North Paulding Speech Language Therapy

12/12/2025

Parents: Check out this "cause and effect"! The baby claps and the whole crowd goes wild!! LOL. This is what your SLP is talking about when they use the term "cause and effect". The child makes and action and they are quickly reinforced with an action. This could be them pushing a button on the toy and it plays their favorite song. It could be then saying "up" and you toss them in the air and catch them. When a child learns that they actions or words make something else happen which they love, this is communication.

08/29/2025

This is an open letter to all of the NPSLT parents:

Many months ago I was getting out of my car at our Acworth office when I was stopped by a father and his child. He asked, "Are you the owner?". I braced myself to hear about an issue he was having that I would undoubtably attend to fixing. Rather he said, "I just wanted you to know how much I appreciate you and your staff for everything that you do for children and their families". My heart swelled and my eyes got misty! It had been a particularly difficult week in May when I had been sending out attendance policy reminders to all parents and was experiencing some unhappy responses to the reminders. I really needed to hear his kind words at the exact moment he expressed that sentiment to me. It reminded me that when we see something we like in a person we need to tell them rather than keep it in our hearts/heads. So this is what I am constantly thinking about our families that we serve that I have been keeping inside:

We see you fighting Atlanta suburb traffic to get here from as far away as Douglasville or Cobb County to get your child the services they need. We see you reaching out to grandmas and grandpas as your support system to get your child to us. We see you making sure those AAC devices are charged and with your child at therapy. We see the improvements in your child's communication because you practiced the homework that was given to you the week before. We appreciate your effort to work with us to improve your child's communication skills. Your efforts are seen and appreciated. Thank you from the bottom of our speech language pathologist hearts! ❤️

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08/03/2024

It makes me happy to see people do something kind for others. I asked a family to move their child's therapy to make room for another child on the only day another single mom could make it work for her child. The other family quickly agreed with no questions asked. Ya'll know I really love owning my company and being an SLP. This made my heart extra full today 🥰

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12/30/2022

Check out this wonderful video little Henry's mother made of his fun visit at speech.
northpauldingslp.com/blog/2022/12/27/mpn5p6rsvtdkmujs06qoscqlr1nh3w

12/27/2022

SLP Tips: Simple at home exercises

northpauldingslp.com/blog/2022/12/21/slp-tips-simple-at-home-exercises

12/20/2022

New blog post for NPSLT: Christmas themed activities for SLP

Here is a List of basic inexpensive Christmas themed activities to consider using with your child this year: 1 Coloring sheets and other crafts based on child’s interests.  2 Make a sensory bucket. Consider dollar tree items that are Christmas themed that go along with the story (a tr

12/16/2022

Listening vocabulary is so important!

12/13/2022

Latest blog post, 12 ideas for using Christmas stories to help your speech!

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How can we used Christmas stories to work on a child’s skills? 1. Improve vocabulary by teaching meanings of unfamiliar words first, review, then read the story and talk about the words. 2. Answer comprehension questions (consider asking: who, what, where, when, why questions, or yes/no &

12/12/2022

Love this post by .slp

12/10/2022

You may have been given the advice to "narrate your day" when helping a little one learn to talk. This basically means talk out loud...a lot. The more words your child hears, the better. Makes sense.

Here's the next step (or two): problem solve out loud. Use conversation starters to invite your little one to participate. They may not yet have all the words but they can point, they can gesture, they can attempt to help you. At least they are actively participating and not just passively listening to your narration.

These questions are not meant as a test, but a general wondering about the answer. No pressure to respond, but the opportunity exists.
To help, you may need to:
1. start the response but leave out the key word such as, "Oh, yes, you need a...(spoon!)"
2. offer choices so they remember which word to use: "Do you need a fork or a spoon?"
3. do nothing more than stop talking or wonder "hmm..." so that they have a chance to help you! :-)

Once they understand language, they may need more opportunities to practice it.
Engage them. Invite them.
You may be surprised!

12/05/2022

Love this post by Speech Tea

Edit: It’s totally okay if kids LOVE the academic words! We are not stopping kids from learning what they are interested in. And for kids who are interested, we also usually aren’t working on academic skills (like to teach them- they usually teach themselves)- but we might be using those interests to be able to communicate a variety of things!

11/30/2022

If you are interested in helping a family/child this holiday season please come to our Acworth clinic and pick and Angel from the tree.
Happy holidays to everyone!