Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King helped change the landscape of our country during one of it’s darkest times. He...

2015 was a great year full of lessons learned and new experiences. Thank you for supporting Having Our Say! Look for more from me in...

Every week (well almost every week) I send home speech homework. Sometimes I will send assignments and sometimes it may be an update of...

Lisp is a lay term used to describe a speech disorder. A lisp or lisping refers to a person’s difficulty in producing the /s/ or /z/...

I cannot believe that we are entering the holiday season. The stores are decorated and so are many of the homes in my neighborhood, but...

Is handwriting becoming a thing of the past? How often do you actually write with a pen and paper? In therapy, I tend to hand-write my...

The last few weeks have been a whirlwind for me! Two weeks ago my oldest daughter turned 12 and last week my baby girl turned 1! I am...

In my previous post I talked about eligibility for speech therapy in public schools. The special education process can be confusing for...

I wear many hats- one of them happens to be school-based speech language pathologist (SLP.) Many times parents recognize that their child...

I love holidays and Halloween is definitely one of my favorites. I love dressing up. I enjoy seeing all of the cute little costumes...

Recently I met a wonderful family who expressed concerns regarding their daughter’s delayed language development. During the intake...

This year Anti-violence week was recognized in schools from October 19-23, 2015. Every year the third Monday in October is designated in...

In our family, we often use long weekends as an opportunity to take road trips. But long weekends aren’t the only time that we spend in...

As a little girl I remember asking my mother to read “Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss” every night. It is one of my fondest childhood memories...

Today’s blog was inspired by a Facebook post I wrote a few months ago. I had just finished a therapy session and was reflecting on the...

The special education process can be difficult to navigate. It can be intimidating and challenging, but the process was put in place to...

In part 1 of this series we talked about the special education process and the referral meeting. Now let’s talk about what happens next....

As parents, we are always anxiously watching and waiting to see if our child reaches developmental milestones on time. Family members...

Dear Summer, why must you leave so soon? Our family had a wonderful summer with fantastic weather and I am truly saddened to see the...

“Now what was I going to do?” “I know came down here for a reason?” Sound familiar? Or maybe you are about to make your Grandmother’s...