Sounds and Symbols

06/21/2023

Looking to boost your child’s social skills? Join us THIS Saturday morning at Play Street Museum Highlands Ranch to work on managing big feelings and being part of a group. We are excited to work on these important skills through the wonderful world of play! Register at bit.ly/learntoplayalong

06/17/2023

The importance of mindfulness is sinking into my bones. When I started running social groups a few summers ago the concept of shame hit me in the face. We all feel shame when we do things “wrong” (either in our own eyes or someone else’s), but it’s even more intense for neurodivergent kiddos. The posture of mindfulness lets thoughts, feelings, and behaviors be as they are without adding judgment. We can’t eradicate shame from the human experience, but we can limit its hold on us. We are good, we are worthy, we are enough. THIS is the place where social learning begins.

06/16/2023

In honor of our upcoming "Learn to Play Along" event at Play Street Museum Highlands Ranch, we are giving away THREE copies of our children's book on emotional regulation! The first three people to comment on one of our social media pages AND register at bit.ly/learntoplayalong will be given a copy of "If Feelings Take Over" at the event on June 24th. We are so excited to help 4-6 year olds learn to be part of a group and manage big feelings!

06/12/2023

Hey Colorado! I’m super excited to be facilitating a special social skills event at Play Street Museum in Highlands Ranch. We will have so much fun learning about getting along and managing our feelings through the wonderful world of play! It will be held on Saturday, June 24 for kiddos ages 4 and 5 years old. Register today at bit.ly/learntoplayalong 😄

Join us for a new type of skill building event!Danielle Nichols, a certified speech-language pathologist, will be leading this unique event for 4 and 5 year-old kiddos. We'll focus on teaching social skills like figuring out what is expected in certain situations, expanding feelings vocabulary, and....

05/19/2023

We are collaborating with Play Street Museum Highlands Ranch to offer a special event: Learn to Play Along! This event is for 4 and 5 year-old kiddos learning to be part of a group and manage their feelings. Register at bit.ly/learntoplayalong We hope to see you there! ☀️

03/26/2023

Who is ready for summer?! We are setting up our summer schedule and would love for your child to join us! If you're looking for 1:1 or group services focused on social skills, reading, or language reach out to Danielle Nichols, MA, CCC-SLP at (720) 937-3007 or danielle@soundsandsymbols.com.

07/11/2022

Very cool!

In this week's vlog, a young boy questions why other people get to say that he has a "disorder." Our experts, Barry Prizant, Dave Finch and Sharon Saline, weigh in and agree. The very concept

05/14/2022

Some strategies she mentions are challenging core beliefs about who you are, conducting low-risk experiments to overcome avoidance, and limiting the assumption that you know what others are thinking about you. Great tips!

Clinical psychologist Sharon Saline, PsyD says reducing social anxiety begins by identifying your child’s core beliefs about social situations. By challenging these core beliefs and addressing safety seeking behaviors, children can discover healthier ways of interacting.

09/21/2021

Do you have concerns about your child’s development, mental health, or learning profile? Are you thinking about getting an assessment for your child? Then this is the event for you!

Dr. Robin McEvoy is an experienced developmental neuropsychologist in Denver, Colorado and she is giving a FREE talk this Thursday on when to get assessed, what an assessment consists of, and next steps after a diagnosis. If you’re in the Denver metro area we’d love for you to join us! You can sign up at bit.ly/NCDparentnight or message me for the virtual link.

06/27/2021

REQUIRED: an emotional regulation tool on our visual schedule! I LOVE the emotional regulation resources by . They have a wide variety of cute pictures of sensory tools and emotion faces. I also love the simplicity of the "I feel___ I need____" visual at the top.

I like combining these images with the more cognitive tools by and , especially inner coach and using a social behavior map. is so critical, it's nice to have lots of tools to draw from!

06/26/2021

appreciation post Part Two!
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We had so much fun learning to keep our body in the group! We put fishies in a sensory tub, walked using a hula hoop (kudos to stickers marking out space!), and did a freeze dance to "Body in the Group!" We also practiced being in a group but staying in our "space bubble" by walking in two separate hula hoops side by side. Such an important, and fun, skill to learn!