Akron speech therapy
New to Speech Therapy? 6 Questions for Your Child’s Akron Speech Therapist
Is your child brand new to speech therapy? Everyone starts somewhere. Here, we offer 6 questions to ask your child’s Akron speech therapist to give you a better understanding of what’s next and how you can best support your child’s…
Executive Function: How a Cleveland Speech Therapist Can Help
Speech therapists, also known as speech-language pathologists (SLPs), can play a vital role in helping children with executive functioning skills. Even though executive functioning skills are not directly within the traditional scope of a Cleveland speech therapist’s work, SLPs can…
“How Does a Speech Therapist Help Babies With Feeding & Swallowing?”
Speech therapists are probably best known for helping children and adults with speech-language disorders. And it’s true – that’s a big part of what we do. But we are also educated and trained specifically to help babies with feeding &…
Speech Milestones for 18-Month-Olds – From Akron Speech Therapists
Is your toddler’s talking (or lack thereof) concerning you? Is it possible they aren’t reaching the speech milestones they should at 18 months? Our Akron speech therapists always advise parents to always seek professional input if they have concerns. If…
Brecksville Speech Therapists Weigh In on “Late Talkers”: Do They Grow Out of It?
If you’re child is a late talker, maybe you’ve heard the phrase, “He’s just a late bloomer.” You might have even been told not to worry, as they’ll grow out of it. Our Brecksville speech therapists disagree with this advice,…
Cleveland Speech Therapy for Kids With Deletion Syndrome
As providers of Cleveland speech therapy, our team at Therapy & Wellness Connection treats children with a broad range of speech-language delays and disorders. One condition that is common – but often underrecognized – and correlated with impaired language development…
Speech Delays Higher Among Ohio Kids Whose Early Years Were During Pandemic
Kids in Ohio (and across the world) who were born or spent some of their earliest years as the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe are now showing signs of developmental delays. In particular, researchers are noting higher rates of communication…
Akron Speech Therapy Treatment for Tongue Thrust
Kids can encounter all kinds of unique challenges when they’re learning to speak and understand what’s being spoken to them. One impediment to typical speech development is tongue thrust, which occurs when the tongue rests at a forward position of…
Cleveland Speech Therapists Offer Activities to Encourage Kids’ Language
May is Better Speech & Hearing Month, and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders reports 1 in 12 kids age 3-17 in the U.S. has a disorder related to voice, speech, language or swallowing. Our Cleveland speech…
Brecksville Speech Therapy Communication Boosters for Kids Under 5
Helping small children learn to communicate is something parents innately start virtually from the moment a child is born. But our Brecksville speech therapy team knows that fostering strong speech and language skills sometimes requires acting with a bit more…