Wednesday, August 14, 2019

FALL IS IN THE AIR



Fall is in the air with the hint of cooler nights and mornings.

It's a good time for back to school shopping and extra school activities like Speech Classes.
Email me (Ann Dorais)  with any questions or concerns; adorais159@gmail.com

Some people don't know what Speech Language Therapist do or provide.

Here is a reminder of the areas we cover.

1. Speech Sound Disorders- called articulation and or phonological processes
2. Stuttering; or Stammering,
3. Voice disorders
4. Accent Modification

5. Language; receptive- understanding,  expressive- sharing ideas and thoughts in complete logical sentences, conversations, presentations, sharing stories in logical sequence, etc.
6: Social pragmatic issues; conversation framework, social conversations,  problem solving scenarios
7. Auditory Processing; have normal hearing but not processing information well
8  Literacy; problems with phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, spelling difficulties, reading and writing difficulties.  (Yes we work on Literacy)
9. Tongue Thrust- correct swallowing

I recommend this app for speech improvement   http://www.littlebeespeech.com/

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY AMERICA

light up the sky with your good speech

Blast off with good speech

Let Freedom Ring with your good speech

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Who to follow on Teachers pay Teachers?

Teachers Pay Teachers are a great resource.

I found some fun freebies to try;
check out Teacher's Pay Teachers; It's free to join. I then follow all the speech people or speech companies after I try out their free item.  You can click on their name and usually they provide a free sample of their work to check them out.
This week I got this free describing deck by itty bitty speech
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Describing-Deck-Back-to-School-Edition-4654592


Here are a few others that I follow
1. Fun in Speech
2. Adventures in Speech Pathology
3. Listening Fun
4. Speechy Musings
5. Type B SLP
6. Simply Speech
7. Dean Trouts little shop of SLP

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Happy New Year

Welcome to the new year!
If you have any questions about your child's speech or language email me with your question. 
I will do my best to get back to you as soon as possible.

Have a great Day!!!