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 ...
Online Teletherapy
These teletherapy resources are free, open-ended, and adaptable by any therapist or counselor and require almost zero preparation- Short animated films are a total hidden gem in the pediatric ...
Private Therapy Practice
Your private therapy practice during not the same and the therapy world was quite different just a few short months ago. What do you need to know going forward? This blog will review the safety of ...
Teletherapy
Teletherapy (telehealth therapy) may be a completely new experience for many of your clients and parents and this blog will review how to prepare parents for teletherapy. Technology, environment, ...
Online Speech Therapy Games
Online speech therapy games are great for home practice and teletherapy (aka telepractice or telehealth) and add another mode of learning. This blog will review 12 fun online speech therapy games and ...
Tips and Activities for Social Skills Group
Social Skills Group or Language Group is a great way to help children learn and practice both their social and language skills with their peers but how is it done via telepractice (teletherapy)? What ...
Anxiety Counseling Techniques
This blog will review anxiety counseling techniques that counselors and therapists can apply when treating individuals with anxiety during the current coronavirus pandemic. The coronavirus has ...
Therapy Activities and Icebreakers
This blog will review therapy activities that can be used as icebreakers for new pediatric clients in one on one or group sessions. Whether in person or via telehealth, an initial meeting with a new ...
Family Therapy Activities
Family therapy activities and techniques will be covered in this blog post. No one has more influence on a person’s development than their family. Unfortunately, that can be both a blessing and a ...
Icebreakers for Group Therapy
Icebreakers for group therapy are one of the best tools you can have in your therapist’s toolbox as they are simple to implement, fun, and help participants engage with the group in ways that feel ...
Therapy Office
Therapy offices can sell or not sell your private practice and it is one of the most important aspects of starting a therapy private practice. There are multiple choices you will need to make that ...
What are CPT Codes?
Psychotherapy CPT (Current Procedural Terminology) codes are commonly used for billing by mental health therapists and include the 90837 CPT code as well as the 90834 CPT code.Any behavioral health ...
Anxiety and Depression Podcasts Therapy
Podcasts for therapists in mental space will be reviewed in the blog. Podcasts are an easy and inexpensive way for mental health professionals to spread information about a variety of relevant ...
Goals For Counseling Therapy
Counseling goals are not why most clinicians choose to be therapists. They’re not very sexy. They don't make a good story. But—let’s face it—there is no therapy without counseling goals. People have ...
Occupational Therapy Assessments
This blog entry will cover adult occupational therapy assessments including The COPM, Berg Balance Scale, MoCA, the Kettle Test, the Nine-hole peg test, ACLS, FIM, and AMPS.Selecting Occupational ...
Therapist Break Confidentiality
When does a therapist have to break confidentiality? Confidentiality is sacred in psychotherapy. Without it, there is no degree of trust between the client and the therapist. Think about it. Why ...
Teletherapy Fine Motor Activities
Teletherapy fine motor activities? Is this possible? This entry covers activities to address fine motor development in telehealth occupational therapy. Interventions covered include Origami; drawing; ...
The Benefits of Telehealth Training
Telehealth training- Do I need it? Telehealth has been gaining in popularity for the past decade. The coronavirus pandemic has only hastened the arrival of online platforms as a popular way to ...
Occupational Therapy Games
Occupational therapy games including a client-choice game; world record challenge; search and finds; scavenger hunts; Pictionary; Simon Says; mazes; sequencing; and bingo will be reviewed in this ...
What is a biopsychosocial assessment?
Biopsychosocial assessments and how to write and conduct biopsychosocial assessments are commonplace tools and practices for many practitioners although not everybody agrees with the model. The ...
Handwriting Games
Handwriting games and other intervention ideas for handwriting via teletherapy and in-person including Using a multisensory approach; offering the client to step into the teacher role; utilizing a ...
Occupational Therapy CEUs
In an ever-evolving field that is designed to meet the needs of society, occupational therapists are expected to commit to continuing education to best serve our clients. To maintain certification ...
Top Psychology Journals for Therapists
The world of psychology is always evolving. Therapists are required to receive continuing education but those few hours cannot begin to cover all the new developments within the field. Magazines and ...
What is a SOAP Note?
Thorough and accurate documentation of patient treatments is not only a legal requirement of practicing Physical Therapy but also an important way to keep account of patient progress, communicate to ...
Top Occupational Therapist Certifications
Occupational therapists are committed to life-long learning in order to best serve our clients and represent our profession. Pursuing a certification can broaden your skillset, allow you to offer ...
What are Grounding Techniques?
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health problem in the United States, affecting 18 percent of people each year. You might think anxiety is a minor psychological problem but it can have a ...
What is a SOAP Note?
SOAP Notes. Whether you’re a new grad or a seasoned clinician, perfecting your treatment note is a crucial part of any Speech Therapist’s practice.These notes document important data and paint a ...
Advantages of Group Therapy
It is usually not the first type of counseling that people consider, but group therapy is an efficient and powerful way to address many of life’s difficulties. Group therapy occurs when one or more ...
Person-First Language in Therapy
On the face of it, the use of person-first language seems like a no-brainer. But not everyone agrees as to the benefits of its use. Some people, including those with certain disabilities, prefer the ...
What is Person-First Language?
On the face of it, the use of person-first language seems like a no-brainer. But not everyone agrees as to the benefits of its use. In fact, some people, including those with certain disabilities, ...
Occupational Therapy meet with Mental Health
The occupational therapy profession is rooted in mental health. In the early 1900s, a physician from Massachusetts called Herbert J. Hall introduced a work-centered approach to treating patients with ...
What is Clinical Anxiety?
Anxiety is the most common mental health disorder in the world. Almost one-third of adults will experience an anxiety disorder at some point in their lives. Some people hear the word anxiety and ...
Cluttering Speech
When most Speech-Language Pathologists hear the term fluency disorder, they are likely to think of stuttering. While stuttering is the most commonly occurring fluency disorder, there is another that ...
How To Starting a Speech Therapy Private Practice
Starting a speech therapy private practice such as all of the need-to-know information, from how to set up the required business credentials to managing day-to-day details like finances, ...
What is Motivational Interviewing?
What characteristics come to mind when you think about treating adolescents? Do words like unmotivated, rebellious, and insecure enter your consciousness? Teenagers think they know it all and they ...
What Do We Mean By Credentialing?
To credential or not to credential? That is the question many therapists face when they start to practice. While becoming part of an insurance panel has many benefits, it also has some significant ...
Therapy Office Décor Must-haves
Imagine spending your work days in a space that helps you feel calm, happy, and productive. A space that your clients look forward to going to every week. Updating your therapy office décor can make ...
Evidence-Based Practices
Evidence-based practice has become a buzzword in the world of mental health. It seems if you are not performing evidence-based psychotherapy, then you must be doing something wrong. But what do we ...
No Surprises Act
Unbeknownst to many therapists, a new bill went into effect at the beginning of 2022. The “No Surprises Act” is currently the law of the land, causing many health professionals to scramble to comply ...
Therapy Activities for Teens and Adolescents
Motivation.It’s the driving force behind so much of what we do. When we feel a true sense of motivation, it’s amazing what we can put our minds toward. In the world of mental health therapy, ...
How To Get Started as a Private Practice Dietitian
Beginning a private practice as a dietitian may seem like a daunting task. Whether you are a newly registered dietitian or have spent the past few years working for someone else, creating your ...
CDC Guidelines for Speech Development
If you’re a Speech Therapist or Early Interventionist in the U.S., you’ve likely heard the buzz about the CDC’s recent updates to their milestone checklists for speech and language development.How ...
AAC (Augmentative Alternative Communication)
AAC (Augmentative Alternative Communication) will be covered in this blog. SLPs will learn the following: what AAC is; the benefits and challenges of AAC; most common AAC devices and apps and AAC ...
What is Moral Reconation Therapy?
Moral recognition therapy (MRT) is a cognitive-behavioral treatment with a focus on moral reasoning. This blog will cover the following: what is moral recognition therapy; the goals of treatment; ...
What is the 8-Minute Rule?
The 8- minute rule allows therapists to determine the number of units they can bill for a specific timed service. This blog will explain what the eight minutes is; when it starts; how it works; the ...
What is Transference?
Transference, types, and how therapists can recognize it and use it therapeutically will be discussed in this blog. Let’s have a closer look at the definition of transference first.What is ...
Brain Breaks
Brain breaks are a simple and amazingly effective way to help a child get the most out of their teletherapy session. Better yet, most of them are very low-prep, fully customizable to the child, and ...
Anxiety ICD 10
Anxiety ICD-10, types of anxiety disorders, and their corresponding ICD-10 codes will be discussed in this article. In addition, we will cover inclusion criteria for each disorder.We have all felt ...
Apraxia ICD 10
Apraxia ICD 10 is the code used for Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), a motor speech disorder characterized by inconsistent sound errors, groping movements during speech, increased use of gestures, ...
ICD-10: Dysarthria
ICD-10: Dysarthria is the code used by Speech-Language Pathologists for diagnosing a motor speech condition that can occur with many other speech and language disorders. R47 code; inclusion and ...
Depression ICD-10
Depression ICD-10 is a World Health Organization medical classification for conditions that fall into the mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders space. Many conditions from mild to ...
PTSD ICD-10
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ICD-10 is an International Classification Disease code used to describe a PTSD diagnosis when billing insurance. While F43.1 is a PTSD designation, more specific ...
Dysphagia ICD-10
Dysphagia ICD-10 is the code used by Speech-Language Pathologists working with adults diagnosed with Dysphagia. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), describes Dysphagia as a ...
Adjustment disorders ICD-10
Adjustment disorders ICD-10 codes are used to diagnose some of the most common disorders in the world of mental health. In fact, four of the top ten most diagnosed mental health disorders are ...
Suicidal ideation ICD-10
Suicidal ideation ICD-10 is the code used to diagnose thoughts of suicide, which is a serious public health problem. It is currently ranked the 12th leading cause of death in the United States. As an ...
What is the GAD-7?
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is one of the most common diagnoses that therapists see in their practices. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, an estimated 5.7% of U.S. adults ...
Gottman Method
The Gottman Method is a theory of how to improve relationship stability and was established by husband and wife psychologists Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman using research and ...
Pediatric Feeding Disorder ICD-10
Pediatric feeding disorder ICD-10 codes were revised for 2022 and will help Speech-Language pathologists better define eating difficulties, aversions and refusals. Although these disorders can be ...
R Words
“R” words or the “r” sound. As common as it is for children to have difficulty mastering the articulation of this sound, it can also be difficult for Speech-Language Pathologists to teach. Even ...
Mental Health Assessments
Mental health assessments are used for several different reasons in therapy. Assessments can provide information for diagnosis or to maintain a check on the progress or severity of symptoms. They can ...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Techniques
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques are by far the most popular type of therapy in the United States. CBT is also the most well-researched. While it is often touted as a cure-all for every ...
PHQ-9 (Patient Healthcare Questionnaire 9)
PHQ-9 (or Patient Healthcare Questionnaire 9) is one of the most common tools used to assess Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), a treatable mental illness seen in private practice. The National ...
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is one of the most common psychological tests administered. It provides a myriad of information from a clinical standpoint and is also used in ...
What is a niche?
So, you’ve decided to become a private practice therapist. But where to begin? How best to connect to the right client? The process of growing into successful mental health, occupational, physical, ...
Projective Tests
Projective tests involve a client projecting themselves onto an ambiguous object such as a drawing or image. Where intellectual and objective personality tests have questions and specific answers ...
Modifier 59
Modifier 59 is one of several codes used for physical therapy billing. Billing and coding are a necessary part of nearly every therapy practice. Unless you work for an exclusively cash-pay practice, ...
N Words
The /n/ sound or /n/ words are not words we’d expect a 2-year-old child to perfectly articulate.It’s typical for some children to have trouble producing certain sounds. But according to ...
What Are BIRP Notes?
BIRP notes … Let’s face it, no therapist likes writing progress notes. But it is also one of the most important acts that a clinician does. Clinical notes act as a guide for treatment and evidence ...
N Words
It’s typical for some children to have trouble producing certain sounds. But according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), one sound that a child should be able to articulate ...
What is tinnitus?
Tinnitus is commonly described as a ringing in the ears, but it also can sound like roaring, clicking, hissing, or buzzing. It may be soft or loud, high-pitched or low-pitched. You might hear it in ...
Meaning of Pendred Syndrome
Pendred syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes early hearing loss in children. It also can affect the thyroid gland and sometimes creates problems with balance. The syndrome is named after ...
Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
Over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids are a new category of hearing aids that consumers can buy directly, without visiting a hearing health professional. These devices are intended to help adults with ...
Otosclerosis
Otosclerosis is a term derived from oto, meaning “of the ear,” and sclerosis, meaning “abnormal hardening of body tissue.” The condition is caused by abnormal bone remodeling in the middle ear. Bone ...
Vestibular Schwannoma
A vestibular schwannoma (also known as acoustic neuroma, acoustic neurinoma, or acoustic neurilemoma) is a benign, usually slow-growing tumor that develops from the balance and hearing nerves ...
Meniere’s Disease
Ménière’s disease is a disorder of the inner ear that causes severe dizziness (vertigo), ringing in the ears (tinnitus), hearing loss, and a feeling of fullness or congestion in the ear. Ménière’s ...
Spasmodic Dysphonia, or Laryngeal Dystonia
Spasmodic dysphonia, or laryngeal dystonia, is a disorder affecting the voice muscles in the larynx, also called the voice box. When you speak, air from your lungs is pushed between two elastic ...
Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis
Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a disease in which benign (noncancerous) tumors called papillomas to grow in the air passages leading from the nose and mouth into the lungs (respiratory ...
Dysphonia
Dysphonia is when your voice sounds raspy, strained or breathy. The volume (how loud or soft you speak) may be different and so may the pitch (how high or low your voice sounds). There are many ...
Hoarseness – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Hoarseness is an abnormal voice characteristic in which the voice has a coarse, breathy quality. Usually, it is benign and self-limited, but it may be an early indication of vocal cord carcinoma. ...
Sudden Deafness
Sudden sensorineural (“inner ear”) hearing loss (SSHL), commonly known as sudden deafness, is an unexplained, rapid loss of hearing either all at once or over a few days. SSHL happens because there ...
What is noise-induced hearing loss?
Every day, we experience sound in our environment, such as the sounds from television and radio, household appliances, and traffic. Normally, these sounds are at safe levels that don’t damage our ...
Meaning of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss is a sudden or gradual decrease in how well you can hear. It is one of the most common conditions affecting older and elderly adults. Approximately one in three people between the ages ...
What is a balance disorder?
A balance disorder is a condition that makes you feel unsteady or dizzy. If you are standing, sitting, or lying down, you might feel as if you are moving, spinning, or floating. If you are walking, ...
What are the milestones for speech and language development?
The first 3 years of life, when the brain is developing and maturing, is the most intensive period for acquiring speech and language skills. These skills develop best in a world that is rich with ...
Hearing and communicative development checklist
Some babies are born with hearing problems. Other children are born with normal hearing and begin to have hearing problems as they grow older.It’s important to know what to expect as your baby ...
What is developmental language disorder (DLD)?
Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a communication disorder that interferes with learning, understanding, and using language. These language difficulties are not explained by other conditions, ...
Sudden sensorineural (“inner ear”) hearing loss
Sudden sensorineural (“inner ear”) hearing loss (SSHL), commonly known as sudden deafness, is an unexplained, rapid loss of hearing either all at once or over a few days. SSHL happens because there ...
Synaptopathy and Noise-Induced Hearing Loss
Recent animal studies have revealed substantial irreversible neural degeneration following the temporary noise-induced elevation of the auditory threshold, i.e., temporary threshold shift (TTS). ...
Visualizing the Human Inner Ear
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) held a workshop on November 20-21, 2019, on visualizing the human inner ear. ...
Biology of the Inner Ear
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) supported the first inaugural course of the Biology of the Inner Ear (BIE), held at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) at ...
Otitis Media in Early Childhood
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) convened a group of scientific experts online for the NIDCD Workshop in Otitis Media (OM) in Early Childhood. The purpose of ...
What Is Cochlear Implants
A cochlear implant is a small, complex electronic device that can help to provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing. The implant consists of an external ...
What is Usher syndrome?
Usher syndrome is the most common condition that affects both hearing and vision; sometimes it also affects balance. The major symptoms of Usher syndrome are deafness or hearing loss and an eye ...
