Thanksgiving Language Fun

Thanksgiving Language Fun

Thanksgiving brings with it a lot of time for family togetherness, food, and of course, opportunities of learning language! Looking for ways to incorporate some language-enriching activities into your holiday? Look no further! MEAL PREPARATION Following Directions...
AAC and Language Development: Research Breakdown

AAC and Language Development: Research Breakdown

by Tamiko Teshima, M.A., CCC-SLP Practice Owner and Speech-Language Pathologist Duncan Lake Speech Therapy, LLC   When it comes to AAC, many, MANY myths exist (see this Facebook post or this blog post). By far, the one I hear the most often is that AAC will...
Music and speech – what a combo!

Music and speech – what a combo!

Written by Hannah Blackwell, M.A, CF-SLP Duncan Lake Speech Therapy, LLC In speech therapy, especially with little ones, we use music all the time to make things more fun! But did you know, singing actually accesses a different part of the brain than we use for speech...
The benefits of teaching core words

The benefits of teaching core words

I talk a lot about core words on our Facebook and Instagram pages, but what in the world are they and why would anyone teach them? AssistiveWare defines core words as the “50-400 words that make up the majority of everything we say.” There are a bunch of...