TWB Speech Language Pathology Services, Inc

TWB Speech Language Pathology Services, Inc Providing speech, language and swallowing therapy to clients from "the womb to the tomb" from Easton

11/06/2025

What do your SLPs do in their “free” time? 😆 We familiarize ourselves with the devices we use with our patients, clients, and students!

Have a great Thursday everyone!

As we prepare for Halloween, it’s important to remember everyone communicates differently! 🎃🧡Sometimes we use AAC not on...
10/30/2025

As we prepare for Halloween, it’s important to remember everyone communicates differently! 🎃🧡

Sometimes we use AAC not only to help with expression, but also comprehension and knowing what to expect!

This week we have been practicing what to expect for our friends who will be trick or treating this week!

Love our Houlton Regional Hospital colleagues, who always make us feel like we are part of the team ❤️❤️
10/29/2025

Love our Houlton Regional Hospital colleagues, who always make us feel like we are part of the team ❤️❤️

10/13/2025

October is AAC Awareness Month!

AAC stands for Alternative and Augmentative Communication.

💙AAC is all of the ways that someone uses communication besides verbal output. This can include symbols, communication devices, communication boards, gestures or sign language!

💛Some people may use AAC throughout their life time, or only for a period of time.

❤️Research shows AAC can actually help develop verbal speech (more than hinder it- which is a myth!)

Here is an example of a communication device I trialed with a young client today!

Fall is off to a beautiful start! ☀️🍁🍂🌳🌻A great activity for all ages is an outdoor scavenger hunt! You can target follo...
09/26/2025

Fall is off to a beautiful start!

☀️🍁🍂🌳🌻

A great activity for all ages is an outdoor scavenger hunt! You can target following directions, working memory, expressive and receptive vocabulary, talking about similarities & differences and describing! You could also ask your child to find items outside that have their articulation targets in them!

Try it this weekend and let us know what your kiddos could find!

To our students on harvest break- we miss you and can’t wait to hear all about your break!

-Ms. Sydney, Ms. Morgan & Mrs. Brewer 💛

🎶 I bought it, when I saw it, at Mardens! If you are looking for some new games to add to your collection, always take a...
09/04/2025

🎶 I bought it, when I saw it, at Mardens!

If you are looking for some new games to add to your collection, always take a look at Mardens!

Ms. Sydney found this last weekend and the students love it!

We target:
💛Following directions
💙Turn taking
❤️Basic concepts
💚Expressive and receptive vocabulary
…and so much more! (fine motor skills, visuomotor, joint attention!)

As we always say, talking and playing are some of the best ways to engage your child in language development tasks!

Children love stories, and what's more engaging than taking one of their favorite stories and adding felt pieces so they...
08/27/2025

Children love stories, and what's more engaging than taking one of their favorite stories and adding felt pieces so they can act it out as you read it?! One of my favorite places to get felt stories is Rally Felt Co! They have wonderfully crafted, easy to handle felt pieces and board books for all your favorite stories! Here's two we used today: The Napping House, by Don and Audrey Wood (a personal favorite ❤️) and Row, Row Your Boat - with all the animal verses (by Jane Cabrera).
Storytime with felt pieces is a great way to increase vocabulary, work on WH questions and story retelling, and practice basic concepts.

08/19/2025

The first week of school is an exciting time for children, but sometimes it is also overwhelming. Supporting your child’s speech and language skills early on helps children feel confident, connected, and ready to take on a new school year. Here are a few strategies to build strong communication foundations during the first few days:

1. Build routines by using language. Children thrive on predictable routines and feel more secure when they know what to expect. Talk about their day in simple steps. “First we’ll pack your bookbag, then you’ll wait for the bus, then you’ll get to school.” This helps your child understand the order of events, and also reinforces sequencing and vocabulary.

2. Practice greetings and conversations. Encourage your child to practice saying “hello,“ “goodbye,“ or asking a friend, “can I play with you?” Role-playing at home gives them confidence to use these words at school.

3. Read and sing together. Share a favorite story or sing a song that they are familiar with. This introduces and practices vocabulary in a fun way. Repetition helps children remember and use new words.

4. Support listening skills. Use short, clear directions, and check for understanding. Provide visual supports, like pictures or gestures, to make instructions easier to follow.

5. Celebrate every attempt. Whether a child points, gestures, uses a single word, or speaks in full sentences, each communication effort should be acknowledged and encouraged. Positive reinforcement builds confidence and motivation.

By providing language support during routines, relationships, and learning activities from the very start, we set our children up for stronger communication skills throughout the school year. 

So many of our families want to help their child and ask what they can do to work on academic skills such as colors, num...
06/16/2025

So many of our families want to help their child and ask what they can do to work on academic skills such as colors, numbers, and letters. From a speech and language perspective, we would much rather have families target functional language rather than using something like flash cards to drill academic skills.

Here is a perfect way to integrate functional academic skills! Have your little help with a household task sorting by color, category, or size…have them count how many forks they put away or how many plates are left in the dishwasher!

Remember, our job is to teach, not test! 🫶🏻💙🗣️

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