Time to Talk Speech & Language Therapy

BSHM Day 6-
Last night was the first night of summer concerts (Ludacris and Janet Jackson)! I definitely brought my earplugs! I could still hear everything clearly, they just took the edge off!

Here is some information about avoiding noise-induced hearing loss. If you or your kids use earbuds, you should know the 60-60 rule to protect your hearing for the long term!

Mayo Clinic Minute: The 60-60 rule for safer listening - Mayo Clinic News Network The World Health Organization estimates that 1 billion young people worldwide could be at risk of hearing loss due to [...]

BSHM- Day 5

What do SLPs do?

SLPs (Speech-Language Pathologists) are trained to treat a wide range of communication disorders and difficulties related to speech, language, voice, and swallowing. Some of the conditions that SLPs can treat include:

1. Articulation disorders: difficulty producing sounds or saying words correctly.

2. Language disorders: difficulty with language comprehension or expression, such as trouble understanding or using words or sentences.

3. Voice disorders: problems with the voice, such as hoarseness, vocal nodules, or vocal cord paralysis.

4. Fluency disorders: difficulty with fluency or rhythm of speech, such as stuttering.

5. Cognitive-communication disorders: difficulty with thinking, memory, problem-solving, and communication skills, often seen in people with brain injuries or neurological disorders.

6. Swallowing disorders: difficulty with swallowing or eating, such as dysphagia.

SLPs may work with people of all ages, from infants with feeding disorders, to children with language delays, to adults with communication or swallowing difficulties due to stroke or other medical conditions.

BSHM- May 4th part 2-
Grogu got AAC!

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BSHM- May 4th part 1

BSHM -Day 2:
According to the Bureau of Labor & Statistics, there are 162,760
speech-language pathologists in the US.

Local parents, we urge you to contact the LCPS School Board to share your opinions about reducing the district's number of speech-language pathologists.

There is a discussion about bringing LCPS caseloads to the VA Department of Education maximum of 68 children per SLP.

How can one staff member simultaneously:
-provide 60-70 hours of direct therapy each week
-be a member of 68 IEP teams
-be an evaluator for 10-20 students going through eligibility?

Local parents, we urge you to contact the LCPS School Board to share your opinions about reducing the district's number of speech-language pathologists.

There is a discussion about bringing LCPS caseloads to the VA Department of Education maximum of 68 children per SLP.

You can find your school board member here:

School Board / Contact the School Board Search all LCPS sites OR focus search using the radio buttons below. Click the Search Tips link for how to enhance search experience.Search Tips

We hear about Miss Rachel a lot these days. Here are some ideas to enhance learning from this YouTube sensation!
Hint: It's all about parent participation and human connection!

Time to Talk turns 8 today!

We got to celebrate by visiting the White House!

When I’d met the President this winter, he extended an invitation to my fluency students for a tour! Thank you to the President, the WH Visitors Office, and the US Secret Service for our personal tour!

We are so excited to have Cathy joining our team at Time to Talk!

Contact us at [email protected] to find out about the reading services we're offering this summer and fall!

So excited to have Joshua on my team!

Let's go New York Giants!!!!

Enjoying a long awaited wedding ❤️

We’ll be back next week!

A little while back, I'd written to the president. I thanked him for sharing his own experiences with stuttering.

While 1% or about 3 million Americans stutter, my students are often the only ones at their schools facing that challenge. Being able to tell them that stuttering doesn't define their worth or their opportunities became a lot more believable when they learned that the president is a person who stutters.

Well...a few weeks ago, I got a call from the White House. I was invited to talk to the president about my letter!

It was an unbelievable experience and an incredible gift to be able to share the president's personal encouragement with my therapy kids!

The CDC guidelines for developmental milestones have been revamped, but most experienced SLPs will not use them. The new criteria they use is questionable (i.e., they are focusing on when the majority of children develop the skill vs. when the average child develops the skill). What this means- if you’re waiting for these milestones at these ages, your child will already be behind the majority of their peers.

We know you've been wanting to talk about the updated CDC milestones! ⁠
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So we dug in to see what we could find, and are sharing it with you for FREE:
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https://www.theinformedslp.com/review/no-sl-ps-were-in-the-room-where-it-happened

Read to see what makes sense, where things get dicey, how these compare to measures like the MCDI and the ASQ (spoiler alert: they don't), and what the implications of these changes are.⁠
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(Members: The rest of this month's reviews will be published later this week!)⁠

Ready for a pancake breakfast with Santa at the firehouse tomorrow morning! Come see us!

Have a great week!

Santa came early!!! So excited about these updated, adorable, and inclusive decks from Bjorem Speech Publications !!!!

I stumbled upon this “Upside Down Challenge Game” at Target!

I am so excited to use these goggles with parents and graduate students to help simulate some of the experiences and feelings of children who have motor planning challenges might experience.

Our after school slots are almost gone!

We do have daytime openings for preschoolers, private and homeschoolers!

Reach out to info@timetotalkspeechtherapy to reserve your time today!

We know our teacher friends are working hard and our clients are excited to head back to school!

We are sending warm wishes for a happy, healthy, and fun-filled school year for all!

School is back soon!
Which Michael Scott are you?

Miss Meghan…did you win those medals playing hockey?
🥅 🏒 🥇

A great talk about a balanced approach to screentime between an early intervention SLP and an adolescent SLP.

Today is International Stuttering Awareness Day!

Shout out to all my superstar clients who work so hard. These students are like sponges- soaking up everything I can teach them and asking great questions. They are my deep thinkers. I love working with them!

ASHA Digital Toolkit: Stuttering 101 More than 70 million people worldwide stutter. Yet, myths about the speech disorder are common. Use these videos and graphics to help educate the public about stuttering.

Stuttering should never be taken as a sign of cognitive decline or reduced intellectual capability. This can’t be stated enough as stuttering continues to have a prominent public focus, most recently during a conversation on CNN’s State of the Union this past Sunday.

Fact check: Stuttering is a way of speaking—nothing more and nothing less—for almost 70 million people worldwide.

Beyond misrepresenting telltale signs of stuttering as cognitive decline, expressing pity for someone who stutters is also hurtful and harmful. A long body of scientific evidence shows stuttering has no impact on a person’s intelligence—and people who stutter can and do lead full and accomplished lives.

Together, let us use this year’s International Stuttering Awareness Day (October 22) to promote understanding of stuttering and respect for people who stutter—and to combat misinformation and mistreatment that is all too common. For accurate, evidence-based, shareable information on stuttering, visit https://www.asha.org/stuttering-toolkit/

Time to Talk Speech & Language Therapy updated their information in their About section.

Super Duper apps- 50% off!

Boom learning deck in Chrome browser, TimeTimer mirrored from my iPad, desktop background set as a pacing board.
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Story grammar graphic organizer in Chrome browser, Libby (Overdrive) digital book mirrored from my iPad.

Are we having fun yet? TGIF!!!

This is one of my favorite videos for voice therapy...but it's perfect for all of us hunched over our computers these days!

Stretches to Release Neck and Shoulder Tension and Help Avoid Vocal Cord Attacks - Nemours Nemours Speech Therapists Demonstrate Stretches to Release Tension in the Neck and Shoulder Muscles to Help Avoid Vocal Cord Attacks • It is important to pro...

Awesome!

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