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2025-11-12 15:24:48 -

Do Children with Autism Find It Harder to Fall Asleep?
Various studies have determined that “children with ASD have a higher prevalence of sleep issues than their typically developing peers.” For example, they are more likely to develop insomnia and similar conditions. In fact, “children with autism tend to sleep 32.8 minutes less per night than their peers.” While this may not seem to be a significant difference, an extra...

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2025-10-15 15:28:26 -

Does Speech Therapy Help Autism?
Autism spectrum disorder is most commonly identified in early childhood, while communication abilities are still developing. To varying degrees, the condition makes it difficult for children to communicate. Some children may not speak or have limited speaking ability, while others communicate deeply about specific topics. According to studies, two out of three children with autism improve their...

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2025-09-29 14:34:06 -

What is Speech-language Therapy?
Speech Language Therapy treats speech and communication disorders; thus, it is a broad field. Speech therapy may assist children with stuttering or lisps in accurately pronouncing words. Speech therapy also helps children with developmental disabilities understand and use spoken language in a social environment. A certified speech-language pathologist (SLP) is a communication...

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2025-09-16 16:25:24 -

Getting Ready to Write: 6 Activities to Help Children Prepare for Writing
The expectation for kids to start writing therapy is getting earlier and earlier all of the time. However, the youngest children don’t have the motor assessments for physical development and need to use the small muscles in their fingers and hands to hold and control a pencil. Writing is a foundational learning skill that requires visual-motor integration, bilateral coordination, midline...

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2025-09-02 15:46:23 -

What are some of the challenging behaviors associated with autism?
When caring for a child with autism, you may notice that they begin to exhibit challenging behaviors whenever they feel overwhelmed. This could include stimming and actions typically associated with a meltdown. Stimming refers to “self-stimulating”, repetitive behaviors that help autistic children “manage excess energy and self-soothe.” Mostly, this involves...

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2025-08-19 15:42:05 -

How Does Music Benefit People with Autism?
Beyond aiding emotional regulation, music, when introduced through therapy or in their daily lives, can be incredibly beneficial for children with autism. For example, it can also help them when it comes to Communicating Socializing Changing their perspective. Communicating Children with autism and related disorders sometimes find it harder to develop their communication skills. For...

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2025-08-04 07:10:01 -

Speech Therapy Activities for Autism at Home
Children with autism experience speech and language impairments that range from mild social language impairment to entirely non-verbal. With that in mind, here are some speech therapy approaches available that your child’s SLP may teach you so that you can continue to work with your child at home. Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) PECS is an AAC (alternative augmentative...

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2025-07-14 15:43:10 -

Online Speech Therapy for Autism
Speech and language therapy is essential for children with ASD so that they may reach their potential. Speech-language therapy can be delivered to these children in person or online. However, it is crucial to highlight that there are several advantages to delivering this service online since teletherapy provides opportunities that are not available with in-person therapy. Families can ensure a...

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2025-06-28 15:14:31 -

Does Speech Therapy Help Autism?
Autism spectrum disorder is most commonly identified in early childhood, while communication abilities are still developing. To varying degrees, the condition makes it difficult for children to communicate. Some children may not speak or have limited speaking ability, while others communicate in great depth about specific topics. According to studies, two out of three children with autism...

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2025-06-18 07:26:57 -

What is speech-language therapy?
Speech therapy is the treatment of speech and communication disorders; thus, it is a broad field. Speech therapy may assist children with stuttering or lisps in accurately pronouncing words. Speech therapy also helps children with developmental disabilities in understanding and using spoken language in a social environment. A certified speech-language pathologist (SLP) is a communication...

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2025-06-01 17:35:31 -

What Is Speech Therapy?
Whether it be talking with co-workers around the water cooler, saying “I love you” to your spouse, sharing a joke with your neighbor, texting your brother, or sending an email to your boss, people love to communicate; it’s what we do. Communication, in all its forms, is what creates and maintains the bonds and relationships in our lives, and the ability to communicate is...

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2025-05-19 08:23:49 -

Supporting Kids With Speech Therapy In North Andover
The Communication Journey Speech disorders make a child feel lonely and frustrated. Some children cannot pronounce words. Others are not able to understand language. All these affect the child's ability to communicate - the emotional, learning, and self-confidence level. Professional speech therapists understand all this complexity in communication. They work with children closely and devise...

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