Language During Mealtime

A blog about my love for food, family and ways to encourage language through mealtime.

How Canine-Assisted Reading Can Help Your Child

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Dyslexia, Research Tuesday Articles, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs

Do you have a struggling reader at home? Are you a teacher that is looking for a new and creative way to help your students with their reading skills? How about trying to increase your child’s confidence in their reading abilities? Check out how Canine Assisted Reading can help your child or student. For this month […]

Superflex takes on One-Sided Sid, Un-Wonderer and the Team of Unthinkables

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Recommended Books, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social Skills, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs, Special Needs

Do you have a child that struggles with his or her social skills? Does your child have difficulty reading social cues from peers and/or adults? Does your child have trouble having engaging conversations with his or her peers?  If you answered yes to any of these questions,  I highly recommend this book by Social Thinking titled, Superflex […]

Reading and Intellectual Disabilities: What the research says…..

by Filed Under: Autism, Books and Mealtime, Physical Disabilities, Rare Syndromes/Epilepsy, Research Tuesday Articles, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs

For this month of Research Tuesday, I wanted to share a research article that discusses reading instruction with children diagnosed with an Intellectual Disability (ID). In my many years as a speech language pathologist, I have seen many children and adults diagnosed with ID who struggle with reading for several different reasons (e.g. never received […]

Gravitybread presents Elizabeth Sautter

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Interviews, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs

I  am thrilled to present Elizabeth Sautter, co author of Whole Body Listening Larry at School and Whole Body Listening Larry at Home. Elizabeth is a speech language pathologist who is also the co-director/co-owner of Communication Works (cwtherapy.com), a private practice in Oakland, California, offering speech, language, social, and occupational therapy. Elizabeth is also the author of a […]

10 Ways to Use The Thinkables and Unthinkables Double Deck

by Filed Under: ADHD/ADD, Anxiety, Autism, Books and Mealtime, Sensory Processing Disorder, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs, Special Needs

Do you want to work on social skills with your child?   This activity is not only for children with special needs, but also excellent for children who are typical. Figuring out social rules is tough and with a parents guidance, it can really help a child.  The  Thinkables & Unthinkables Double Deck is an excellent teaching […]

The Invisible Boy

by Filed Under: Anxiety, Books and Mealtime, Building Self Esteem, Bullying, Favorite Books, Love and Friendship, Social Skills Delay/Deficit, Special Needs

The Invisible Boy (ages K-2nd Grade) by Trudy Ludwig is a powerful story of a young boy who struggles to fit in and as a result, feels ” invisible”. The Invisible Boy  is powerful in many ways and can teach a child valuable lessons about treating others with kindness and respect. The symbolism in this […]