by Emily | Jun 17, 2021 | Guest Blogger
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... by Emily | Jun 25, 2020 | Guest Blogger
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... by Emily | Dec 12, 2019 | Guest Blogger
As parents, we live with a never-ending litany of worries about our kids: Are they eating enough vegetables? Getting too much screen time? On track for their developmental milestones? As both a mom and an SLP, I have those same concerns, and while I can’t help a... by Emily | Nov 21, 2019 | Guest Blogger
We are sisters (twins) in sister fields (occupational therapy (OT) and speech-language pathology(SLP)). I’ve joked with my sister that if I wasn’t an SLP I would have become an OT and she, an SLP instead of an OT, as there is so much overlap. Interestingly, we’ve... by Emily | Oct 24, 2019 | Guest Blogger, SLP basics
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... by Emily | Oct 17, 2019 | Guest Blogger
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...