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How Parents Can Get Organized on a Budget
Parents never have enough time and always have too much to do. If you’re a busy, harried parent yourself, learning how to get more...
Jason Kenner
May 12, 20233 min read


10 Everyday Experiences to Build Language
Repetition helps children learn language. In fact, did you know that the average child needs 12-15 exposures before learning a new word,...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
Apr 2, 20236 min read


How to Support a Sports Interest for Your Special Needs Child Without Blowing Your Budget
Many kids are interested in sports. Joining a sports team is a great way for kids to get exercise and make friends, but sports are often...
Jason Kenner
Mar 17, 20233 min read


5 Things Parents Can Do to Ensure the Best Outcome of Their Child’s Therapy Program
Let’s face it, you spend a lot of money and time in getting your child the support services that they need to reach their utmost...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
Mar 7, 20233 min read


USING TIME DELAY TO FADE PROMPTS
When teaching children new skills, it is not unusual that they will initially require some support in the form of prompts and cues....
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
Feb 26, 20233 min read


Parenting and ADHD
As a clinician who works with children and adults diagnosed with ADHD and their families, the journey to management can often be a...
Jenny Pendleton, LMFT
Jan 16, 20232 min read


5 Tips for Parents of Young Children Who Are Not Yet Talking
Seeing your child reach their developmental milestones is a rewarding and exciting time for parents. But when they are slow to develop...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
Dec 9, 20223 min read


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...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
Oct 30, 20224 min read


5 Tips on How to Boost Student Engagement in Speech-Language Therapy Sessions
“When you have fun, then you’re more interested in learning.” – Magnus Carlsen As a pediatric speech-language pathologist I have...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
Oct 3, 20226 min read


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
Aug 14, 20223 min read


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
Jul 16, 20223 min read


Joint Attention, Symbolic Play, Engagement, and Regulation (JASPER) Intervention
I meet a lot of parents that are leery about starting ABA (applied behavior analysis) services with their children. Some share concerns...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
May 15, 20223 min read


5 Strategies to Support Generalization
Have you ever found yourself wondering why your child is able to exhibit a skill in one specific setting, but not the other? Or why your...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
Apr 27, 20224 min read


Communication Temptations: How & Why
Your child wants something, so they stand in the kitchen with you while you show them item after item, trying to figure out what it is...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
Mar 25, 20223 min read


Key Strategies for Late Talkers
Is your child or client a late talker? Do you need to increase their vocabulary? There are a lot of effective and evidence-based...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
Feb 21, 20223 min read


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
Feb 7, 20223 min read


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 23, 20225 min read


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
Jan 10, 20223 min read


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
Dec 27, 20212 min read


A Framework for Parent Education & Training
We all know as practitioners that best therapy outcomes are associated with parent involvement, especially in the early intervention...
Nikki McRory, MA CCC-SLP, BCBA
Dec 5, 20212 min read
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