Sunflower Speech Kansas, LLC

11/04/2025

The sweetest trooper around using the communication cards while trick-or-treating. 🎃🚔
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Reminder that the ability for your child to be able to communicate their wants and needs is important to their overall mental and emotional health. Communication is NOT just verbal words.

10/31/2025

🎃HAPPY HALLOWEEN🎃 Just a simple reminder while handing out candy today/tonight ☺️👻🍭

10/20/2025

🐍Working on Final Consonant Deletion with this kiddo. He is working on the final S sound in this video at the word level. I’m a huge advocate for tactile cuing while learning speech sounds, language, overall communication skills, and just learning in general! 🐍

10/16/2025

🎃Follow up from my last post, but with short, consice messages and visuals. 🎃

Halloween is coming up and I’m just here to remind you… Do NOT make kids say “trick-or-treat” for candy.

A lot of us are used to saying “what do you say?” And then withholding the candy bucket until we hear “trick-or-treat” from the trick-or-treaters.

Do NOT do it.

Some kids canNOT or doNOT want to say the phrase and that IS OKAY! These kiddos are working hard on their communication skills and we need to do everything in our power to encourage them and help them remain confident.

Give them the candy. Whether they say trick-or-treat or not.

10/15/2025

Enjoy my daughter, dog, and I’s Halloween Costumes from last year 🎅🏼🎃

🔥ANYWAY!!!!! Please read and spread the word. 🔥

Halloween is coming up and I’m just here to remind you… Do NOT make kids say “trick-or-treat” for candy.

A lot of us are used to saying “what do you say?” And then withholding the candy bucket until we hear “trick-or-treat” from the trick-or-treaters.

Do NOT do it.

Some kids canNOT or doNOT want to say the phrase and that IS OKAY! These kiddos are working hard on their communication skills and we need to do everything in our power to encourage them and help them remain confident.

Give them the candy. Whether they say trick-or-treat or not.

‼️I am making these visuals for FREE, which come with the lanyard. I can also customize them (to an extent). Please ask if you want one! ☺️ you do NOT have to be one of my clients. ☺️👻

The options are lanyards or popsicle sticks. Lanyards may be easier due to already carrying the candy bag. BUT lanyards might also add an undesirable feeling or safety hazard. Parents, you can help with whichever one. 😉

You can email therapy@sunflowerspeechkansas.com or message me on Facebook to let me know if you want a lanyard or a popsicle stick and what you would like your trick-or-treat visual to say.

❤️🌻

10/07/2025

✨Childhood Apraxia of Speech ✨

See past post for a better understanding as to what it is. ☺️

I use the Dynamic Temporal and Tactile Cueing (DTTC) intervention approach. DTTC is a motor-learning approach that focuses on building accurate speech movements through gradual therapy involving visual, touch, auditory, and tactile cueing.

This girl came SO far with the word “Eat” in just two sessions. 

Yes, progress with CAS may seem slow at first (I even have to tell myself to be patient), but the focus is really on retraining the neural networks that coordinate the precise movements for speech.

I LOVE working with all my clients, but I definitely have a passion for CAS. ☺️

10/07/2025

✨CHILDHOOD APRAXIA OF SPEECH (CAS)✨
After completing the training from Apraxia Kids awhile back, I was looking forward to implementing the intervention approach when kids with CAS came my way. It wasn’t long after, that the sweetest girl came into my office. I do have other clients with Suspected Childhood Apraxia of Speech (SCAS) as well. Here is an overview of CAS. I will be posting a video of a few sessions following this. ☺️

09/12/2025

Today was 🤩! A huge thank you to Ashlyn from the children’s department at the Hays Public Library for putting on this super hero book event at the ARC park. She put A LOT of work into this event and the book she wrote about each superhero.

I don’t consider myself a super hero🤪, so when she asked me I was shocked. Then I realized, we all have a little bit of super hero power in us when we use our talents for the greater good of helping others. Each individual is an important piece of a story, and we all need each other. ✨

09/12/2025

Come down to the ARC PARK tomorrow for a fun time!!! 😋

Join us at the Rainbow Stage tomorrow at 10 a.m. for a special Storytime honoring hometown heroes. While visiting with first responders and community organizations, you'll journey through a story that describes the amazing work they do to support the community.

08/28/2025

Help me welcome Josie! 🤗 She will be with me learning and practicing her skills the rest of 2025! Josie is going to school to be a Speech Language Pathologist Assistant. Us SLPs are very thankful for all the SLPAs out there!🤍

08/22/2025

Congratulations Kylie Wheeles!!! 🎉🥳🤩 I will message you and find a time to get these goodies to you!

08/21/2025

Ope! Don’t mind me not knowing what day it is 🤣🤣 Giveaway ends tomorrow… because tomorrow is Friday…. Not today🤣