Speech-Language Disorder Type 1
Speech-language disorder type 1” is not an official medical name. In this article, we will use it to mean a developmental speech and language disorder that starts in childhood, where a child has big ...
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Speech and Language Disorder with Orofacial Dyspraxia
Speech and language disorder with orofacial dyspraxia is a brain-based (neurological) problem where a child finds it very hard to plan and control the movements of the lips, tongue, jaw, and face ...
Pure Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Pure childhood apraxia of speech is a speech problem in young children where the brain has trouble planning and sending the right signals to the lips, tongue, jaw, and mouth to make clear speech ...
Isolated Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia
Isolated developmental verbal dyspraxia is a childhood speech problem where the brain has trouble planning and organising the movements needed for clear speech, even though the child’s mouth muscles ...
Developmental Verbal Apraxia
Developmental verbal apraxia (also called childhood apraxia of speech) is a speech problem that starts in early childhood. The child knows what they want to say, but the brain has trouble sending ...
Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia (DVD)
Developmental verbal dyspraxia (DVD) is a speech problem that starts in childhood. It is a motor speech disorder, which means the main problem is how the brain plans and controls the small movements ...
Childhood Apraxia of Speech
Childhood apraxia of speech is a speech disorder where the child’s brain has trouble planning and coordinating the movements of the lips, tongue, jaw, and mouth needed for clear speech. The child ...
Written Language Disorders
A disorder of written language involves a significant impairment in fluent word reading (i.e., reading decoding and sight word recognition), reading comprehension, written spelling, ...
Information Overflow Syndrome
In our modern digital age, we are constantly bombarded with news, emails, social media updates, and endless streams of data. This state of being overwhelmed by too much information is sometimes ...
Discord
Discord is a free voice, video, and text communication platform designed for communities. It allows users to create or join servers, which act as virtual gathering places for people with shared ...
Online Therapy
Online therapy is a method of delivering therapy, such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, or mental health counseling, via the Internet. Online therapy has many different names (e.g., ...
Telehealth Therapy
Telehealth technology and telerehabilitation have been used since 1998 with their pervasiveness increasing over the past two decades as research demonstrated telehealth’s effectiveness in several ...
What Are Psychoeducational Groups
A psychoeducational group is a group therapy group conducted by a mental health professional that educates clients about their disorders and ways of coping. Psychoeducational groups utilize the group ...
What is Resistance?
Anyone who has ever performed therapy such as psychotherapy has run into resistance. When you have a resistant client, you often leave the session feeling like you just spent the therapeutic hour ...
Starting a private practice in counseling
Starting a private practice in counseling requires not only clinical experience but essential tools that will help counselors or therapists launch a private practice and run it smoothly. A business ...
Person Centered Therapy Techniques
Person-centered therapy, aka client-centered therapy, places an emphasis on the client as an expert. Originally founded by psychologist Carl Rogers, it posits that people strive toward a state ...
Principles of Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing (MI) for substance abuse, is primarily used to help overcome ambivalence or resistance to hard-to-change behaviors. With its roots in client-centered therapy, motivational ...
Family Therapy Techniques
Family therapy techniques are ways to address family conflict by improving the communication and interaction of family members. There are numerous family therapy techniques, but four main models ...
What Are DAP Notes?
DAP notes are one type of clinical note that counselors need to write and review and professionals in almost every therapeutic field have to keep progress notes. Many just wings it and put down ...
Private Practice Marketing
Private practice marketing involves narrowing down your niche and defining the clients you would like to treat. Now it’s time to target those clients. Online marketing, like your website and social ...
