It’s only natural that I take the time to write a post about stuttering. After all, the movie “The King’s Speech” won four Oscars – major ones at that – not too long ago. It was reassuring to finally have a movie where stuttering was discussed in an open and sensitive manner. It’s about time.
But the real reason I decided on this topic was because the mother of one of my former clients called me to ask about it. Her son was a late-talker, but once he started, he really took off. Before he was even two-and-a-half, we had exited him from our program because he had improved so much. However, a year later, mom called me to say that he was starting to repeat words and sounds at the beginning of sentences. She wanted to know if this was normal and what she should do about it. I have to admit that I had to think for a moment before I responded. After all, stuttering isn’t something I work with every day, which is surprising, considering it is one of the first speech disorders that comes to a person’s mind.
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Thank you to those of you who have been checking in on the site lately. I want to apologize for not having posted anything new in a couple of months. I’ve had my hands full lately, as my husband and I just welcomed our first child into the world at the beginning of November. We [...]
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This is part two in our series of what speech therapy activities should look like for children. In part one, we talked about activities for infants and toddlers. Here we’ll focus on preschool and kindergarten-aged children. Just like in the previous post about working with toddlers, speech therapy should consist of more than flashcards and [...]
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Recently, I was looking online for pictures to include in another post by searching with terms like “speech therapy.” You know what I found? A bunch of pictures showing an adult and child sitting at a table in front of a mirror or working with flashcards. That is not what speech therapy looks like, and [...]
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Baby signing is quite popular, and for good reason. You don’t even need a formal teaching system, flashcards, or a DVD for you or your child to get started. It’s a great way to get your child communicating and to decrease frustration. As popular as it is, there is still a myth going around that [...]
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Your child’s first visit with the speech-language pathologist will lay the foundation for his or her success in speech therapy. In this three-part series, we’ll explore the three main parts to the evaluation visit so you know exactly what to expect when you and your child meet the speech therapist for the first time. Your [...]
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This is the third in the three-part series about your child’s first visit with the speech therapist. In part one, we discussed what to expect and what to bring; in part two we discussed what questions you might want to ask the speech pathologist during your child’s evaluation. In this part, we’ll talk about how [...]
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Hello, and welcome to FYI Speech Therapy! My name is Angie Golden. I’ve been a practicing speech-language pathologist for the last nine years. I currently work in early intervention services in the State of Nevada with children birth to three years old. I travel all over Southern Nevada visiting families’ homes and teaching them strategies so their children can achieve their speech therapy goals.