Communication for All Speech Therapy

12/02/2022

Now accepting new clients! Services are provided for children and adults, and they are conveniently provided in *your* home. (Optionally, services can be provided in office, child's daycare, or via telepractice.) Daytime and evening hours are available. Feel free to reach out with any questions.

26/05/2021

The school year is ending - get ready to start summer speech therapy services! Therapy activities target your child's individualized goals so they can continue progressing during the summer months. (No evaluation is necessary for summer services, if you have a current IEP and are not seeking insurance reimbursement.) Contact me to get on the schedule for therapy!

06/04/2021

Do you have concerns about your child? At 6 years of age, children are generally understood by strangers 90-100% of the time, use language for a variety of social purposes (e.g., threats and promises, asks questions for information), have a vocabulary of 2,600-7,000 words, and understand a variety of concepts (e.g., big/bigger/biggest, opposites, first/middle/last, left/right, different/same). Check out this link for more age-appropriate skills, and if you have any concerns about your child's speech/language development, please contact me for a free consultation:

This page is all about 6 year old speech and language skills. Keep in mind that these milestones are based on research about typically-developing children but this information is not meant to diagnose a speech-language delay or disorder. There is a wide range of "normal" and even if your child is sl...

16/03/2021

Do you have concerns about your child? At 5 years of age, children are generally understood by strangers 90% of the time, follow 3-step directions, make general conversation, use words to resolve disputes and make requests with justifications, understand story sequences, understand most of what is said to them, and have a vocabulary of 2,200-2,500 words. Check out this link for more age-appropriate skills, and if you have any concerns about your child's speech/language development, please contact me for a free consultation:

This page is all about 5 year old speech and language skills. Keep in mind that these milestones are based on research about typically-developing children but this information is not meant to diagnose a speech-language delay or disorder. There is a wide range of "normal" and even if your child is sl...

11/02/2021

Do you have concerns about your child? At 4 years of age, children are generally understood by strangers 75-90% of the time; correctly use most pronouns (e.g., I, me, she, your, his, theirs), plural -s (appleS), and possessive 's (the dog'S food); follow 2-step directions (such as "hang up your coat and wash your hands"); asks and answers a variety of questions; takes turns during games. Check out this link for more age-appropriate skills, and if you have any concerns about your child's speech/language development, please contact me for a free consultation:

This page is all about 4 year old speech and language skills. Keep in mind that these milestones are based on research about typically-developing children but this information is not meant to diagnose a speech-language delay or disorder. There is a wide range of "normal" and even if your child is sl...

11/02/2021

Accent modification is used by actors to change their speech for the roles they play. For example, Hugh Laurie (British), Hugh Jackman (Australian), Colin Farrel (Irish), and Kate Winslet (British) have all pulled off convincing American accents in their respective television shows and films. However, accent modification is also used by professionals who want to be more easily understood by others. If you speak English as a second language and feel like other people have difficulty understanding you, contact me for a free consultation!

From Renée Zellweger to Peter Dinklage, here's a roundup of famous actors who have fooled fans with their believable British accents.

24/08/2020

If you aren't familiar with phonetic transcription, which is the visual representation of speech sounds, some of these symbols may be unrecognizable (e.g., /dʒ/ is "J" as in "jelly".) However, what this image depicts is where the Spanish and English sound systems are similar and where they differ. For example, speakers of both languages naturally learn to produce /m, p, b/ in words, but only English speakers use the "J" sound. Because of these differences, it can be difficult for native Spanish-speakers to pick up the sounds unique to English and vice versa, which leads to errors in pronunciation. Although this is a normal part of the language learning process, speech sound errors can create a communication barrier by making it difficult for other people to understand what you're saying. Accent modification services help non-native speakers with their English pronunciation, targeting the sounds and speech patterns (e.g., prosody, intonation) that do not come naturally for that speaker. If you have concerns about your English pronunciation, contact me for a free consultation!

To learn more about articulation errors and second-language learning in children, check out this article from Bilinguistics: https://bilinguistics.com/articulation-errors-second-language-learners/

12/08/2020

05/07/2020

Speech-language pathologists - also known as speech therapists - work with both children and adults across the lifespan. We can treat a variety of problems, including speech sounds, language, literacy, social communication, voice, fluency, cognitive-communication, and feeding and swallowing: https://www.asha.org/public/Who-Are-Speech-Language-Pathologists/. Contact me for a free consultation if you have any concerns.

Speech-language pathologists, also called SLPs, are experts in communication.

05/07/2020

Everyone has an accent. You may develop an accent based on the region you live in (for example, Texas vs. New York City) or your national origin (such as whether you learned English in the U.S. or France). Accents are normal, but if other people have difficulty understanding how you pronounce English, this may make it difficult to communicate. Speech-language pathologists can help you with your accent: https://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/accent-modification/. Contact me for a free consultation to discuss your personal and professional goals.