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Reinforcement is a common occurrence throughout our daily lives. Receiving a pay check from our work or getting a compliment from our friend- these are forms of reinforcement. Some kinds of reinforcement are more predictable that others, and some take longer to achieve. During speech therapy the use of reinforcement is crucial, since this is the motivation to continue working and growing during therapy. If a toy, action, or activity is not reinforcing for a child then the lik
Joint Attention
What is Joint Attention? This refers to when two people share interest in the same object or event, and they both understand that they are both interested in the same object. This emerges in children at around 9 months of age and should be well established by 18 moths of age. Is there a difference between requesting vs true joint attention? Yes! There is a difference between requesting versus true joint attention. Where a child is pointing to something or. pulling your hand t
I Have Been Selected!! :)
Yes! I am going to Duquesne University, Pennsylvania, this summer, to participate in one of the most intensive and advanced training in Childhood Apraxia of Speech! It is organized by the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA). On their website, the training is described like this: "It is intended to provide North American-based speech-language pathologists, who already have significant experience with CAS, an opportunity to become “master” clinici
