Yoga balls are great for our speech sessions because we can use them to provide mild, moderate, or even strong sensory input. And as we...

Gravitational insecurity is seen often in autistic children, and is generally treated by OTs. Let me tell you about gravitational...

Grab a pen and sit with me for a few minutes. We’re going to do something together that’s going to affect how you do your therapy every...

When we are talking to parents who have a child who has been recently diagnosed with autism, our words matter. Our language can make a...

Last week I was interviewed on the ASHA Voices podcast alongside Rachel Dorsey, an autistic SLP. Here is the question we were addressing:...

Star charts! Token boards! Bribes! When are using these external rewards a good idea? My whole ASD from the Inside out approach is based...

Hot topic alert!! I might be crazy for posting this...I've never been into using visual schedules in my speech sessions. Why? I feel like...

Frankie was a 2 year old boy who came to his evaluation session with his mother and the developmental psychologist working on his case....

When we’re working with kids on the spectrum, it is so important that we know how to get them into a regulated state, because if they’re...

In our efforts to support them, sometimes we over-prompt clients with autism spectrum disorder. Here’s how we get them to practice...

When I meet a parent of a child on the spectrum, or I’m training a therapist working with a child on the spectrum, one of my first...

When we work tirelessly in sessions and we don’t see carryover (leading us to believe that parents aren’t practicing these skills at...

One of the most common complaints I hear from therapists is, I don’t feel like we’re getting anywhere in therapy. It’s so frustrating! We...

I don’t have kids…so who am I to be telling these parents how to raise their kids? When I was first starting out as a 22-year-old...

On October 31st, what are the chances of this happening...? Parent: It’s time to go trick-or-treating! Let’s put on your costume! Child:...

When the bones are good, the rest don’t matter Yeah the paint could peel, the glass could shatter Let it rain ’cause you and I remain the...

Do any of these situations sound familiar? Situation 1 Child is working on putting a puzzle piece in a puzzle. Therapist: What animal is...

All kids on the spectrum have what I call, for lack of a better term, a breaking point. A child’s breaking point is the point when we’ve...

Does this sound like something that would happen in a therapy session? Child: Can we play with this toy today? Therapist: First we’re...

"But how do I track my data? "... is the most common question I get from speech-language pathologists (SLPs) after teaching them to shift...