How Can I Improve My Child’s Social Skills?
Social skills and speech therapy are important in all aspects of a student’s life and building social skills has numerous benefits in one’s development. LA Speech is a speech therapy provider, we share these tips and tricks on how you can improve your child’s social skills. Self-Monitoring It is easy for a student to perform perfectly in a session one [...]
Ronda Rousey Shares Encouraging Words for Children with Speech Impairments
Due to her experience growing up with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), Ronda Rousey knows the challenge of overcoming tough obstacles. Rousey has made it one of her goals to encourage people to push through their challenges and accomplish their goals. LA Speech Therapy solutions, a Whittier speech therapy service, shares the story below: During a recent Q&A with Reddit, [...]
5 Ways to Help An Introverted Child
When a child is quiet, we are quick to describe them as shy. However, our Los Feliz speech therapy office believes in more than that. Labeling children can cause them to see their quietness as a negative quality. Here are some helpful ways to support an introverted child. 1. Appreciate your child’s needs Socializing and being outgoing can take a [...]
7 Ways To Start Preparing Your Child For The New School Year
The summer is quickly coming to an end and the school year is already upon us. Here is how to make a smooth transition to a great new school year with a little bit of preparation: 1. Become familiar with the school If your child is attending the same school as last year, great! If not, peek into the library [...]
What is Causing your Child to Stutter?
Stuttering is most common in children who are learning to speak. This speech disorder is more common in boys than girls, according to the National Library of Medicine. Stuttering causes potentially life-long struggles when it comes to communication, but what exactly is stuttering and what are the affects that it is having on your child? What is stuttering? Stuttering is [...]
Parenting Secrets For Raising A Confident Child
Does failure make a child more confident? Not necessarily. Children develop confidence by dealing with failure successfully. Children need to be supported during their failures to build the confidence that will grow through adulthood. Knowing that they have faced adversity but came out okay will give them the confidence to continue to pursue new things without the fear of failing. Here [...]
