Monmouth Speech & Cognition

04/23/2026

You know that song your child has asked you to play 47 times today? It is actually doing important work. 🎵

Music and language are deeply connected in the brain, and singing together is one of the simplest and most joyful ways to build speech and language skills at any age.

04/21/2026

Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder that affects the muscles used for speaking, making speech sound slurred, slow, soft or difficult to understand. It can happen after a stroke, brain injury, or as part of a neurological condition like Parkinson’s, MS or Cerebral Palsy.

Swipe to learn more about how speech therapy supports people living with Dysarthria.

04/21/2026

You may have heard of stuttering, but cluttering is far less talked about and just as real. Cluttering is a fluency disorder where speech comes out too fast, too jumbled, or with sounds and syllables running together in a way that is hard to follow. The person speaking often does not even notice it is happening.

The good news? It is absolutely treatable with the right support. Swipe to learn more about what cluttering is, what it sounds like, and how speech therapy helps. 🤝🏻⭐️

04/19/2026

They can talk. They just can’t talk right now, and that distinction matters more than most people realize. 🌼

Selective Mutism is an anxiety disorder that is widely misunderstood and often dismissed as shyness or stubbornness. With the right support, children with Selective Mutism absolutely thrive.
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04/17/2026

Breakthroughs with In-Home Speech Therapy! Great article for anyone who is curious.

This article explores five transformative breakthroughs that become possible when speech therapy crosses the threshold into the home.

04/17/2026

You do not need flashcards. You do not need a curriculum. You just need to narrate your day out loud. 🗣️

“We are putting on your shoes.” “The water feels cold!” “I see a big red truck!”

Simple, casual, constant narration is one of the most powerful things a caregiver can do to build language in young children, and it costs absolutely nothing.

Save this as your reminder to keep talking. Your child is listening to every word.

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04/13/2026

Getting a teenager to open up can feel like cracking a code. But the truth is, connection and communication skills can be nurtured at any age, it just looks a little different than it did when they were five.

Here are 3 simple ways to keep the conversation going with your tween or teen, no forced eye contact required. 😊

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04/12/2026

It just becomes more ✨magic✨

04/08/2026

04/08/2026

Screen time can actually support language development when you know what to look for. 🎥

These are three YouTube channels our team genuinely recommends for building speech and language skills in a fun, low pressure way:

🎵 Super Simple Songs — Slow, repetitive and perfectly paced for toddlers and early language learners. The repetition alone is doing so much work.

🎶 The Learning Station — Songs, movement and language all in one. Great for kids who learn through rhythm and music, which is more of them than you might think.

🌟 Blippi — High energy and packed with new vocabulary. Perfect for curious kids who love learning the names of things and how the world works.

The secret ingredient with all of these? Watch together. Pause. Point. Ask questions. Turn any video into a conversation and you have just turned screen time into language time. 💙
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NJmoms MonmouthCountyNJ SLPapproved

04/05/2026

Home visits. Nursing homes. Playgrounds. Daycares. Offices. We meet clients where THEY are, because that is where the magic happens. A day in the life of our team.