Blooming Communicators Speech Therapy

11/03/2025

04/16/2025

Ever wondered if your child’s speech is on track? Here are some real facts about speech sound development!

02/21/2025

Today my favorite client and I were…WINGING IT, but we were so productive!

His goal is to use functional phrases on his AAC to direct others….that means he gets to boss me around…which he absolutely LOVES to do.

What we accomplished:

AAC phrases
“Get Cookie Monster Elmo”
“Get Cookie Monster Elmo hamburger”
“Get Cookie Monster Elmo pizza”
“Cookie monster happy”
“Elmo sad”
“Is sad”
“Cookie Monster Elmo movies car”

Apraxia Trials:
5 trials of “hamburger”
10 trials of “eat pizza”
10 trials “Elmo sad”
5 trials ”Monster Happy”
5 trials “See movie”

So Cookie Monster & Elmo ended up at the drive in after their meals.

Play-based, child-led sessions like this are what I live for!

Are you interested in having your AAC user join in on the fun? Comment SCHEDULE below or click the link in my bio to schedule a free consultation!

09/11/2024

Last week I applied for the HIGH FIVE Grant for Moms from The Mama Ladder. Here is my why for my business:

I have been working as a solo practitioner for my speech therapy private practice for over the past two years, but I am now motivated to grow my business to provide opportunities for other providers to service children within the public school system. I know first hand of the experience of speech therapists who work in the school district. I know that they are stressed, overworked, burnt out, and in need of opportunities to help young children with communication challenges thrive at school, but under conditions that support their peace and mental health.

I want to grow my business into a therapist-run school staffing company that supports the needs of children with disabilities, but also supports the providers who are dedicating their lives to this work by offering control over their caseload, options for full or part-time work, professional development, mentorship, training, and work-from home opportunities.

I understand what is needed by the professionals I seek to hire because I was once in their shoes. I understand the frustrations they experience when all they want to do is help their students. I would love for my company to be the change speech therapists are looking for.

05/18/2023

Happy Speech Language Pathologist Day! Thanks to my favorite SLPA turned SLP .sailorlili for creating this beautiful graphic for Better Hearing & Speech Month! Ms. Lili, you’re the best! 🫶🏽

02/05/2023

Love this! Thank you Early & Bright SLP!

02/04/2023

This is an EXCELLENT description of Gestalt Language Processing! If you know someone with Autism, please read this! ♾️

01/13/2023

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01/13/2023

Did you know speech intelligibility improves the quickest between 2:6-3:5 years old?

Why is this important to know? This is great information to pass along to caregivers. We can also provide more intensive input during this time frame with children who present with speech sound disorders.

Note: Less intelligible children may experience this period later than more intelligible children.

Hustad, K.C., Mahr, T.J., Natzke, P., & Rathouz, P.J. (2021). Speech development between 30 and 119 months in typical children I: Intelligibility growth curves for single-word and multiword productions. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

01/11/2023

When you plan your session to the minute and your client shows up with a box of Legos… we throw those plans out the window! He left them so we could play again next time.

01/09/2023

Happy to share my story! Blooming Communicators has been featured in VoyageLA! Check out my interview to learn more!

Special thanks to you Portia James for recommending me! ❤️

Today we’d like to introduce you to Crystal Burnett. Hi Crystal, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today? For the last six years of my career, I was a speech-language [.....