Bloom & Be Therapy and Educational Services

11/21/2025

Exciting news! We are hiring!!!

Have you been watching Bloom from the outside wishing you could be a part of our super fun team? Now is your chance!

We are hiring a PART-TIME SLP! This position would be virtual only, seeing most of our teletherapy clients. It starts at 10 hours per week, with the ability to gain hours over time as new clients are referred.

More Details:
- built in paid paperwork time
- no productivity requirements
- competitive pay
- PTO
- flexible scheduling
- a simple to use EMR with streamlined paperwork
- an office assistant to aid with parent contacts and other needs
- and some pretty sweet co-workers ;)
- and more!

*Must be actively licensed in Indiana*

11/07/2025

Most extra coolest gift #5: BOOKS!

Books are legitimately one of the best gifts you can give a child, especially if you take the time to read WITH them! Colors, shapes, sounds, literacy, joint attention, etc. What can you NOT do with books!?

Encourage friends and family to write notes in books for your kids that they can keep and cherish. 💛

11/05/2025

Super cool toy #4 (as chosen by our awesome grad student this semester!): cuttable food!

Miss Jenna loves these toys because you can work on colors, food names, verbs, and imaginary play! Your kids learn a lot from watching you and we wouldn’t be surprised if they take to these pretty quickly. 🙂 Maybe soon after they can help you in the kitchen!

11/03/2025

Just wanted to take a temporary pause from posting about toys to say something important.

We know that times are really hard for a lot of people right now. If any of our clients are struggling and there is anything we can do to help, please don't hesitate to reach out to your therapist and we will do our best to help your family. Bloom is about families!

10/31/2025

Awesome toy #3 - the car ramp!

This is a favorite in the clinic! Ours even has little garages for each car and a tiny gas pump. :)

We love these kinds of toys because they are great for repetitive play! Doing the same thing over and over is something kids really enjoy AND you can use it as a tool to create a routine. Kids respond well when hearing something over and over. It can also be great for practicing cause and effect! Every time the car rolls down say "Wee!!" with a lot of enthusiasm!

10/29/2025

Next super cool toy to help with language:

#2 magnetic dolls!

With this toy you can work on clothing, body parts, colors, imaginary play, etc! These are compact, easy to travel with, and so fun!

10/27/2025

Let's highlight some awesome gifts we can give our kiddos that can help grow their speech and language skills!

#1 A barn toy with animals!

- toys that allow for free play are often easier to use for elicitation of language
- free play is also a great way to encourage imagination
- this toy can be used for: animal names, animal noises, following directions, joint play, prepositions, etc.

10/22/2025

We are going to start a series on play and expanding language through toys! We will post some of our favorite activities and toys BUT....

Guess what though??

YOU are your child's favorite toy

AND

Toys don't have to be expensive and labeled as educational to be useful for modeling and growing speech and language!

To prove this, let's have a therapy session with a trash can:
- environmental noises (bang, boom)
- prepositions (lid on, put in, on top)
- adjectives (full, empty, silver, big, tall)
- following directions (put the lid on the trash can, take it off, put this inside)
- directing/requesting (Go! - as you throw something in - , More!, Stop!)

What can you add???

10/21/2025

Talk Tools just came out with a more sturdy chewy! https://talktools.com/products/talktools-ultra-chewy?_pos=1&_sid=aac0a9e40&_ss=r&utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&triplesource=Klayvio&_kx=0-uDLsylOz_m7rzt3mH7ew2bHgrVlGjPj-wP5chO4QySa80CzuuCZ4u4cZPAmGUy.NREbNb

Personally, we are also big fans of Ark Therapeutic for our kiddos who need some oral input! https://www.arktherapeutic.com/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=90397023&gbraid=0AAAAADzqpykG5yi70z1BYA4QDnaC4FgC1&gclid=CjwKCAjw3tzHBhBREiwAlMJoUpLCobbePmyDiSEm9yipVk4uGHY4D43ZZsOzbFTLUeGdNlwQkl5G3xoCiJUQAvD_BwE

Check out ARK Therapeutic's innovative sensory solutions for chewing, oral motor, speech, feeding therapy, and special needs, for both children and adults.

10/13/2025

We all know that our kids shouldn't have too much screen time.....BUT....for the times they do, what are your go-to channels?

10/09/2025

Researching finger play songs for some of our kiddos who LOVE music and wanted to share a fun site!

Last Updated on 01/15/2020 by Karen 12 Favorite Fingerplays for Toddlers and Preschoolers Fine Motor Skills· Parent Life Fingerplays are used often in early learning classrooms because they are so stinking fun and engaging. It’s a great way to get and keep a child’s attention. (And sometimes pr...

10/08/2025

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