Cleveland speech therapy
Why Our Cleveland Speech Therapists Teach Kids How to Make Inferences
As Cleveland speech therapists, we help kids of all ages work on a broad range of speech, language, and communication goals. One of the toughest of those is something called inferences. When kids are first learning how to engage in…
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…
Why Our Cleveland Speech Therapists LOVE Repetitive Picture Books for Kids
Any speech-language pathologist will tell you that pretty much all books are amazing tools for encouraging language development in your child. But when it comes to younger kids, it’s the predictive, repetitive picture books that are best. This is especially…
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…
Cleveland Speech Therapy Tips on Teaching Vowel Sounds
There are only five vowel letters in the English alphabet (six if you count y) but more than 20 vowel sounds we use in everyday speech. Vowels are critical to language, and are among the first babbled by babies when…
How We Modify Akron Speech Therapy for Kids With Multiple Disabilities
When it comes to speech therapy, our team carefully maps out a plan of care that is specific to each individual. Kids with multiple disabilities are going to need extra consideration and planning. Many of our patients not only struggle…
Articulation Disorders: An Explainer by Cleveland Speech Therapists
Among the many reasons children are referred to our Cleveland speech therapists are articulation disorders. A child with an articulation disorder has trouble forming speech sounds properly. This is slightly different from phonological disorders, in which a child can produce…
Why Down Syndrome Awareness Month is Important
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month – a fact that sometimes has people asking, “Who ISN’T aware of Down syndrome?” It’s true that Down syndrome is far and away the most common condition involving chromosomes. It occurs in about 1…
Receptive Language Delays: The No. 1 Overlooked Problem in Late Talkers
If you have asked yourself whether your child is a”late talker” or if there’s some larger underlying issue, it’s important to understand that a delay in speech may only be one part of the problem. From the point of view…
How Long Will My Child Need Speech Therapy?
Often when speech and language therapy is recommended for a child, one of the first questions parents have is, “For how long will my child need speech therapy?” As much as our Cleveland speech-language pathologists (SLPs) would love to give…