by Emily | Jul 23, 2020 | Playing With Purpose
My initial foray into telepractice speech therapy, was likely much like yours–chaotic, hurried, and disorganized. We got the stay-at-home orders here in Austin, TX, just as Spring Break 2020 was beginning. I gave myself one week to research, prepare, and adjust... by Emily | May 28, 2020 | Playing With Purpose
I am here to tell you that you do not need to buy a bunch of new digital materials to provide high-quality and engaging speech therapy for your clients or students now that you are providing telepractice speech therapy. I have been using my surprise eggs (aka Easter... 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 3, 2019 | SLP basics
What is joint attention? Joint attention (JA) is the sharing of an experience between a child and their communication partner. It is also called shared attention and occurs when two people focus on the same thing. Joint attention can look and sound like many things.... by Emily | Jun 13, 2019 | Playing With Purpose
Images in this blog post contain Amazon affiliate links. Children spend most of their time in play which helps them understand their environment and interact with people. Nothing beats toys that children can hold and share with others. As a pediatric speech-language...