Speech and Language Disorders Blogs This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.

ASHA President: Is Parents ’ Smartphone Use the New Secondhand Smoke?
In a prominent “USA Today” op-ed—featured in the newspaper’s online Opinion section and reprinted by publications all over the country—ASHA 2020 President Theresa Rodgers addresses adults’ digital usage habits. Rodgers writes about how parents’ preoccupation with smartphones can negatively affect their children’s speech and language development. Parents’ diverted attention deprives children of essential day-to-day human interaction. This crucial early interaction fuels language development and communication skills. In the piece, Rodgers writes: “But anyone raising or caring for children today should kno...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 17, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Francine Pierson Tags: Advocacy Audiology News Slider Speech-Language Pathology Autism Spectrum Disorder Early Intervention Language Disorders social skills Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs

RESEARCH FELLOW POSITION at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain)
www.bcbl.eu (Center of excellence Severo Ochoa)The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) offers research fellow positions in three main broad areas or research: (1)-Language, reading and developmental disorders: How language acquisition, comprehension, production, and reading take place in the human brain. Special attention will be paid to language disorders and the development of computerized tools for their early diagnosis and treatment.(2)-Multilingualism and second language learning: The cognitive and brain mechanisms of language acquisition and processin...
Source: Talking Brains - January 15, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs

5 Questions to Guide Post-High School Transition Goals
How can we plan for a student’s post-secondary journey while working on current educational needs? As a school-based SLP in the secondary setting, I see the importance of creating meaningful transition plans for students with communication disorders. But I can’t address these needs alone. A student’s entire school team needs to understand the importance of this stage in a student’s life. Providing the right kind of support for transitions out of high school can foster growth in social and personal skills, while enhancing carryover of communication learning into employment settings. This is a critical area of need�...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 13, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Nicole Shaffer Tags: Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Autism Spectrum Disorder Language Disorders social skills Source Type: blogs

Why Involve Siblings in Speech-Language Intervention
For some time now I’ve been talking about incorporating sibling participation into speech-language intervention. I know what you’re thinking: It’s hard enough to focus on goals, take data, and find functional, motivating activities to help generalize skills into daily routines. Why add one more thing into the mix? Here’s why … sibling participation can create a win-win situation for both the sibling and the child needing services. Siblings often feel left out and confused about their brother’s or sister’s special needs. I experience this first-hand as a sibling of a sister who stutters, a mother of a child wi...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 8, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Denise Underkoffler Tags: Health Care Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Autism Spectrum Disorder Early Intervention Fluency Disorders Language Disorders Source Type: blogs

Bullet List
Too much going on for one post today.1. Sock puppet?We have a reader who is obsessed with his false conclusion that the commenter Don Quixote is actually my sock puppet. I ask you please to stop wasting your time and mine with this delusion. We do know each other, but we have seen each other once in the past 15 years or so. I live in Connecticut and he lives in the midwest, more than 1,000 miles away. Whatever I have to say, I am more than happy to say in my own name, and I do. BTW I am not known as Michael.2. Mad KingYour Intertubes are all aflutter with speculation and discussion about the neurodegenerative disease many ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 3, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

A Letter to My Childhood SLPs
If I could write to the many speech-language pathologists who helped me throughout my younger years, here’s exactly what I would say. Chances are, you don’t hear much from students or clients after you finish listening to them repeat “r” or “l” sounds for months or even years. Maybe this is particularly true of the children. You watch their confidence flourish and their speech become clearer, until one day they stop coming to you because they’re exploring the world with the language and speech tools you taught them to use. Sometimes I wonder if you know what a difference you made. That’s why I’m writing ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 27, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Kelsey Kloss Tags: Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs

Exploring Use of Hippotherapy as a Treatment Tool
Hippotherapy (hippo is Greek for horse) continues to gain recognition in our profession, but several misconceptions exist about this approach used by speech-language pathologists and other clinicians. Hippotherapy is a treatment tool—it is not a type of treatment. Compare it to using a swing or ball or other similar tool in sessions. Also used by occupational therapists and physical therapists, the tool involves placing clients on horses while providing intervention. The approach aims to engage sensory, neuromotor, and cognitive systems to enhance outcomes, according to the American Hippotherapy Association (AHA). A numb...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 11, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Ruth Dismuke-Blakely Tags: Health Care Private Practice Slider Speech-Language Pathology Feeding Disorders Language Disorders Speech Disorders Swallowing Disorders Voice Disorders Source Type: blogs

Vocational Skills for Students With Communication Disorders
We constantly communicate while we’re at work. We greet co-workers on the way into work. We chat at lunch with people about our favorite shows and weekend plans. Communication in the workplace, no matter how short or how long, is an essential part of how we’re perceived and how we participate as a professional team member. It’s an example of a “soft skill” that contributes to job success. These vocational soft skills can present challenges for older students with communication disorders who are seeking meaningful and competitive employment. Work: Only Its Name Will Stay the Same What’s So Hard Abo...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - December 4, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Rosemarie Griffin Tags: Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Autism Spectrum Disorder Language Disorders social skills Source Type: blogs

7 Tips to Encourage Preliteracy Skills in Preschoolers
All SLPs can identify at least one child who immediately gets up and runs away as soon as they see a storybook come out. As we head into the hectic holiday season, it can spark your students’ interest—and help us stay motivated until the break—to try something easy and new. These seven strategies work well for me to encourage preliteracy skills in the preschool population. Who wouldn’t naturally enjoy a cuddly little preschooler sitting in our lap while we read, or maybe face-to-face as they would during circle time? Instead, try placing the child in a chair or on the couch while you sit on the floor. This puts yo...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 27, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Klaire Brumbaugh Tags: Private Practice Schools Slider Speech-Language Pathology Early Intervention Language Disorders Source Type: blogs

Find Out What Convention-Goers Will Put Into Practice Today
If you didn’t make it to ASHA’s 2019 Convention in Orlando—or if you came but couldn’t make it to every session you wanted to attend—find out what you missed. As we scouted for future article ideas, Leader editors asked ASHA members what they’ll take into their practice, classroom, or health care setting when they get home. Whether you’re a student or experienced clinician, find out what insights from your peers can work for you, too. ► “Right away, I will start stepping back and taking time to appreciate what these children go through,” said Catherine Cotton. The SLP listened carefully to multipl...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 25, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Audiology Events Slider Speech-Language Pathology ASHA Convention Autism Spectrum Disorder Health Care Hearing Assistive Technology hearing loss Language Disorders Schools social skills Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs

ASHA Voices: Lessons Learned From Stuttering Struggles and Beatboxing Sounds
On this episode of ASHA Voices, soon-to-be 2019 Annie Glen Award winner Taro Alexander shares what it’s like to grow up with a stutter and how that experience led him to start a nonprofit. Later in the program, you’ll hear from two researchers about their work with MRIs of beatboxers. They’ll tell us what this unusual look at the vocal tract in action could teach us about speech. We’re less than one month from the ASHA Convention, where Alexander will officially receive the Annie Award for his work starting the nonprofit the Stuttering Association for the Young, or SAY. On this episode, Alexander t...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - October 24, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: J.D. Gray Tags: Events Podcast Slider Speech-Language Pathology ASHA Convention Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs

PhD Opportunities in San Sebastian, Spain--BCBL
The Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities has published the call for PhD Students 2019. The application period is from 17/10/19 to 07/11/19 at 14:00h.The call offers:1 PHD STUDENT POSITION (4-YEAR CONTRACT) TO JOIN PROJECT PGC2018-093408-B-I0- THALANG – FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE HUMAN THALAMUS TO LANGUAGE SYSTEMS ACROSS DEVELOPMENT TO BE SUPERVISED BY PEDRO M. PAZ-ALONSOKey words: Thalamus, Language Systems, Reading, Vision, Functional Connectivity, Structural Connectivity, Lateral Geniculate Nucleus, Medial Geniculate Nucleus, PulvinarSummary of...
Source: Talking Brains - October 22, 2019 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs

New ASHA Virtual Exhibit Features Early Pioneers
The University of Iowa, formerly known as the State University of Iowa, produced a steady stream of graduates in the 1930s and 1940s who emerged as movers and shakers in the fledgling field of speech pathology. What was it about Iowa that attracted so many students from across the country during a time of extreme economic hardship due to the Great Depression? A new exhibit in ASHA’s online archives has the answer. Most of the credit is given to one man—Lee Edward Travis. Many were drawn to the Iowa program after hearing Travis speak or reading about the program he developed based on a scientific foundation of the s...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - October 3, 2019 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Mona Heath Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Events News Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: blogs