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07/29/2016

Now I'm no great orator, but listening to some of the speeches last night, actually one in particular; I found myself critiquing things like rate of speech, monotonous voice, mouth "smacking sounds" into the mic. It made me think of my former mentor and boss and what he would think about the speeches this year. I found this funny clip of him discussing a former Presidential candidate!

https://releaseyv.wordpress.com/2011/03/20/fixing-rudy-giulianis-lisp-with-sam-chwat/

As tribute to the late Sam Chwat, here’s a very funny video starring the man himself. Enjoy.

10/22/2015

Kudos to Sesame Street!

So cool!

05/28/2014

Who doesn't love to play??!!

The Child Development Club was created to support parents, care providers, educators, administrators, therapists and other professionals by providing relevant child development resources. Our goal is to provide international resources that adults can utilize with children, so children can thrive and…

02/21/2014

Talk, Talk, Talk!!!

Starting in intensive care unit, 'conversations' appear to aid language development

02/21/2014

Speaking of feeding....

Nutritional Expert Melanie Potock answers the most commonly asked question about feeding therapy.

02/21/2014

I am guilty of this...many people don't know that Speech Language Pathologists have a broad scope of practice...expressive language, receptive (cognition) language, articulation, feeding/swallowing, accent modification...and the list goes on...I am guilty of this...many people don't know that Speech Language Pathologists have a broad scope of practice...expressive language, receptive (cognition) language, articulation, feeding/swallowing, accent modification...and the list goes on...

by Felicia Sison Conlan, M.S., CCC-SLP Editor's Note:  This article originally appeared in the CSHA Newsletter.  It is reprinted here, with the express permission of CSHA and the author. Speech-Language Pathologists agree that public awareness of the profession needs to improve. To raise public cons...

02/18/2014

When talking to children, using child-directed speech and longer sentences was associated with better language processing and wider vocabularies, a study showed. "Speech needs to be rich and complex," said psychologist Erika Hoff. The findings were presented at the American Association for the Advan...

01/17/2014

[Source:  ASHAsphere] by Melanie Potock MA, CCC-SLP Sippy Cups became all the rage in the 1980s, along with oversized shoulder pads, MC Hammer parachute pants and bangs that stood up like a water spout on top of your head.   A mechanical engineer, tired of his toddler’s trail of juice throughout the...

12/17/2013

12/02/2013

It is always important to review what you are going to say when doing an interview. If you are not sure of how to pronounce a name/word, choose another word.

Case in point, Antonio Smith pronounced, "Nostradamus" as "Tonostradamus" in an interview after a game.

11/07/2013

Promising research....