Speech Works of Alabama, LLC

10/07/2025

What a great day at the clinic!

Today, we:
- helped kids with reading!
- Finished up an AAC evaluation!
- Worked on LOTS of speech sounds!
- Saw SO MANY speech and OT friends!
- Ate some donuts! 😃 🍩
- Trialed AAC devices with friends!
- Scheduled a training with another AAC rep!
- Scheduled several new evaluations!
- Updated treatment plans!
- Scheduled another new disability evaluation!
- Worked on some Gestalt Language goals!
- Collaborated between speech and OT!
- Worked with friends who have had a stroke on language skills!
- Smiled a lot! Played a lot!
- And so much more!

Therapy is fun! Thanks for trusting us with your loved ones’ care! ❤️

10/07/2025

There’s a spider in my spaghetti!!! 🕷️

A new fun game for Halloween is hitting the shelves today!

10/07/2025

10/06/2025

October is AAC Awareness Month!!

AAC stands for “Augmentative and Alternative Communication.” In October, we inform others regarding how people use AAC to communicate, and help bring acceptance and awareness!

At Speech Works of Alabama, LLC, we can conduct comprehensive AAC evaluations, and then provide therapy to AAC users and training to families/caregivers! We work with some great reps who help provide support for us, too!!

Do you have a family member who could benefit from use of AAC? Give us a call at (205) 512-1117!

10/06/2025

Speech Works got donuts for the BEST therapy team and staff from Jasper Donuts! We love treating our crew, while at the same time supporting other local small businesses! ♥️ 🍩 ❤️

10/02/2025

Hey Mrs. Emily (speech)…. What’s something fun you’ve done in speech today??

“Today, a friend and I worked on /s/ blends! We chose some words as we went through our word deck, and wrote those words on leaves! We added the leaves to our fall tree, and made a pretty picture! This picture was sent home for home practice!!”

🍂 🌳 🍁

10/02/2025

Hey Speech Works families!

We have several holiday-themed activities to do with your kiddos over the next couple of months!

However, we know that some families don’t celebrate certain holidays! If your family doesn’t participate in a certain holiday, let us know! We always have alternate activities we can do! We want to be respectful of all of our families!

Thanks for trusting us to provide services for you!

❤️

10/01/2025

Hey Ms. Olivia…. What’s something cool you’ve done in speech today?

“Today we used play doh and play doh stamps to target decoding CVC words with short vowels! We love using multi-sensory activities during reading sessions! Multi-sensory activities help friends retain what they’ve learned!!”

09/30/2025

Ms. Haleigh…. What’s something cool you’ve done in speech today?

“Here’s the start of my pumpkin patch!!”

Our friends love to make crafts!!

🎃 🍂 🐈‍⬛

09/30/2025

Mrs. Emily (COTA)…. What’s something cool you’ve done in OT today??

“The ATNR reflex is what helps kids learn to move their head and arms separately.

This particular activity supports integration of a retained reflex. From a crawling position, the child practices reaching with one arm to retrieve the squigz while keeping the other arm steady to support their weight, this is important because the retained reflex naturally tries to pull the opposite arm in the same direction.

When children can separate these movements it makes everyday tasks like writing, playing ball, brushing teeth, and other self care tasks much easier.”

09/29/2025

Mrs. Emily…. What’s something cool you did in speech today???

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Today, we used our light board while working on /l/ blends! We practiced several words, and then used shapes to make pictures containing /l/ blends! My friend made this butterfly, and then we made an airplane!!

09/29/2025

Note from Emily:

I did some CEUs over the last week regarding increase in screen time for children, and its impact on development.

Did you know? Overexposure to screens during formative years actually changes how the brain develops! Too much screen time changes the way synapses are formed, and makes it more difficult for for children to learn new information and process language. Increased use of screen time also affects attention span- think about it- pressing buttons on a screen yields immediate results. An immediate shot of dopamine. When children are used to the “immediate,” life becomes harder. Turn taking becomes harder. Waiting in line becomes harder. Paying attention to the teacher becomes harder. Relationships are harder.

I was convicted as a mom. My crew enjoys watching YouTube and playing the Switch. But this weekend, we made a conscious effort to put down the electronics more, and do more things together. Today, we took the pups on a walk on our property. We laughed. We exercised. We got hot. The dogs got tangled in their leashes a few good times. They splashed in the puddles of the creek.

My challenge to you: put the screens down! Get outside in this beautiful weather! Let’s promote language and social development in our kiddos!