Dear Peace Officers: We at San Diego Speech Therapy, Inc need to say THANK YOU for your service to the public. Your job is unpredictable, sometimes dangerous, and most certainly stressful. You must use a combination of your higher-order cognitive reasoning and judgement skills alongside your lower-order instinctual and “quick read” sensory-based skills to make […]
We get calls. We get a lot of calls from busy professionals or those just starting out, who hesitatingly contact us. They hesitate because they aren’t sure there is help for their concern. After all they don’t need a Speech THERAPIST. That’s for kids. Or do they? Come on, they don’t have a DISORDER. That’s […]
School’s out! For Summah! Little Sweet-Pea might need a bit of support over the break. Here are 5 creative ways to use toys for speech and language enrichment for the youngest kiddos. 1. PLAY! with toys. Turn off the electronics. The battery-powered. The one-way interaction “toys”. Get down on the floor with your little one […]
As Speech Pathologists, we follow the long and effortful path of Gabby Giffords with great interest. She is the Representative from Arizona who was cruelly shot in the head 3 years ago at a public event. Her injuries left her with APHASIA, a disorder of language. Aphasia is a problem caused by a neurological injury […]
This month we focus on prevention and education. 1 in 10 children and adults is struggling. Difficulty communicating or swallowing disturbances affect the very core of family quality of life. Go to http://identifythesigns.org/the-signs/ to learn if your concern is treatable.