Creating an Inclusive Space for LGBTQ+ People

For this June 2021 blog post, Tandem Speech Therapy is grateful to welcome Emily McCullough, MA, CCC-SLP as a guest blogger. Emily owns Parade Pediatric Therapy in Austin, TX. As a member, herself, of the LGBTQ+ community, Emily brings a unique perspective for us...

5 Ways to Create a Positive Environment for Kids

This week I welcome Nozaina Khawar, M.A., CCC-SLP of Empowered Speech Therapy, a speech therapy telepractice, as a guest blogger for Tandem Speech Therapy. We all know that one person who lights up a room as soon as they walk in. On the contrary, we also know a Debbie...

Social Skills Goals

There are many different areas of speech and language development we work on as SLPs. In my work, I see many children with needs in building their expressive language skills and speech sound production. But SLPs work on receptive language, social language (aka...

How to Implement Core Vocabulary in Your Therapy

Core vocabulary has been a hot topic in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) recently.  When I first began my career in 2006, I had never even heard the words core vocabulary. Nowadays, if you’re talking to someone about AAC the words core vocabulary are...

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