Walnut Creek Roseville Speech/Language Therapy

09/29/2023

After two years of weekly speech and language therapy with this cutie, today was our last session. He’s made amazing progress, and Finn and I will really miss seeing this family regularly. I love my job, but it’s hard to say goodbye sometimes.

01/28/2023

Cool Autism Awareness post: This is my husband, Tom Matousek, who happens to be a Disney artist with a young man who shares his name, Tom Matousek, who has autism, meeting for the first time in person at Epcot’s Festival of the Arts recently. They connected through social media a while ago from opposite ends of the country. It’s a pretty cool story if you’re inclined to read it here and in the comments below. From Tom: It’s hard to find the words but I am finding that my journey/career sometimes has a higher purpose than I ever could have imagined. This was a very special moment during my two weeks at Epcot’s Festival of the Arts this year: two artistic Tom Matousek’s from opposite coasts of the country together for the first time. I am absolutely humbled. I’ll post Tom’s mom’s comments below:

11/18/2022

One of my students who stutters resonated with this quote from an article we read about avoidance reduction today. He wrote it on a post-it note and put it on his wall to remind himself to keep showing up and talking in all situations, whether he stutters or not. It’s a good reminder for me, also, to keep showing up even if I’m doing things imperfectly.

10/21/2022

I love that I get to work with families (and play with games and toys, like Legos, in the process)…and Finn loves getting lots of pets and treats when he goes to work with me.

08/26/2022

The importance of listening patiently without reacting when someone speaks (especially a person who stutters):

Descriptive audio is available for this video. Go to settings - audio track and select 'English descriptive.'John Hendrickson stutters. He has stuttered near...

08/12/2022

So much language, vocabulary, articulation, fine motor, sensory, and fun with this Play-Doh cheeseburger activity. My students had a blast with this!

04/25/2022

This just arrived in the mail and I can’t wait to get started!

02/05/2022

Sometimes students bring giant duck stuffed animal toys to play with. Well, one time (yesterday) and he won’t put his new toy down!

02/03/2022

Finn’s therapy dog services aren’t just for students in speech therapy. He’ll give a little “therapy” to anyone who needs cuddles from this fluff ball. He does his “therapy” with everyone he meets :)

02/01/2022

What books do you like to read with your students around Valentine’s Day? These are some of my favorite Valentine’s themed books for young students.

01/28/2022

The progression of Finn working on his puppy eyes to beg for treats at the office

01/24/2022

I’m not an artist, but I can follow directions. I love to use drawing activities with my students and they love being able to draw pictures (following step-by-step instructions) that they wouldn’t be able to draw on their own.