Columbia Motor Speech Therapy

04/26/2026

Anyone going this year?

04/12/2026

CMST is running a speech sound remediation clinic in July of 2026. Please share if you know a middle or high schooler who would like to finally master a speech sound that is difficult for them. Especially geared toward /r/ and /s/ production. Contact me for additional information and please share if you know of someone who might be interested! Thank you--Peggy

04/12/2026

Spring is here and little bodies need to move:)
I love a kiddo with a good imagination who can complete his mission from his "rocket" to return all of the eggs safely to the nest.
PS Mission accomplished:)

03/27/2026

Signs of Spring and the creativity from the coolest kids this week:)

02/25/2026

Here they are! "MESS" books: Mastering Early Speech Sequences. Proud to have them out here. Stay tuned for how to purchase or look for these in a therapy session coming soon:)

Thank you to Rissa ClarkCreative CT for helping me make this happen and for being both talented and easy to work with.

01/21/2026

I am excited to share a sneak peek at a project I have been working on (with the help of sooooo many people) since 2020.

We are at the final stages of (finally) printing a set of early speech sequencing books for kiddos who are at the initial stages of their motor speech journey. I call them MESS books, Mastering Early Speech Sequences.

They follow the progression of early speech motor skills and will be great for apraxia and dysarthria as well as speech delays. They are meant for both SLPs and parents and include some additional suggested activities. Hopefully, they will be a helpful tool in your motor speech kits!

There will be three sets to address the earliest speech sequences! We have 5 books in the first set, 8 in the second set and 9 in the third set. So many helped me by modeling, coming in for photos, editing and formatting. Special thanks to Rissa ClarkCreative CT for all of the work she has done on these.

I will keep you posted!!!!!

01/16/2026

I realize it has been a minute since I have filled you in on all of the FUN we have here while we are getting our work done. I will try to be better.

Sometimes you can get lots of repetitions in the most enjoyable ways. Today was no exception! We worked on alveolar to alveolar sequences (tongue sound to another tongue sound) using 'dino, diner, donut, tiny) and bilabial to alveolar sequences (lip sound to tongue sound) in money, menu and got more than a hundred repetitions of practice sequences. They also maintained them in short phrases (big donut, tiny donut, more money, red money, purple dino). The best part is......it felt more like "play" than "work" (to both of us:) and this kiddo rocked it!

So proud of all of the hard work each and every kiddo and family puts in to improving their speech skills.

12/14/2025

What an amazing day!!! Thank you to Brandon Gisela Rice Paula Graf Starkel Emma Molly Julianne Bill Rice Lindsay Holahan and Calvin for an amazing day of shopping for Megan’s Place (Heather VanDyke-Cardona). Molly will be delivering our haul on Tuesday.

This is why we collected coins so thank you to everyone who donated coins or bills this season. Also a special thank you to Tracy Brooks (Cole) and Melissa Jordan who generously donated last minute to support this cause. This day makes me so happy every year because of the village it takes to get here but also because it keeps the memory of a beautiful young lady alive.

12/13/2025

Just finished counting our coins (and bills) for Megan’s place. We raised $167 and will go shopping tomorrow (Sunday) That’s a lot short of what we raised last year so if anyone still wants to donate…..please pm me and I will take donations through Venmo!!!!

For anyone who wants to help me shop let me know! We will meet at Target in Manchester at 11 am!

12/03/2025

Time for a long winters nap❄️❄️

12/03/2025

I am conducting a coin drive this week and next. Please bring coins to the office to help buy toys for Megan's Place!!!

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11/24/2025

Thank you to the family that brought me a pre birthday donut today:) You are the best!!!

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