Meet Emily. Emily is one of four "facial expression empathy dolls" available from EmotiPlush Inc. On their website, EmotiPlush dolls are described as: "a revolutionary way of playing with dolls - change the toy's features to reflect the emotions you want it to express!"
The transition from childhood to adolescence and adulthood is tricky and full of potential pitfalls in the best of circumstances. Kids with language and/or social challenges are at even higher risk as they transition to middle school, high school, and beyond. Their language and social difficulties impair their ability to interpret situations, predict outcomes and consequences, understand the true meaning and intentions of what others say and do, and figure out how to navigate the highs and lows of growing up.
language, life skills, teens, tweens | in Child Development, books Time to get back to the "Sound of the Week" posts! I want to continue with items to consider before directly targeting speech sound production with children exhibiting significant speech disorders. When I last posted ...
apraxia, speech | in Child Development, Letter of the Week, Sound of the Week, Speech, books Most children go through a "picky eater" phase. Becoming more selective about what foods they will eat is a normal stage in child development. Most kids will move through this phase and gradually widen their food repertoire. It may be normal, but it can make mealtimes stressful! Sometimes, though, it is more than a normal phase.
dysphagia, feeding, picky eater, swallowing | in Child Development, feeding/swallowing The Read With Me! program is designed to facilitate oral language and preliteracy skill development in young children (18 months to 8 years, although can work for older children with delays/disabilities). These strategies help parents, caregivers, and early childhood educators learn how to make reading time interactive to get the most out of reading time.
children's books, early intervention, language, literacy | in Child Development, Language 