SLP Lingo & Speechified Advice Archive

Early Signs of Autism

When I was in graduate school, the incidence of autism was 1 in 1500. It is now 1 in 96!...

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Tight Frenulum? When to refer for a frenectomy

Red Flags and Diagnostic Exercises to use in the detection of a restrictive lingual frenulum. speech-therapy-definitions-speech-pathology-advice-speech-therapy-guidance

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New hope for kids with Communication Disorders?

A new study by researchers from the University of Queensland hints at new hope for adults (and possibly children) with...

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Are Poor Social Classroom Skills in Culturally Diverse Students an Indicator of a Language Disorder?

Differences in classroom social skills can be due to cultural differences / expectations and not a language disorder. speech-therapy-definitions-speech-pathology-advice-speech-therapy-guidance

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Advice on Pacifiers and Sippy Cups in Relation to Speech Therapy

Sippy cups and nuks can have negative implications for children with tonal differences. speech-therapy-definitions-speech-pathology-advice-speech-therapy-guidance

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Early Intervention

Unfortunately in our society there tends to be a “wait and see” approach to a child exhibiting communicative difficulties. First...

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Normal Bilingual Language Development or Language Disorder?

Methods for identifying a language difference versus a true disorder in children / young adults from international, bilingual, and/or multilingual...

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Auditory Processing…huh?

Guidelines for an SLP’s role in the accurate diagnosis of a child with a suspected auditory processing disorder

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Cause of autism?

New study links autism with auto immune disease

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Sensory Processing Disorder or Autism?

Be an integral member in the differential diagnosis of children exhibiting sensory differences / characteristics of autism. speech-therapy-definitions-speech-pathology-advice-speech-therapy-guidance

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