AAC and ABCs

We had our first Mommy and Me Ballet today. Much fun was had by all--well, mostly by Elanor. That girl loves her some dancing. Somewher...

A couple of weeks ago, Elanor (we?) had her/our first anniversary with the private speech therapist. I bought the therapist a card and some ...

I come across a lot of parents of non-verbal or minimally verbal children now who are considering using Sign Language as their main form o...

In the speech therapist's office this week I met a woman with one of the cutest little girls I had ever seen. This little girl had blond...

Tantrums. "Challenging" and even violent behavior. Shutting down to the point of complete withdrawal. These behaviors are consider...

In early May of this year I had a realization; Elanor was not making progress in speech. At that point she had been in therapy with the coun...

This is Elanor.  She is 29 months old. She loves animals (dogs and cats and skunks and slugs and lizards) and Blue's Clues (mostly th...