by Nicole Yates | Aug 17, 2020
During the Coronavirus pandemic, many of us have had to become familiar with video conferencing and online learning. A year ago, I would have thought “Zoom” was a website for race cars now it’s the new “Google.” It’s become part of our lives whether we like it or not....
by Nicole Yates | Aug 12, 2020
AAC stands for Augmentative Alternative Communication. It is an alternative way to communicate without words. It can include gestures, sign language, picture exchange, and communication devices. If your child is over the age of two and is not talking or very...
by Nicole Yates | Aug 12, 2020
The day has arrived! Finally you’ve received your child’s speech generating device (SGD) in the mail. You open the box with anticipation and turn it on. You hand it to your child ready for their world to open, and they throw it on the ground?!?. This is not an...
by Nicole Yates | Aug 12, 2020
PROMPT therapy stands for PROMPTS for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets. During PROMPT therapy, the speech therapist will touch and move the patient’s tongue, lips, jaw, and cheeks to help elicit and correct certain sounds. All the PROMPTS are done on the...
by Nicole Yates | Aug 12, 2020
This is a difficult question to answer, as there are many schools of thought on the diagnosis and treatment of Apraxia of Speech. While Speech Apraxia affects people of all ages and manifests itself differently from one person to the next, Speech Apraxia in adults is...
by Nicole Yates | Jul 28, 2020
This is the most common question we get at Bayside Pediatric Therapy. According to the American Speech and Hearing Association if a child does not have at least 50 words, they should be evaluated for a speech and language delay. At the age of two, they should be...
