Should I Cut My Child’s Tongue Tie?
Should I Cut My Child’s Tongue Tie? A very hot topic of debate in the field of speech-language pathology, is the issue of tongue tie clipping. Some professionals (dentists and medical doctors) are still recommending that children with speech delays have their tongue...
What is Dyslexia?
What is Dyslexia? The term dyslexia comes from 2 Greek words: 1. “dys” meaning difficulty 2. “lexia” meaning language Children with dyslexia have difficulty acquiring the language skills of reading, writing and spelling despite having adequate skills in other areas of...
How Do I Know if My Child Has Autism?
How Do I Know if My Child Has Autism? Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a disorder which is based on a collection of characteristics. Due to the nature of a “spectrum” disorder, there is varying degrees of severity and presentation of the characteristics associated...
How Do I Know if My Child Is Stuttering?
How Do I Know if My Child Is Stuttering? What is Dysfluency? When a child’s speech is bumpy and not smooth, we refer to that as “dysfluent” speech. “Dysfluent” speech is characterized by repetitions of sounds, part words, whole words, prolongations of sounds, or even...