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Welcome to Seeds of Learning, LLC. Speech, Language, Literacy and Learning Therapy Services. We prov Who am I? Tera Sumpter, M.A., CCC-SLP.

Seeds of Learning, LLC is a home-based private practice for children of all ages with special needs in the areas of speech, language and literacy. Comprehensive evaluations are performed to determine areas of need. A treatment plan is created and tailored specifically for each child. Early intervention therapy is provided for children ages birth-3 years of age. I provide multisensory-cognitive treatment which shapes specific neurological processes involved in impairments such as dyslexia, auditory and written comprehension impairments, expressive language disorders, phonological disorders, articulation disorders, and childhood apraxia of speech. I am a wife, mother, and speech-language pathologist with specialized experience in the area of reading I am an instructor in the Speech and Hearing program at Cleveland State University. Having worked with children in medical and therapeutic settings for over 11 years, I understand the special needs that children and their families encounter when faced with learning difficulties. I am committed to providing quality treatment to children, as well as educating and empowering families. For a consultation or evaluation, contact Tera at 440-454-1686 or email seedsoflearningllc@gmail.com. Please do not substitute any advice found on this page for a professional evaluation. Contact Seeds of Learning, LLC directly to set up an appointment with a speech pathologist if you have any concerns regarding your child's development."

11/23/2025

Psst! I have a secret to share with you. Keep reading. 👇

We’ve viewed human performance through a behavior lens for quite some time. But behavior is simply the symptom or result of what is happening deeper inside of someone.

When presented with a behavior that needs supporting, we must ask ourselves a few important questions:

⭐️ Why is this behavior present?
⭐️ What is this behavior trying to communicate?
⭐️ What root-cause need needs supporting?

I have learned over the last few decades as a pediatric SLP that many of those answers lead me to one cognitive function.

The Executive Function System.

And this would be why I’ve spent over a decade studying how to support the EF needs of my students, and streamlining an intervention process that you can learn all about when the next Cohort begins in January.

👉 Click here to learn more: https://terasumpter.com/about-the-community

11/22/2025

Stress. Fatigue. Big emotions.
They decrease our executive function and make self-regulation feel like climbing a hill with tired legs.

And truthfully? Most of us will be carrying at least one of these today.

So move through the day with compassion.
Give others a little more space.
Give yourself a little more grace.

Kindness isn’t just nice—it’s regulation fuel.

11/21/2025

Every aspect of our lives grows and develops at its own pace.

This is especially true for our children.

Executive function is a central part of a child’s development that impacts all of their learning.

We wouldn’t expect all the kids in a class to wear the same size shoes.

We also shouldn’t expect them to all be able to pay attention the same way.

We wouldn’t expect all the kids in our class to be the same height.

We also shouldn’t expect them to all be able to plan and organize themselves at the same capacity.

Cognitive development is just as vast and varied as children’s physical growth. It’s just harder to see.

11/20/2025

Self-awareness is the key to executive function development.

One of my favorite ways to support the development of a child’s self-awareness is with one simple question:

“How did you do that?!”

Analyzing how we executed a task that reached a goal increases the likelihood that we can do it again.

11/19/2025

Teens are my absolute favorite!

I love doing therapy with teenagers and I LOVE parenting teenagers.

It’s truly my favorite period in human development because they’re straddling two big periods of development-childhood and adulthood.

They’re not ready to be adults yet, but they want to be so badly!

Teens are practicing those independent skills that will lead them to adulthood success.

They’re going to make lots of mistakes.

That’s normal because they’re humans. And we all make mistakes.

Parents and other adult mentors can play REALLY important roles in the future success of our teens.

A few keys:
👉 provide them agency without judgment
👉 guide with respect
👉 create learning moments from mistakes, not shameful ones

Are you like me? Do you love the teen years?

I want to freeze time with my teenage daughters right now! I love watching them grow into independent young people. 🥰

11/18/2025

Starting out as an SLP, there was something I really needed that I didn’t have.

I needed a safe place to learn, fail, ask for help, and try again… and it didn’t exist.

So I built the space I once searched for.

A place where growth is shared, questions are welcomed, and the journey matters just as much as the results.

Our growth doesn’t happen in isolation.

It happens in spaces where questions are welcomed, mistakes are expected, and support is real.

That’s the heart behind my Cohort community.

Yes, you will learn A LOT!! You’ll learn more EF techniques and tips than you’ll know what to do with.

But the key is the community of dedicated teachers, SLPs, OTs, counselors, parents and more doing the work of learning together.

I protect this space so my members have a safe, focused learning environment - which is why I only open the community twice a year to new members.

👉 December 17: the Community will REOPEN.
👉 January 16: the next Executive Function Cohort begins in the Community.

Mark your calendars!

For a link to learn more, comment COHORT and I’ll dm you a link.

11/18/2025

Young learners build understanding through developing schemas.

Schemas are like webs or networks of information in the brain.

Schemas are experiences that the brain has, and are developed through doing, touching, moving, seeing, hearing, and feeling.

When children explore concepts with their hands, engage their senses, and interact with materials, learning becomes meaningful, memorable, and deeply understood because it teaches to how a young brain learns best.

Sensory-based learning doesn’t just support comprehension—it strengthens attention, emotional regulation, and the ability to connect new information to the real world.

11/16/2025

Working memory is like Grand Central Station-it’s the hub where all the trains go when they enter the city.

Or in the context of our brain, it’s the hub where all the information gathers when it enters the brain.

Our working memory system acts like a juggler, juggling what’s important and discarding what’s not important.

It’s key in deciding what information gets stored for later.

Our working memory is a system that grows and strengthens over the course of our entire childhood. Littles can manage about one train coming into the station. Our teenagers can juggle about 3-5 trains.

Many kids, just as adults, present with working memory needs. They may struggle to conduct just one train.

When students have working memory needs, here’s what we might see in the classroom:

1️⃣ READING difficulty
2️⃣ FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS difficulty
3️⃣ COMPREHENSION difficulty

1. Reading involves an enormous amount of both verbal and nonverbal working memory to manage all of the sounds and symbols involved in developing literacy skills.

2. Following directions requires managing lots of trains in the station-the color of the trains, the passengers, and which lane the train is coming into. A weak or young working memory can struggle to manage all of that, presenting like forgetting directions and therefore not following them.

3. Comprehension of any kind-oral language or reading-involves making sense of the trains in the station. Do we know what kind of train it is? Do we know where it’s going? Do we know who all is traveling on that train? When a working memory system struggles to manage all of that, we can see comprehension difficulties.

Working memory is one of the most important cognitive functions involved in learning.

Teachers constantly ask me for easy-to-use supports that they can use immediately in their classrooms to help their students.

So my team and I have dedicated over two years to developing a classroom program just for you.

Our program trial phase just ended, and the feedback was overwhelming. The teachers LOVE it and saw benefits IMMEDIATELY.

Keep your eyes open- it’ll be available next month!

11/15/2025

Executive function (EF) is more than a school skill.

It’s a life skill.

Research shows EF predicts school success, health, relationships, and even future well-being.

When we strengthen EF early, we’re helping kids thrive for life.

11/14/2025

Who really benefits from your self-control — you today, or the you five years from now?

Executive function isn’t just about focus… it’s about imagining your future self and making choices that serve them.

11/13/2025

In every SLP session, I’m not just targeting speech and language — I’m supporting the executive function system behind it.

I intentionally weave in three key areas:
👀 Perception – helping students notice and interpret what’s happening around them
🧠 Working Memory – supporting how they hold and use information in real time
💬 Self-Monitoring – building awareness of what’s working (and when to adjust)

Because when we support executive function, we’re supporting all learning.

Want to learn how to do this too?

I created a step-by-step program that walks you through exactly how to integrate EF into your intervention.

The next Cohort begins January 16 — come join us!

Click here to learn more 👉 https://terasumpter.com/about-the-community

11/12/2025

Think of the brain like a movie set. The executive function (EF) system is the director, not the actor.

It doesn’t do the work itself. It plans, guides, and keeps all the “brain workers” on track so learning can happen smoothly.

The EF system is involved in nearly everything we do all day long and everything we learn.

But here’s what’s tricky about the EF system - because it doesn’t actually do the work, it’s hard to see. It’s easy to see the brain workers. But the director is much harder to see because it acts behind the scenes.

This is what makes the EF system so hard to understand and identify when it’s both working well and when it needs support.

We all know that every company needs a boss to keep things running smoothly. Every orchestra needs a conductor to bring all the instruments together. And every play needs a director to make the show come alive.

In the same way, every effective performance and every learning moment, needs an executive function system to lead the way.

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