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By Sylvia Rotfleisch and Maura Martindale
December 29, 2022
As more and more children with hearing loss are included in general educational settings with their typically-hearing peers, it becomes even more important that professionals working with them understand how to use an auditory-based approach to support…
By Meredith Saletta Fitzgibbons
August 29, 2022
Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) working in schools, private practices, medical settings, or higher education are likely to encounter the question: “Do you work with reading and writing issues?” The answer is a resounding “Yes!” (Apel, 2009). Language…
By Louis R. Chesney
May 31, 2022
Children with selective mutism (SM) struggle to speak in specific situations (e.g., school) or with individuals (e.g., peers). This article presents six immediate interventions for children with SM that parents can implement with a therapist or teacher.
By Emily R. Doll
September 30, 2021
Selective mutism (SM) is an anxiety-based childhood disorder that prevents a child from speaking in specific situations—often this is anywhere outside the home, or to anyone other than immediate family members (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). One…
By Geraldine P. Wallach, Ph.D., CCC-SLP & Alaine Ocampo, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
February 25, 2021
In this article, we ask the question: How do we begin to pull together several interacting skills often interpreted under the broad-based heading of “central auditory processing” in a coherent and meaningful way? We will address ways that SLPs can…