Speech Therapy Kirkland

12/29/2024

CEUs & L-CERPs

08/11/2023

From now until August 20th, you can use the code Aug20 for 25% off my comprehensive CE course on tongue tie. While I'm terribly biased, I think it's the most comprehensive course out there on tongue physiology and the impact it has on infants, kids, and how it can set adults up for problems.

https://reg.learningstream.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0046-0020-595b0de80db8493ab63aa45ed6f2ff23

11/14/2022

Our findings suggest that certain sleep characteristics related to sleep quality and quantity in early childhood are associated with inattentiveness and hyperactivity at the age of 5 years. Interestingly, sleep duration in early childhood is consistently related to inattention at the age of 5 years.

01/16/2022

Impressive line up of speakers and programme focusing on the impact of breathing dysfunction on health and various medical problems, and how to diagnose and treat problems.

08/24/2021

FYI

I realize that as a Myofunctional Therapist, I knew what to look for with my little man more than the average parent might. So here is a chart that may be helpful so you too, can know what to look for when it comes to a tongue tie! Also, keep in mind, sometimes it's not what we can see, it's deeper under the tongue. So we also look at function and how well the tongue works.
Let me know if you have any questions, or if you would like to set up a consultation!💖

Check out this website below for more helpful info!☺️

https://internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13006-019-0224-y/figures/1

11/16/2020

nicely worded

Another great post by Dr. Steven Lin!
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Low tongue posture can lead to health issues throughout the body. The tongue is an organ that guides the digestive process, and is critical for both neural signals in the brain.

When you swallow incorrectly, it deforms the dental arch. In kids we can see ‘open bites’ or high arched palates that indicate the tongue isn’t making proper connection to the roof of the mouth.

Mouth breathing (even at night), an incorrect tongue resting posture, or an improper swallowing pattern can all contribute to the vagus nerve not being correctly stimulated.

The vagus nerve is one of the primary parasympathetic cranial nerves and drives the digestive system.

Correct swallowing activates rest and digest messages that must begin in the mouth.

During these times, the glands relax and release saliva for digestion, and the body sends hormonal signals reading the body to absorb.

These are the activities that happen when the body is resting and unstressed, particularly after we eat and when we sleep. The sympathetic nervous system on the other hand stimulates the activities that are connected to the fight-or-flight response.

When we breathe through the nose, have the tongue in the roof of the mouth, and swallow correctly, the vagus nerve is being stimulated. But when we don’t, it can lead to low vagus nerve stimulation. This can contribute to the factors that are keeping us stuck in fight-or-flight, or actually put us directly in that state.

If you don’t swallow properly you end up living in a permanent state of stress. This in turn can affect our digestion because after all, digestion isn’t a priority when you’re running for your life. Again, running or fighting is what this whole stress response system is designed for.

10/24/2020

A collection of picture scenes with lots of details. Great for targeting goals on descriptive language, taking language samples, assessing fluency as they are talking about the scene, etc... Found these by searching on Google images. I saved them on my iPad Camera Roll and then imported them all into one PDF document in the iBooks app. The cool thing about using them on an iPad is that you can zoom in if you need to focus on details in a particular part of the scene. See the comments section on this album for info on how to save several pics from your Camera Roll to a single PDF document in the iBooks app.
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Update: I just stumbled upon two different illustrators' blogs and hit the motherloads of full sized detailed illustrated scenes. The key is to do a long press on a pic, select open "open in new tab", then go to that tab, long press, save pic. Those will be the full screen pics.. http://blog30x30.blogspot.com/search/label/Highlights%20for%20Children & http://carmen-ilustradora.blogspot.com/2011/05/posters-educacion-infantil.html.

I now have an 80 page PDF of these saved out in the iBooks app on my iPad. Pretty sure that is more than enough to use in therapy sessions until I retire in 22 weeks 😉.
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**** Update 5/6/19: I saved the 93 picture scenes into one PDF on my blog: https://bit.ly/2VRGJFS *****
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**** Update 3/30/20: I have reshared these for those who may find them helpful as SLPs around the world are scrambling to provide therapy virtually via teletherapy in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. I am extremely grateful that I've been retired almost two years. Just doing volunteer work now and posting again frequently to help share resources and info about apps during these trying times. I have all my fellow SLPs in my prayers 🙏🏼. For anyone asking “Are they copyrighted?”. These are just a collection of images I found on the internet several years ago. They aren’t being sold. Just being shared in case they would be helpful. ~ Angela ****
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*** Update 3/31/20 - Added in the comments section on this post - a video screencast of me going through the steps to add the PDF to the iBooks app. I’m on an iPhone 7 running iOS 13.3.1 so the steps may be/look slightly different on an iPad or a different iOS. Make sure you have a strong WiFi connection and be patient as you wait for the PDF to fully open (it’s a large document with 93 color pics). Link to the PDF: https://bit.ly/2VRGJFS. It's too big of a document to send via e-mail. You can either share by e-mailing the link or by sharing this post on Facebook.
Hope this helps 😊
~ Angela ****
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***** Update 5/27/20: Please do NOT upload these to SeeSaw, TinyTap, Boom Cards, Teachers Pay Teachers or any other platform. I am only sharing them as a resource to either print or to save and use in the iBooks (Apple Books) app on your iPad (or the comparable equivalent on an Android tablet.
~ Angela *****

08/06/2020

Ty Darcy

Great information about sensory processing:

http://momentousinstitute.org/blog/making-sense-of-sensory-processing

07/21/2020

07/20/2020

helpful tips

“You can’t be truly healthy unless you’re breathing correctly.”