know which interventions or strategies are best to use to...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Sep 5, 2021
- 3 min
Tips to Help Your Toddler Start Talking
We all want to see our children thrive and meet their developmental milestones. But what happens when your child is a late talker or...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Aug 8, 2021
- 4 min
5 Things You Can Do to Help Increase Your Child's Vocabulary
Isn’t it frustrating when your little one can repeat the words you model to them but never seem to say them on their own, or when you...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Jul 11, 2021
- 4 min
The Importance of Pointing
When a toddler points at something in their environment, our first reaction is to look at what they are pointing at. This is a form of...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- May 22, 2021
- 3 min
Making Sense of Your Child's Sensory Preferences
We all have sensory preferences. Some people like to listen to music loudly, whereas others may prefer the quiet. Some people gravitate...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Apr 24, 2021
- 3 min
Reinforcement: 5 Key Principles
Want to teach your child something new, or increase the frequency of a target behavior? To do this, you will need to use reinforcement....
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Apr 7, 2021
- 2 min
Consider a Social Story
Does your child have difficulty with anxiety, routines or knowing how to interact with others in certain situations? Consider making a...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Mar 14, 2021
- 3 min
Challenges for Siblings with Special Needs: Their Own Unique Needs
If you want to know how to treat a child with special needs, look at their sibling, they will show you. Siblings of special needs...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
What is your child trying to tell you?
Many children with language delay will communicate what they want and don’t want using challenging behaviors. As such, it can prove...
Jenny Pendleton, LMFT
- Jan 24, 2021
- 2 min
Assisting Children with Grief
In these difficult times, we are aware that many are struggling with grief and loss. Grief can be a long and complicated process for...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Jan 8, 2021
- 2 min
Theory of Mind. What is it and why is it important?
Theory of mind involves understanding that people don’t share the same thoughts and feelings as you do. It allows us to predict and...
Carollyn Thomas, MS, OTR/L, SWC
- Dec 12, 2020
- 3 min
Promoting Chewing
As an occupational therapist who works in feeding, one question that frequently comes up is “how do I help my child learn to chew food?”...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
- Nov 30, 2020
- 3 min
Toy Rotation: Making Play Exciting Again
As a therapist I am often asked what toys that I would recommend parent’s purchase for their children as their children seemingly are...