by Progressive Pediatric Therapy | Feb 1, 2022 | Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Early Intervention, Gross Motor Skills, Pediatric Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Special Needs Children, Specialty Programs
Written By: Mary Pengelley, PT, DPT What is Serial Bracing? Serial bracing is a therapeutic intervention used to decrease muscle tightness, change habitual patterns of movement in a single joint, or improve range of motion. It can be used for tight heel-cords...
by Progressive Pediatric Therapy | Jan 24, 2022 | Autism Spectrum Disorder, Language Therapy, Pediatric Speech Therapy, Special Needs Children, Speech Therapy, Uncategorized
Written By: Karina Lee, M.S., CCC-SLP Echolalia is the immediate or delayed repetition of language Scripting is the repetition of words, phrases, or sounds from other people’s speech – sometimes from movies/tv shows. Gestalt...
by Progressive Pediatric Therapy | Jan 11, 2022 | Language Therapy, Parenting, Pediatric Speech Therapy, Special Needs Children, Speech Therapy, Uncategorized
By Cassie Hicks, M.A., CCC-SLP Blog post written for use with Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. This is a great book for both readers and pre-readers. The story consists of repetitive sentence structures, making it easy for...
by Progressive Pediatric Therapy | Nov 8, 2021 | Autism Spectrum Disorder, Gross Motor Skills, Infant Development, Occupational Therapy, Parenting, Physical Therapy, Special Needs Children
Written By: Kaleigh Smyrk, PT, DPT Children typically begin to walk around 12 months of age, and when they start, it is so exciting to see! You may notice that your child starts to walk with a wide base of support, some waddling, and little to no arm swing. Initially,...
by Progressive Pediatric Therapy | Oct 26, 2021 | Handwriting, Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Pediatric Speech Therapy, Special Needs Children, Specialty Programs, Speech Therapy, Uncategorized
Written By: Cassandra Hicks, M.A., CCC-SLP Learning to read isn’t an automatic process. Reading and writing is a multi-disciplinary skill that can take years of instruction and practice to perfect. In the minds of practiced readers, seeing a written word activates...
by Progressive Pediatric Therapy | Oct 5, 2021 | Language Therapy, Parenting, Pediatric Group Therapy, Pediatric Speech Therapy, Special Needs Children, Specialty Programs, Speech Therapy, Uncategorized
Written By: Cassie Hicks, M.S., CCC-SLP Stuttering is a disorder that is characterized by an increased number of disfluencies while speaking. There are different types of disfluencies including whole (“I want want want to play”) and part-word (“I wa-wa-want to play”)...
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