Reese Pediatric Speech Therapy, LLC

02/12/2019

The importance of teaching functional words!

Why do we teach kids functional words before preacademic words like letters, numbers, colors, and shapes?? THIS!!!

For tips to work on functional langauge, check out www.mrsspeechiep.com/child-talk

12/05/2018

11/06/2018

NEW ARTICULATION NORMS (average age children learn to pronounce sounds correctly).

Contact a speech/language pathologist if you have concerns about your child’s speech sound acquisition.

For those of you who thought our norms never truly matched how "typical" children developed speech... You were right!

Check out the NEW articulation norms

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Treehouse chart: https://buff.ly/2SP7sOZ
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09/26/2018

Great pronoun development visual!

Let's talk about Pronouns! Pronouns are words that can replace nouns- and are used frequently by typically developing toddlers. Difficulty understanding or using pronouns is often a sign of language delay or disorder, and this is one sign that is regularly missed by parents and doctors. Check out this chart that shows the typical age of mastery for each pronoun- if your child appears delayed or is confusing pronouns after the typical age of mastery, it might be a good idea to schedule an evaluation with a speech language pathologist!

09/10/2018

Does your child have "red flags" but you are not sure if it is Autism? Find out your next steps here!

08/13/2018

Speech or Language?

"Oh you're a speech therapist? You help kids say 'R', right?" YES! Yes I do that and SO MUCH MORE! SLP stands for speech language pathologist, yet most people don't realize we focus on increasing language skills too! It's also important to know, a person does not need speech in order to have language! Find out the difference here 👇🏼👏🏼🙌🏼

07/11/2018

Helpful information for parents. ~Modeling language~

Modeling Language- if you are a SLP or have a child in speech therapy, these are words you probably say or hear pretty often. Many parents think they are supporting language development when they test kids' vocabulary knowledge by asking "What is this?", when in fact this may have a negative impact. Children get tired of these quizzes (just as you would if someone did this to you!)- particularly when it's a question they have answered many times before- and will often shut down and not want to talk. It also limits their speech to just nouns and labeling- which is not a good thing because there is SO much more to language! Here are some examples for what you could say instead - when you see trucks! For more ideas of how you can model language, check out my routine series at www.mrsspeechiep.com/morning-routine

07/09/2018

06/27/2018

https://letsplaythespeechandlanguageway.com/2018/06/19/wheres-the-speech-in-speech-therapy/

“It looks like they are just playing. Is that all they do?” If you’ve ever watched a speech therapy session with a one- or two- year old, you may have asked yourself this questio…

06/19/2018

Being an SLP can be incredibly complex! How do you answer when someone asks what you do?

06/19/2018

What exactly is autism? While the autism spectrum is HUGE, it is a constellation of symptoms that include: Language Differences, Social Differences, and Restrictive/Repetitive Behaviors. These are just some examples of what can fall under each category. One does not need to have all or even most of these symptoms to have autism, these are just some of the most common. For more information, visit www.MrsSpeechieP.com/autism

06/15/2018

MEET OUR OWNER

Erika Reese, M.A., Ed.S., CCC-SLP

​Erika has over 18 years of experience as a speech/language pathologist. Erika received her Bachelor's Degree in Communication Science and Disorders from Louisiana State University (Geaux Tigers) in 1998. She received her Master's Degree in Speech/Language Pathology from LSU in 2000. Erika has also earned her Specialist's Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Liberty University in 2014.

Erika is a member of the American Speech Language Hearing Association and holds the ASHA certificate of clinical competence. Erika also holds a licence to practice speech/language pathology privately in the state of Georgia, in addition to holding an educator's certificate to practice speech/language pathology within the school system.

​Erika has experience working with clients from birth to 21 years old in the public school system, early intervention programs, and outpatient clinics. She has extensive experience in the areas of articulation, phonological disorders, apraxia, receptive and expressive language, pragmatic language, fluency, voice, low and high tech AAC devices, and functional communication skills. Erika has significant experience working with children with Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and children on the Autism spectrum.

​In her free time, Erika enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her family.