5 Tips To Becoming A Speech Pathologist
Are you interested in helping people overcome speech issues by diagnosing and treating disorders that affect and prevent communication? Does working with patients on a personal basis every day to help change their lives sound exciting to you? If this sounds like the profession for you, begin taking these steps to start your fulfilling career as a speech pathologist. [...]
Stuttering 101: The Causes of Stuttering
Over the years, there have been many developments in the causes of stuttering. Currently, some of the most common theories of stuttering stem from genetic and environmental influences. Some risk factors involving both genetic and environmental influences of stuttering may include family dynamics, a family history of stuttering, childhood development, as well as neurophysiology. Additionally, certain conditions such as [...]
Cassi Alter Joins Adina Gres- “Cassi Alter MA-CCC on Facilitating, Fearlessness, and Fireballs”
From one female entrepreneur to the next, our Founder and Owner, Cassi Alter, MA-CCC, joins CEO of Financial Concierge and podcast host, Adina Gres, on her podcast titled, Things I think you should know. On this podcast episode, “Cassi Alter MA-CCC on Facilitating Fearlessness, and Fireballs,” Cassi and Adina discuss all things communication and entrepreneurial business. With over twenty [...]
How to Help Your Child Who Stutters
Many children, typically between the ages of 2 and 5, go through a stage of stuttering. Stuttering is a form of dysfluency, which causes an interruption in the flow of speech. It is characterized by the repetition of syllables, words, and phrases; prolongation of sounds; or interruptions of speech, which are known as ‘blocks.’ While stuttering goes away for [...]
Is Speech Therapy Covered by Insurance?
A very common question that we get is, “Is speech therapy covered by insurance?” While there is a process to submitting claims and determining speech therapy eligibility, every plan offers different benefits. While the process to determine eligibility may seem like a chore, any opportunity to take advantage of your insurance plan is worth looking into--particularly when it comes [...]
What Kind of Intensive Speech Therapy Do You Need?
Some children and even adults have trouble speaking and enunciating words for people to clearly comprehend. This is more common than people realize and the signs can appear as early as three years old. It’s not something to be ashamed of. People can work toward bettering their speech through LA speech and language therapy sessions with the right Doctors. [...]
