When you’ve introduced AAC…but you feel like there’s no progress…what should you do?

Sometimes just getting a device in a child’s hand feels like a major win. But what do you do when you’ve been trying and trying with little success? 

AAC can be so overwhelming as it is, and when we aren’t seeing ...

We need to talk about goals that suck.

I have seen goals that make me want to bang my head against the wall because they are THAT bad.

And you’re probably sitting there thinking…

Well, why are you complaining, Jessie? 

Why don’t you teach us about goals that are great INSTEAD of goals that suck?...

50-70% of Autistic people also have ADHD (National Institutes of Health). 

This means that we need to work harder to better understand Autism, ADHD, and AuDHD so that we can improve the ways we support our kids!

As SLPs, it’s important for us to understand these characteristics so that we can supp...

The inspiration for this conversation was from recent intake calls at my speech clinic. In a short span, I encountered two families with remarkably similar stories.

One particular call was from a father concerned about his four-year-old, nonspeaking, autistic child who needed additional speech ther...

A few weeks ago my partner Chris and I were invited to attend the premiere of the movie Ezra. 

And I’m still pinching myself. 

Ezra is the story about a stand-up comedian named Max who is struggling to co-parent his Autistic son Ezra with his ex-wife, Jenna. When faced with difficult decisions abo...