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Best resources for speech therapy at home! We cover parenting tips & speech and language development to bring you all you need to know to keep your child thriving.

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Is Your Speech Therapist Assigning Homework to Your Child?

As a parent, you want what’s best for your child’s development. When it comes to speech therapy, you understand the importance of consistent practice to...

Speech Blubs
Mar 18, 2024
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Speech Therapy at Home: Keep Your Child Progressing!

One such scheduled kid activity could be your little one’s weekly therapy session with the speech-language pathologist (SLP). How frustrating! Just when you’re seeing real...

Robert McKenzie
Jan 18, 2022
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21 Kids Activities to Encourage Speech Development

Have you ever noticed your baby cries differently for different needs? Different cries are baby’s way of communicating with you! But how do a baby’s...

Liz Talton
Sep 13, 2024
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6 Types of Speech Impediments

A speech impediment relates to the way an individual produces or articulates specific sounds. One example of this is stuttering. Under the umbrella of a...

Stacie Bennett
Jan 28, 2022
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Potty Training for Late Talkers

Children learning to use the bathroom also learn the vocabulary associated with potty training. If your toddler has a speech delay, they may not be able...

Stacie Bennett
Jul 9, 2024
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Your Non-verbal Child: How to Set Communication Goals

Having a non-verbal child isn’t easy. Even knowing what a child’s communication development stages are is a lot of work. Not to mention learning to...

Natalie Barnes
Jan 17, 2022
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Help Your Child Combine Words to Make Sentences

In order for this communication to develop, your child needs to be able to say individual words to build up their vocabulary. It’s only once...

Natalie Barnes
Jan 15, 2022
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Why Kids Enjoy Animal Sounds so Much?

If you have ever watched a baby’s reaction to animal sounds like these, they will often react with a smile or a laugh. But, have...

Robert McKenzie
Sep 13, 2024
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Why is Physical Activity Important for Child Development?

Amazingly, physical development benefits not only their body but brain development as well! Sadly, research is finding the importance of physical activity in children’s lives…

Liz Talton
Feb 7, 2022
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Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): An All-in-One Guide

The term autism is not what it once was. “Autism” originally described a severe set of schizophrenia symptoms in 1911 by a German psychiatrist named…

Liz Talton
Feb 7, 2022
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Executive Function Disorder - What It Is and How to Help

We use executive functioning skills and methods every day to plan, organize, strategize, memorize, and pay attention so that we can: Make plans Keep track…

Natalie Barnes
Feb 7, 2022
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Articulation Therapy: An All-in-One Guide for Parents

Experts consider this a “speech sound disorder” in the motoric production of speech sounds. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) reports that “Articulation approaches target each…

Robert McKenzie
Feb 7, 2022
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Speech and Language: An Audiologist’s Perspective

Even though speech therapists and audiologists certainly fulfill different roles, they often work closely together to track your child’s progress and make adjustments to their…

Natalie Barnes
Feb 7, 2022
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Autism Awareness Month: Spreading the Word

Let’s take a closer look at autism spectrum disorder by: Giving a brief history of the developmental disorder; Defining ASD; Listing the characteristics of ASD;…

Robert McKenzie
Feb 7, 2022
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Summer Activities to Target Speech and Language Development

With summer quickly approaching, there are many different activities that you can do to target speech and language skills. Although some of these activities work…

Stacie Bennett
Feb 7, 2022
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Signs your Child Might Be Special Needs

Every developmental leap, such as crawling, walking, and talking, makes us feel more relaxed about their learning.  But what happens if those milestones aren’t being…

Stacie Bennett
Feb 7, 2022
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Pregnancy and Postpartum during COVID 19 - How to Manage?

Maybe you had to give birth alone, without the partner that you wanted there and who should’ve been there supporting you. Maybe the doula or…

Stacie Bennett
Feb 7, 2022
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6 Ways Play Benefits Toddler Development

Children are not obliged to play, however, it is something they are naturally driven to do. And for good reason. It is how they learn…

Tanya Thibodeau
Feb 7, 2022
Review

My son was diagnosed with bilateral hearing loss in both ears last year, and after his surgery, Speech Blubs is the best app to get him on track with kids his age.

- By Nola and Kory

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5 Management Tips for Oral Stimming

Oral sensitivities are also known as oral stimming.  A child ‘stims’ as a way of regulating emotions or when he or she is under or…

Liz Talton
Feb 7, 2022
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What is Deep Pressure Therapy for Kids with Autism?

To help alleviate meltdowns and calm children with sensory issues and autism, deep pressure stimulation is used. Deep pressure stimulation is also known as ‘deep…

Liz Talton
Feb 7, 2022
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Toddler Exercise and Activities to Get Out that Energy!

I’ve always assumed that whatever she is doing, that HAS to be enough, right? At this age, it’s less about how much exercise your toddler…

Stacie Bennett
Feb 7, 2022
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How to Keep Track of Your Child’s Language Progress

This is a great question because it’s something that I know most parents are thinking about as soon as their child starts speaking. We know…

Stacie Bennett
Feb 7, 2022
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The Coronavirus is Not a Contest and You’re Not Failing as a Mother

I’ll be honest and tell you that as soon as this happened, I was looking at all of these mothers posting color-coded schedules for their…

Stacie Bennett
Feb 7, 2022
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20 Ways to Use Water to Support Communication

First of all, there are a host of online platforms and apps such as Speech Blubs that are a simple and cost-effective place to start….

El Robertson
Feb 7, 2022

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