Ms. Susan
Creating Space for Emotions and How This Impacts Your Child's Development
Humans are social-emotional beings. We have a vibrant array of feelings that come in all sizes. Our instincts tie in closely with our...
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Ms. Susan
- Jan 24, 2022
- 4 min
Independent Play
My attention tends to focus most on interactive and cooperative play, being the social-emotional professional I am. While my goal is...
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Ms. Susan
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
Fun Friday Idea: Felt Chains
Today, let's make a fun twist on a classic craft...
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Ms. Susan
- Oct 2, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Activity: Mad Libs
This week, let's have some fun with Mad Libs! Print out the PDF with your Mad Lib fortune teller and follow the instruction for a fun way...
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Ms. Susan
- Sep 4, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Idea: Squiqz
Normally, I shy away from telling you to buy something but these squigs are just too much fun to keep to myself! Check them out here:...
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Ms. Susan
- Apr 2, 2020
- 2 min
Get Ready... Do... DONE! How to Help Your Child Plan Their Work
We're all familiar with "Ready, Set, GO!" but what about Get Ready, Do, Done? For our children, and maybe even ourselves, who struggle...
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Ms. Susan
- Feb 28, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Activity: Mental Flexibility
To wrap up our journey into executive functions, I'll discuss mental flexibility and provide a few fun games. Enjoy!
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Ms. Susan
- Feb 21, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Idea: Inhibitory Control
And so our journey continues with a discussion on inhibitory control and some fun ways to challenge this skill in your kids. Enjoy!
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Ms. Susan
- Feb 14, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Idea: Working Memory
This week starts our journey into understanding Executive Functioning with a crash course on working memory along with a few strategies...
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Ms. Susan
- Jan 10, 2020
- 1 min
Fun Friday Activity: Body Awareness and Sensory/Emotional Regulation
This week we are starting to learn about the beginning stages leading up to logical thinking. I will provide you with some fun ways to...
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Ms. Susan
- Dec 18, 2019
- 3 min
CRASH! Sensory Seeking and Emotional Regulation
It's winter and one of my favorite things about winter are fuzzy socks! My feet get so cold this time of year, especially on our cold...
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Ms. Susan
- Nov 20, 2019
- 4 min
Sensory Processing Disorder - An Often Misunderstood Piece to the Puzzle
Browsing around the internet, I recently stumbled upon a tweet from a prominent person with autism. The entire thread inspired me, as a...
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Ms. Susan
- Nov 6, 2019
- 3 min
"All he does is line his toys up!" - Repetitive Play - What it is & How to Build on it
"Enough already!" I hear Mom exclaim in the session. Her son is lining the blocks up, one after another, with her nose millimeters from...
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Ms. Susan
- Sep 24, 2019
- 3 min
More Words or Spontaneous Language? Where Should We Focus
As a speech-language pathologist, we love words. Long words, short words, rhyming words, minimal contrasting words, grammatically correct...
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Ms. Susan
- Sep 17, 2019
- 7 min
Getting Started in Private Speech Therapy - What to Expect
Have you noticed your child isn't saying things like his friends on the playground? Does your child continue to point at what she wants,...
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Ms. Susan
- May 8, 2019
- 2 min
Echolalia: A Tool for Communication
During evaluation interviews, parents often express concern while explaining how their child "copies a question" rather than answering...
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Ms. Susan
- Apr 26, 2019
- 1 min
Child-Friendly Yoga Sequence with Mantras
This week, I'm providing you with a yoga sequence that corresponds with an article and printable from at Childhood101.com. I'm...
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Ms. Susan
- Apr 23, 2019
- 2 min
Stalling Moments to Subtle Breakthroughs
We all have our moments at work. Moments of honest desperation and stalling hesitation. I may feel confident in my profession, but I have...
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Ms. Susan
- Apr 12, 2019
- 1 min
Fun Friday Activity - Yellow Duck Craft
This week we are making yellow ducky puppets. You can grab our template for the duck body here.
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Ms. Susan
- Jan 24, 2019
- 3 min
What is Play?
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" my first grade teacher asked me, her silver white hair brushed neatly into an upswept twist. I...
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