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What Is Stimming? “Stimming” refers to self-stimulatory behaviors—like hand-flapping, rocking, spinning, humming, tapping, or repeating words or movements. These behaviors help autistic children regulate emotions, express joy, manage stress, and […]

Core vocabulary words are the 200-450 words that make up 80% of what people use in everyday conversation across age, setting, gender, and disability. These are the words that are […]

As pediatric speech/language pathologists, we often encourage parents to use “first-then” statements to help build a child’s language skills. For example, “First shoes on and Then outside” or “First clean-up […]

When modeling communication for a child with a language delay, you may have been given the advice to “speak from the child’s perspective.”  This means putting yourself in their shoes […]

Summer is full of sunshine, snacks, and special moments with your child—and it’s also the perfect time to help their speech and language grow! You don’t need fancy tools or […]

Download the Domain Matrix below. This is a breakdown of evidence based practice interventions for Autism for different age groups.