5 Ways a Speech Language Pathologist Can Make Your Preschoolers Life Better! By Hallie Bulkin Many parents and even professionals assume that speech language pathologists (SLPs) just work on correcting a child’s speech. This is such a small piece of the puzzle. We treat articulation, speech intelligibility, receptive and expressive language, social communication/pragmatics, use of Continue reading
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Mooo, Baaaa, LaLaLa…Said the Speech Therapist
Mooo, Baaaa, LaLaLa…Said the Speech Therapist By Hallie Bulkin I was just having a conversation with our fabulous intern, Lauren, this morning about animals and animal sounds being such a basis of early language intervention. Yes, young children love animals and their accompanying sounds but there are reasons as to why I can be heard Continue reading
Bubble Magic
Bubble Magic By Hallie Bulkin There is nothing more magical than…BUBBLES. As a pediatric speech language pathologist, bubbles are something I keep in my tool belt at all times! In the speech world bubbles are key to communication. Why are bubbles MAGICAL? I have seen non-verbal children and children with very limited language skills make spontaneous Continue reading
Fall & Thanksgiving Speech & Language Activities
Fall & Thanksgiving Speech & Language Activities By Hallie Bulkin One of the best ways to teach a child a new skill is to center it around a fun activity. Most preschool children will not sit at a table and complete “drill” work. So the alternative is to find a relevant theme and make Continue reading
Is Your Child Therapized?
Is Your Child Therapized? By Hallie Bulkin Has your child ever done or said something followed by you thinking to yourself, “WOW where did they learn THAT?” And then…you realize…they learned it from YOU? One common example is when your child picks up an object or a fake phone, puts it to their ear, and Continue reading
Teaching Young Children Pronouns
Teaching Young Children Pronouns By Hallie Bulkin The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) explains that a pronoun REFERS to a noun or TAKES THE PLACE OF that noun. Well that would be a bit of tricky way to explain pronouns to a 3-year-old, huh? So instead, we just pick the pronouns we want to Continue reading
Why Does My Child Line Up Cars?
Why Does My Child Line Up Cars? By Hallie Bulkin Does your child line up cars, trucks, and other toys? I’m talking, each item, lined up, like they are sitting in traffic on a one lane road with no where to go! And have they been doing this for months? Do they do anything else Continue reading
How To Use Mr. Potato Head To Elicit Language
How To Use Mr. Potato Head To Elicit Language By Hallie Bulkin One of America’s favorite toys, Mr. Potato Head, happens to be one of my favorite toys I use in therapy sessions. There are SO many concepts that can be taught using Mr. Potato Head. This is true of many toys but I Continue reading
Following The Leader
By Hallie Bulkin Many parents ask how many minutes a day they should play with their child versus letting their child play alone. There isn’t exactly a right or wrong answer for this as long as you ARE spending time playing with your child! Some parents have said, well he can manage to play by Continue reading