6 Red Flags to Look for While Your Child Learns to Read
In this blog, we share 6 things we commonly hear children are doing to learn to read that do not develop strong reading skills.
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Becky McArthur, S-LP(C)
- May 27
- 3 min
How Our Clients Become Stronger Readers
Skilled reading is a complex constellation of skills. In this blog, we share what makes We Communicate’s reading services different.
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Sarah Jones, S-LP
- Sep 8, 2021
- 2 min
5 Reasons to Consider a Neurodiversity-Affirming Therapy Approach for Your Child
Neurodiversity is a term that describes brain differences (such as ADHD, autism and dyslexia) as naturally-occurring variations in the...
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Becky McArthur, S-LP(C)
- Jun 18, 2021
- 3 min
It's Not You, It's Me: Reading & Resiliency
Reading and resiliency: these sure sound like two skills all parents want for their child. Our team is often having conversations with...
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Becky McArthur, S-LP(C)
- Jun 19, 2020
- 2 min
Letters & Sounds: A Key Distinction
Letters and sounds: it seems simple enough. But so many children struggle with this distinction and it impacts many literacy skills,...
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Becky McArthur, S-LP(C)
- May 10, 2019
- 3 min
How I Assess Speech
How I assess speech skills in children with a TON of free resources linked!
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Becky McArthur, S-LP(C)
- Apr 22, 2019
- 2 min
Why Speech Sounds Are Not Enough
Speech is the way we sound when we talk, so it’s not a huge surprise that the specific sounds children make (or don’t make) impact their...
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Becky McArthur, S-LP(C)
- Feb 6, 2019
- 2 min
Building Blocks of Communication
There are so many components to being an effective communicator. Do you know which area or areas your child struggles with? Find out if...
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Becky McArthur, S-LP(C)
- Dec 10, 2018
- 4 min
Literacy Part 3: Intervention
Updated: March 2022 Welcome back! So far we have dove into background information about reading and writing, the warning signs for...
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Becky McArthur, S-LP(C)
- Dec 3, 2018
- 3 min
Literacy Part 2: Assessment
Updated March 2022 Before I started learning more about literacy, it seemed so ominous. If terms like specific learning disability in...
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Becky McArthur, S-LP(C)
- Nov 9, 2018
- 1 min
Updated Speech Norms
A recent study by McLeod and Crowe (2018) set out to compare the age of acquisition of speech sounds across languages. A super rad...
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Becky McArthur, S-LP(C)
- Nov 7, 2018
- 2 min
Clinician Key to Success: Explaining the 'Why' to Parents
I often tell parents the first time I meet them that one of the biggest contributing factors to therapy progress is parent engagement....
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