Above and Beyond Speech Therapy LLC

11/18/2025

Thanksgiving is coming up quick! Talking about what you love and are thankful for is so important - now and always. I read this book today and worked with one of my AAC users on creating some sentences. I modeled on my device and he created his own sentences on his device. Then I wrote our ideas on leaves and put them on a tree. What a great memento to take home and hang up!

11/14/2025

It’s cold out - but still fall 🍁 I love Pete the Cat books and this one is great for this time of year. Pete gathers a bunch of fall items in his backpack - so we do, too! A football, a ball of yarn, some hay, etc. This story is great for fall vocabulary, sequencing, answering questions, and more!

11/10/2025

Santa is coming to town! 🎅 If your child has sensory needs and would still like to meet Santa, please sign up! This is a wonderful group that provides amazing opportunities to our community. Many of their activities are closer to Altoona, but this one is here in town at the Spikes stadium.

11/05/2025

Holiday train rides are BACK! 🚆 🎄 This one has a sensory friendly option! Spots fill fast, so get a ticket today!

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1C4uvx4PJy/?mibextid=wwXIfr

✨ The Sugar Plum Limited 🎄

Ride during Bellefonte Victorian Christmas for a festive 30-minute trip to Milesburg. See a beautifully decorated home that looks just like the North Pole.

🚂 Date: Dec. 13
🕐 Times: 12 PM, 1 PM, 2 PM, 3 PM, 4 PM, 5 PM, 6 PM, 7 PM
💲 Tickets: $15 for ages 3 and up | Under 3 Free

🎅 Candy Cane Express

Depart from the Bellefonte Train Station for a one-hour round trip. Santa and his friends will be on board to greet passengers and share holiday cheer.

📅 Dates: Dec. 14, 20, & 21
🕙 Times: 10 AM, 12 PM, 2 PM, 4 PM, 6 PM
💲 Tickets: Adults $23 | Kids (2–12) $17 | Under 3 Free

🌟 A sensory-friendly ride will be offered at 10 AM on Dec. 20. This trip will not include Santa or music to create a calm setting.

🎟️ Tickets 👇
BellefonteTrain.org

11/04/2025

This is my stack of fall and Thanksgiving books ONLY 🍁 🍽️ It’s almost a foot tall!! Popular books are included like How to Catch a Turkey but less popular ones too, like Mouse’s First Fall. I even have an adapted, interactive apple book from Ausome Speech. I try to use books in lots of lessons with the kids, keeping in mind the level that they are at with their focus and language development.

Books encourages:
📕 vocabulary development (scarecrow, leaf, jumping, eating)
📕 commenting (“the bug is on the leaf”)
📕 expressions (“whoa - look at that!”)
📕 isolating a finger when pointing to pictures
📕 shared quiet time, which can be very special at home with your child
📕 and more!

What are your favorite fall books? 🐿️

11/03/2025

State College Area School District sent this out last month - I am sharing it with the community if it might help you or someone else!

Quick Resource Guide Medical Assistance Compass (online) https://www.compass.state.pa.us/Compass.Web/public/cmphome Centre County Assistance Office (in person) 814-863-6571 Managed Care Community Care Behavioral Health Organization 1-866-878-6046 Centre County Mental H...

11/03/2025

I am trying to be better at taking pictures of activities that we do with our clients but we’re just having so much fun learning that it’s hard to interuppt the flow to snap a pic! 😀

Here are LOTS of Halloween 🎃 activities that we did last week with each child’s goals in mind. Goals like:

🎃 Working on speech sounds, like OR and ER
👻 Targeting expanding sentences
🐈‍⬛ Following directions with prepositions like IN ON BEHIND
🎃 Inferencing
👻 Describing items using various adjectives
🐈‍⬛ And more!

If your child is not talking enough, or you want to supplement what your child is getting in school as that’s usually not enough to make progress, please reach out! 

11/02/2025

10/30/2025

What a community that we live in ❤️ please note any of these that may help you or others that you know.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yPSausVVUoeEeGg2fszZoSwapcW_LNbxtbMmq4fF1D8/edit?usp=sharing

10/29/2025

10/28/2025

A community event that you may be interested in - or you may know someone that this could help.

10/15/2025

Well this is perfect timing since October is AAC Awareness Month!! There is a character on Sesame Street that uses a talker, and here is another one. I love it!!

PBS Kids’ Carl the Collector is making history again by introducing Paolo, a new character with autism who communicates using a speech tablet. Paolo, voiced by Odin Frost, represents non-speaking individuals and brings more representation in children’s television. Watch Paolo’s debut in the episode “A New Friend,” airing October 13.