Raising a child in a bilingual household can be a beautiful and enriching experience, but it can also bring some concerns for parents when it comes to language development. If you’re noticing that your child is not speaking as much or as clearly as other children their age, it might be difficult to know whether […]
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July is National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month! According to the CDC (2015), approximately 2,600 babies are born with a cleft palate and 4,400 babies are born with a cleft lip, with or without a cleft palate. Other craniofacial birth defects include craniosynostosis (skull sutures fusing prematurely), anotia/microtia (ear is missing or underdeveloped),
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A speech sound disorder is when a child has difficulty saying specific sounds by either substituting that sound for a different sound, deleting the sound, or adding unnecessary sounds. All children simplify their speech when they are learning how to talk (these are called phonological processes), but most will outgrow this “simplification process” naturally as
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Rolling provides children with the first opportunity to be independently mobile and discover their environment through movement. It’s an intriguing discovery for baby, and sometimes a thrilling-but-nerve-wracking one for parents! Needless to say, it is an exciting skills that helps to create the building blocks for more advanced movements. Rolling helps infants develop the appropriate
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Painter’s tape is an easy, affordable tool that can be used to practice many of your child’s physical therapy activities. Balance, coordination, and strengthening activities can all be performed with a simple roll of painter’s tape. See below for some ideas! Balance Beam Use one or two long strips of painters tape to create
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Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of non-progressive disorders that affect movement and muscle tone or posture. It’s caused by damage that occurs to the immature, developing brain, most often before birth. CP can range in severity from very mild involvement where you see kids walking, running, jumping, performing age appropriate gross motor and cognitive
Holidays can be stressful for everybody, but especially for your neurodivergent child. Changes in routine and schedule, new experiences, unpredictability and surprises, more social events and interactions, and increased sensory input during the holiday season can make it feel overwhelming for everybody. Here are some tips to make this time of year feel a little
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Independent and proficient sitting is a skill that is typically developed around 9 months of age. Your child may start to demonstrate prop sitting (sitting with hands on ground) as early as 5 months, but may only be able to balance for a couple of seconds. In order for a baby to start sitting independently
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Discuss your child’s physical therapy goals with your provider! Your provider will create goals for your child to work towards. These can act as milestones that signify progress as your child moves through their physical therapy plan of care. Communicate with your provider, and work with them to set goals that are most meaningful to
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Why proper breathing habits matter and how a trained speech language pathologist can help your child to practice healthy breathing patterns.
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Eugene Clinic:
84 Centennial Loop
Eugene, OR 97401
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Clinic Hours:
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201 NW 3rd St.
Corvallis, OR 97330
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Clinic Hours:
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