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PDA - Pathological Demand Avoidance
A young woman is sitting on the floor with her hands on her chest looking worried. PDA: A Speech-Language Pathologist’s Guide to...
Brittany Avera
Dec 31, 20244 min read
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Unlocking Potential: Helping Your Child with Executive Functioning Skills
Executive functioning skills are like the brain’s management system, helping us plan, organize, prioritize, and regulate our emotions....
Brittany Avera
Dec 10, 20243 min read
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Unlocking the Power of Interoception: Enhancing Speech Therapy with Kelly Mahler’s Approach
Interoception is a growing interest among speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and occupational therapists (OTs). Interoception refers to...
Brittany Avera
Nov 20, 20243 min read
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Cooking Up Communication: The Benefits of Using Cooking in Speech Therapy
As a speech-language pathologist (SLP) working with children and adults, finding creative and effective ways to engage clients in therapy...
Brittany Avera
Aug 6, 20243 min read
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The Language part of Speech-Language Therapy
Understanding Language Therapy: A Speech Language Pathologist's Perspective Language therapy is a crucial intervention designed to help...
Brittany Avera
Jun 20, 20243 min read
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Speech Therapy for Adults: How do Speech-Language Pathologists help adults?
We've been getting this question a lot lately! Let's talk about what Speech Therapy for adults looks like: Unlocking Communication: How...
Brittany Avera
Jun 12, 20243 min read
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Let's Work on Job Interview Skills!
Improving job interview skills through speech therapy can be particularly helpful for individuals who experience communication...
Brittany Avera
Oct 5, 20232 min read
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Interview with an Adult Speech Therapy Client about the Natural Language Acquisition (NLA) Approach
Interview with a Gestalt Language Processor Adult Graciela is a 20-year-old client who uses a variety of ways to communicate including...
Brittany Avera
Sep 28, 202311 min read
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Online Shopping During Speech Therapy!
This week we used online shopping to target ALL sorts of speech/language skills! We used Doordash for grocery shopping and ordering food...
Brittany Avera
Aug 24, 20231 min read
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Gestalt Language Processing: It's Never Too Late!
Practical Speech Therapy treats Gestalt Language Processors using the Natural Language Acquisition approach! We treat children and adults...
Brittany Avera
Aug 10, 20232 min read
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Let's Use Amazon Echo in Speech Therapy!
Using Amazon Echo devices in speech therapy can be a fun and engaging way to support language development, articulation, and...
Brittany Avera
Aug 1, 20232 min read
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Let's Get Organized!
Staying organized in school is crucial for academic success and reducing stress. Some of us struggle with the executive-functioning skill...
Brittany Avera
Jul 22, 20232 min read
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