Author: Kim
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What Really Happened During Speech Therapy Today?
How Was Speech Therapy? Parents often want to know about their child’s speech therapy progress after each session. As parents, one of the first questions we ask after a therapy session is: “How did it go?” The answer should be more than “good” or “we had a great session.” Parents deserve meaningful information about their… Read more
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How to Help Pay for Speech Therapy and Therapy Intensives: 5 Grants and other Financial Help
Private and cash-pay therapy can also be expensive, and for some families, it simply isn’t sustainable long-term. While I don’t accept insurance, I believe it’s important to be transparent about this reality and to help families explore other options that may make therapy more accessible. For many families this means looking for additional support while… Read more
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Speech Therapy Homework: Do Kids Need to Practice at Home?
Parents often ask if they should be practicing speech therapy at home. It’s a good question, and the answer is usually yes… but not always in the way people expect. Speech therapy homework rarely looks like worksheets. At least I don’t think it should. Most of the time it’s simple things like practicing a few… Read more
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Inside the therapy room: Should parents be involved?
If you have ever been told to wait in the lobby while your child goes back for speech therapy and something about that did not sit right with you, you are not alone. Many parents share that they feel unsure whether it is appropriate to ask questions, observe sessions or be involved in the therapy… Read more
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Talking Childhood Apraxia of Speech on the MyoHacker Podcast
I recently had the opportunity to be a guest on the MyoHacker Podcast and I wanted to share a bit about that experience. I was invited by Karindy Ong to talk about a topic that’s very close to my heart and my clinical work: Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS). During the episode, we focused on… Read more