One Size Does NOT Fit All: Consider This Before Assessing Your Toddler By Hallie Bulkin It really irks me (yes, irks me!) when I see professionals use a “one size fits all” approach. This occurs in SO many ways on a daily basis. From teachers who refuse to use a multidisciplinary approach to therapists who Continue reading
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Toy-Cycling
Toy-Cycling By Hallie Bulkin It is THAT time of year when you can REALLY break the bank on buying new toys, even with all of the black Friday deals and holiday sales on the horizon. So how do you save $ money $ during the holiday season? Here’s a simple answer: Learn to TOY-CYCLE and Continue reading
Teaching Early Words To A Language-Delayed Toddler
Teaching Early Words To A Language-Delayed Toddler By Hallie Bulkin I was chatting with our intern yesterday and she asked a great question! She asked, “What are the first words you teach a young child?” [Note: In this scenario a young client generally refers to a child 18 months to 3 years who is not Continue reading
The Struggle Is Real – Part 3 F.O.C.U.S.
The Struggle Is Real – Part 3 – F.O.C.U.S. By Hallie Bulkin As a college student, I was diagnosed with ADD. Since I was a young adult I was able to start my journey with many self-created and self-implemented coping and study strategies. Nothing like throwing yourself into the fire! There were many strategies that Continue reading
The Struggle Is Real – Part 2
The Struggle Is Real – Part 2 By Hallie Bulkin As promised in Part One of this series on ADHD/ADD, I am going to share some of my success strategies. Please know that the strategies that work for me may not be the strategies that work for you or your child but hopefully you can Continue reading
The Struggle Is Real
The Struggle Is Real By Hallie Bulkin I recently read an article about how it can be hard to love a person with ADD/ADHD. This was an interesting perspective for me to take as I focus so much of my daily life on how hard it is for the parents of my clients to parent Continue reading
How to Help Your Toddler Stop Swallowing Gum & Toothpaste
How to Help Your Toddler Stop Swallowing Gum & Toothpaste By Hallie Bulkin Does your child swallow gum and/or toothpaste?? If you answered yes, keep reading!! I recently had a parent email me about their child who was swallowing both gum and toothpaste. This is a common question and a challenge, especially when teaching children Continue reading
4 Tips for Choosing the Best Books to Read to Preschoolers
4 Tips for Choosing the Best Books to Read to Preschoolers By Hallie Bulkin There are so many wonderful children’s books available these days. This is why it is important to have a strategy to pick amongst the many available options! So how do you choose amongst the sea of children’s books? You narrow it Continue reading
The iPad in Therapy: To Be or Not To Be?
The iPad in Therapy: To Be or Not To Be?? By Hallie Bulkin Many parents and therapists believe in limiting screen time on the iPad for young children. While I respect and understand that there may be reasons for this, I feel that the benefits of using the iPad in therapy far outweigh any perceived Continue reading
The #1 question I get asked (hint: its related to the iPad)…
What’s that…oh, your iPad? By Hallie Bulkin As I go into many of my clients homes and private preschools I am continuously asked about one thing….repeatedly…over the past 3 months. This one thing is completely unrelated to speech and language. That said, I wanted to blog about “it” because I get asked about “it” everywhere Continue reading