Happy Spring! And Happy Easter! And Happy Winter Is Almost Over! We have a big Easter party coming up. My Grandpa Schafer throws a mean Easter party. It is one of my favorite family traditions. All of my aunts, uncles, cousins get together for an always competitive shin dig. I always dye the most beautiful eggs … Continue reading Speech, Language, and Butterflies
I was a picky eater. I spent the majority of my childhood in staring competitions at the dinner table with my father. I still have to take 4 more bites of my meat loaf before I can go to Angie’s birthday party. It was a rough childhood. And it makes the fact that I am … Continue reading Celery and Slim Jims
Self-talk. It’s kind of like description. If you missed the Description post, check it out before you go much further. Self-talk is Description’s very mature cousin. Instead of providing play by play of what your child is doing, you are providing play by play of what you are doing. There is only one thing that … Continue reading Scrub the Dish!
Don’t you just love when a medical professional spends seven minutes with your child in an unfamiliar office and suddenly knows everything about them? Me too. (Enter sarcasm here) No education, degree, continuing education, or journal article could have made me the kind of clinician I am today like Hank and Gus have. Hank and … Continue reading A PhD in Your Child
Language development is huge. HUGE. Not just for kiddos with autism or Down’s Syndrome, but for every kid. Every single one of them. If you aren’t talking to your kiddos they aren’t going to talk to you. Is there a right way to talk to babies and toddlers? Yes. Yes there is. Take a seat … Continue reading The Cow Jumps, The Puppy Says Woof
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