Struggle, struggle, more struggle.  One of the things we have to remember is there’s much going on the world right now and some of us have other children to care for, not just our chil...

By: Heather Vukelich, MS, CCC-SLP Originally posted on the Breath Institute.  It’s important for speech-language pathologists to understand the research, origins, and history behind the ...

Currently we are waiting for the next board meeting for our local schools. It is scheduled for August 6th and during the meeting, we are to be told of the final plans for re-opening our loca...

It was an emotional, yet joyful month of July as Anna celebrated her golden birthday in quarantine turning five on July 5th.  Around her birthday, I always flashback to the early part of my...

I was reading a post on a social media site this week as I am part of a few special need parent groups. The post was from a mom who talked about her daughter and this daughter would do “gr...

What have Anna and I been up to during quarantine?  Besides therapy, we actually tried to make the best of our time.  Although before, we were doing activities such as swimming, horseback ...

By: ROBYN MERKEL-WALSH, MA, CCC-SLP/COM®   The biggest challenge for many therapists was “How in the world do I do oral motor , feeding or orofacial myofunctional therapy via telepra...

Isn’t it something how we all went from our various shelter in place orders to seeing our worlds open up and now it is summer! In Ohio, we get all 4 seasons so we happily greet the changes...

Original article is posted here. Authors: Richard Baxter, DMD, MS, Robyn Merkel-Walsh, MA, CCC-SLP/COM, Barbara Stark Baxter, MD, FACP, Ashley Lashley, BS, and Nicholas R. Rendell, MSc, PhD ...