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Chatterboxes Wins Boston Parent’s Paper Best of Best 2015! | Miss Chatterbox
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Chatterboxes Wins Boston Parent’s Paper Best of Best 2015! Chatterboxes of Newton Centre and Lexington Centre won Boston Parent’s Paper’s Family Favorite Award for Best Speech and Language Practice in 2015. Each year, readers of Boston Parent’s Paper vote for their family favorite in a variety of categories, and the winners are published annually. This entry was posted in Articulation. July 13, 2015. Summer Group Language Classes! Articulation Testing: What to Expect →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Kinder...
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Modify Your Child’s Mealtime Environment | Miss Chatterbox
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Modify Your Child’s Mealtime Environment. The structure of the mealtime environment can have a major impact on a child’s eating behavior. Overall, strive for a positive environment that is predictable and supportive. To optimize the environment, consider implementing the following:. Schedule regular meals for the family. Have everyone remain seated at the table for the duration of the meal. Try limiting meals to 30 minutes and snacks to 10-15 minutes. This entry was posted in Early Intervention. What is ...
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Articulation Testing: What to Expect. The process of testing of any kind can be nerve-racking, especially when you have concerns about your child’s development. Knowing what to expect can help ease your worries and in turn, you can help your child understand and be prepared for the testing process. The Goldman-Fristoe Test of Articulation- Second Edition. Sounds-in-Words uses 34 picture plates and 53 target words to elicit the articulation of 61 consonant sounds in the initial, medial, and/or final posit...
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Targeting Articulation with the Cycles Approach | Miss Chatterbox
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Targeting Articulation with the Cycles Approach. What is The Cycles Approach? The Cycles Approach is designed for children who have multiple speech sound errors, exhibit patterns in sound errors, and are very difficult to understand. The goal is to facilitate the emergence of speech patterns. Carefully chosen target words are chosen to help children develop auditory (how it sounds) and kinesthetic (how it feels) models of target sounds and improve self-monitoring skills. What is a cycle? 4) Experiential ...
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Category Archives: Early Intervention. Should Homework Be Banned for Extra Playtime? Homework can be a useful way to be sure kids understand topics introduced at school, but has it gone to far? Parents are often hovering over their child trying to assist, but are parents using the same teaching methods being taught at school? Would kids benefit the next day at school instead from more free playtime and outside exercise? THESE SCHOOLS VOTED TO BAN HOMEWORK. HERE’S WHY. At Chatterboxes Speech-Language Path...
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The Four Most Common Tongue Thrust Characteristics | Miss Chatterbox
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The Four Most Common Tongue Thrust Characteristics. Tongue Thrust is the frontal thrust or strong contact of the teeth during swallowing, in addition to inadequate lip closure, or incorrect lingual-mandibular resting posture. The most common characteristics of a tongue thrust swallow pattern include one or more of the following:. During the initiation of the swallow, the tongue moves forward between the anterior incisors, so that the tongue tip contacts the lower lip. What causes Tongue Thrust? Enlarged ...
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Cozy Up with Your Kids & Read these 10 Festive Christmas Books! 1 How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss:. This holiday classic follows the Grinch, a grouchy, solitary creature who attempts to put an end to Christmas by stealing Christmas-themed items from the homes of the nearby town Whoville on Christmas Eve. Written in rhymed verse, the language is lively and engaging. With bright and colorful illustrations, there is plenty for you and your child to look at and talk about. This charming tale of a...
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Communication & Play Milestones: (Ages 2.5 to 3 Years) | Miss Chatterbox
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Communication & Play Milestones: (Ages 2.5 to 3 Years). Understands the use of objects; for example:. Show what you use to cook food or Show me what you watch. Show me what you can ride or Show me what you wear on your feet. Understands part/whole relationships, for example:. The wheel on the bike. The tail of the cat. Understands descriptive concepts, such as big wet and. Follows 2 step related and unrelated commands, without cues:. Get the cup and give it to me. Take off your coat and hang it up. On Wh...
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Do You Know a Cooper? | Miss Chatterbox
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Do You Know a Cooper? Than he does and she’s worried that preschool is right around the corner. Cooper’s Parents enrolled him in therapy two times a week focusing on social communication skills. Cooper’s parents chose to receive home-visits so that he could be in his natural environment, as they felt he’d be most comfortable at home. The Speech-Language Pathologist. SLP) modeled techniques to enhance Cooper’s social communication and expressive and receptive language. August 6, 2015. We’re Social. Fo...
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Family Focused Approach to Early Invervention | Miss Chatterbox
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Family Focused Approach to Early Invervention. It Takes Two To Talk. Has earned world wide recognition for its family focused early intervention programs. The Hanen Centre’s mission is: To provide the important people in a young child’s life with the knowledge and training they need to help the child develop the best possible language, social and literacy skills”. It Takes Two to Talk. Development of communication (with an emphasis on nonverbal communication. How and why their child communicates. Child’s...
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