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Tongue-Tied Speech Language Pathologist

June 21, 2020 by Tracy Wannemacher 42 Comments

Last fall I went through a stressful stretch in life. I started noticing that my jaw would not open fully without my jaw clicking in the morning. It started to pop and click when I opened my mouth, when I yawned, while I was eating.  It was very annoying and got to be painful. Backstory…. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: #development, #hypotonia, low tone, oral motor, Uncategorized Tagged: "tetheredoraltissues, #TOTS

The Power of the Pause

February 22, 2020 by Tracy Wannemacher 34 Comments

Pausing can be such a valuable tool in our therapy sessions and throughout our interactions with others. If we are always quick to fill in the silence we may be taking away a child’s opportunity to smile, to reference us, to gesture or to vocalize to communicate. In a sense, we can rob him or … [Read more…]

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Posted in: #children, apraxia, autism, expressive language Tagged: #children, #communication, #imitation, #learn, #pause

Bringing mindful presence to our therapy sessions

September 9, 2019 by Tracy Wannemacher 41 Comments

The ability to process information and then respond can be impacted by sleep, stress, how active someone has been during the day, or a multitude of reasons. Children that process slower or that have difficulty finding a word they want to use coupled with outside factors may have a more challenging time taking in information. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: apraxia, autism, direct teaching, expressive language, low tone, receptive language, Uncategorized, visual-strategies Tagged: #pause, #prompts, #responsetime, #therapists, slp
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