There are several skills that a child needs to master before using words with an intent to communicate. This post will focus on the 5 primary skills that we target...
I have been a speech pathologist for about 18 years. Because of that, I have spent a lot of time searching for amazing games. If you’ve ever been in to...
One of my non speech related passions is tablescapes. Each month I put time and energy and passion and love into what I consider art on my dining room table....
September 17th, 2018 Bread… The best ranch dressing in Fresno… Salad… Pizza… Rigatoni…. Laughter… On Friday night, those items came together and created an incredible event! Our inaugural...
As a speech language pathologist, vocabulary is my jam! In any given week, it’s likely that I chat about vocabulary (building, enrichment, development, expansion) multiple times. During a recent session...
There is a funny…maybe more ironic…and totally non-scientific phenomenon that I love to call, “doing all the things wrong”. I am not sure when I figured it out, but I...
For anyone who is new to us, we wanted to reintroduce ourselves. I (Amber Ladd) and Amy Prince co-founded The TALK Team in 2006. We were both working in the...
Amber and Amy started The TALK Team to allow for the growth and potential of ourselves as therapists and our clients as communicators. We are dually certified as speech language...
Epic or Fail… Soooo, this year, I was given a gift I never asked for…my very own hot mess of a high school caseload!! Our private practice provides contract SLP...
Do you have a child who has inconsistent imitation skills or who is not yet imitating? Imitation is how we learn so this is a natural first skill to teach...