5 Reasons Why Your Child Needs Yoga
credit paper moon/flickr creative commons As a long-time yoga practitioner, I jumped at the opportunity to begin studying with Sonia Sumar, the creator of Yoga for the Special ChildⓇ. Through her experiences with her own daughter, who was born with Down Syndrome,...
The Occupational Therapy-Speech Connection
The longer I work as a speech-language pathologist, the more I appreciate working with occupational therapists. I checked in with my friend Jill Loftus at Honest OT in Denver, Colorado, to find out How Sensory Processing Impacts Speech Development. It’s important to...
5 Tips for Language Development
Recently, I returned to my work with the little ones. There is really no better feeling than figuring out the puzzle pieces of a little one and watching magic happen! The great thing about early childhood is that once you solve the puzzle, the magic happens so...
Tongue Tie Mysteries Revealed
Being a new mom is tough! You are getting to know your baby while everyone around you weighs in on what to feed your child, how to care for your child, and how to get your child to sleep. Now add to this experience the fact that you know something is wrong, but...
Teething toy- Take that thing out of your mouth!
Our tongue is essential to many of our daily functions, so it's no surprise that it is the focus of much of our earliest explorations. Some babies even suck their thumb while in their mother's womb! In our first months, it is normal to place our fingers, and for a...
Hi, I’m Jocelyn M. Wood, Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist and child development expert.
I’m here to show you how to bring out your child’s unique voice using simple, easy to follow strategies that work for you and your family.
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