Children's Speech and Language Services, LLC

06/09/2025

As the end of the school year approaches, camp is on the horizon for many! Here are some considerations from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association about helping children with communication challenges prepare for camp:

Getting ready for camp can be exciting—and a little overwhelming. Children with speech, language, and social communication disorders may need extra support as they prepare for this big change to their daily routines and environments.

05/12/2025

✨National Stuttering Awareness Week✨ starts today! To celebrate, we're sharing this beautiful and informative collage put together by Friends: The National Association of Young People Who Stutter

05/06/2025

May is National Speech-Language-Hearing Month! As part of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's celebrations, we're sharing this article about the benefits of multilingualism.

Children can learn to use more than one language. They can learn languages at home, at school, or in the community. Some children can use multiple languages easily. This article answers some common questions about raising multilingual children.

01/22/2025

We’re sharing a fantastic resource from the Harvard Center on the Developing Child about the brain-building benefits of play! These handouts have suggestions for play-based activities for children at various ages and stages of development.
https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/handouts-tools/brainbuildingthroughplay/

Looking for playful activities to do with the children in your life over the holidays? Check out our "Brain-Building Through Play" handouts!

With support from The LEGO Foundation, we created these handouts with playful, age-appropriate activities for children, from newborns to adolescents, that are easy to do at home or just about anywhere.

Check out the handouts here: https://bit.ly/4h4kPFF

05/20/2024

When a child is stuttering, "How can I to help?" is often at the forefront of caregivers' minds.

Organized by Spero Stuttering, co-owner Carrie Kerstein collaborated with a group of fellow clinicians with expertise in stuttering to put together this film, Nurturing and Empowering Your Child Who Stutters.

05/10/2024

May is National Speech-Language-Hearing Month!

Caregivers in multilingual families often wonder if they should continue speaking a home language with their child when the child is showing signs of communication challenges. The answer is: yes! Multilingualism does NOT cause or worsen communication disorders, and families are strongly encouraged to use the language(s) they are most comfortable in when communicating with their child.

Here are some more facts and myths about multilingual language development:

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/gradeschool/school/Pages/7-Myths-Facts-Bilingual-Children-Learning-Language.aspx