Summer Speech Therapy Practice: The End of the School Year is Nigh

by Gordy Rogers, M.S. CCC-SLP Speech Therapy for Kids

I am in shock too, but believe or not, we are mere weeks away from the end of the school year. Undoubtedly, your child’s speech services are winding down as well. ...

Non-Speech Oral Motor Exercises to Treat Speech Disorders?

by Gordy Rogers, M.S. CCC-SLP Speech Therapy Techniques

Perhaps no other methodology has engendered more passionate opinion, and even controversy, in the field of speech pathology than non-speech oral motor exercises (NSOMEs). What’s all the fuss about and ...

When to Start Tongue Thrust Treatment?

by Gordy Rogers, M.S. CCC-SLP Speech Impediment Speech Therapy Techniques

The phenomenon of tongue thrust is a rather murky one. As the name implies, tongue thrust is observed when the tongue protrudes through the child’s front teeth and is mostly ...

Tips for Raising a Bilingual Child — by a Speech Pathologist

by Gordy Rogers, M.S. CCC-SLP Language Development Speech Therapy for Kids

This post is dedicated to all you lucky families who come from linguistically diverse backgrounds, and who are in the process of raising bilingual (or even multi-lingual children though in ...

4 Tips for Mastering L Sound Practice

by Gordy Rogers, M.S. CCC-SLP Speech Therapy Techniques

Of all the speech sounds that Speech Buddies Tools target (namely R, S, CH, SH and L), the L sound is considered to be the earliest developing sound; in other ...

Children’s Songs in Different Languages — Singing Language Learning!

by Gordy Rogers, M.S. CCC-SLP Language Building Games

Being the proud father of two kids and the husband of someone who is very talented musically (sadly I cannot call musicality one of my talents), I have had the ...

What is Phonological Awareness & Why You should Learn Now!

by Gordy Rogers, M.S. CCC-SLP Apps Language Building Games Reading

March is National Reading Month, so to celebrate raising awareness of this crucial life skill we’ll discuss the links between speech and language development and early literacy skills. A number of skills ...

Early Intervention Services – The Who, What, Where, Why and How

by Gordy Rogers, M.S. CCC-SLP Speech delay State Resources

Some of the most rewarding and fun cases I have had the pleasure of being a part of have been with the youngest of children that speech pathologists serve—infants and ...

5 Key Steps to Start a Speech Therapy Private Practice

by Gordy Rogers, M.S. CCC-SLP Speech Therapist

I don’t pretend to know everything about the field of speech-language pathology, or every minute element of running a private speech and language therapy practice and always believe I am ...

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