Have you ever walked into an Individualized Education Program (IEP) meeting with the best of intentions only to be greeted by anxious or irate parents accompanied by advocates with an agenda? You may even encounter…
“Ken” is a 58-year-old construction worker who appears to be in perfect health. He only has one concern—he has trouble swallowing his large vitamin pills. This hasn’t always been a problem for Ken; in fact…
Consider all the details and small actions we perform when we interact with others, including everything from the speech style we use with different people to our body language. This is social communication. Social communication…
In previous articles, we’ve looked at the differences between relational and independent analyses for speech sound disorders. We’ve also taken deep dives into the relational Place-Voice-Manner (PVM) analysis and the independent Specific Phonological Analysis of…
Many people have questions about the causes behind their own or their child’s stutter. While the causes of stuttering have been hotly debated, we are converging on a recently updated multifactorial dynamic pathways model.…
