early intervention – Adventures in Communication

FAQs

Do you take insurance? At this time, we are not contracted with any commercial insurance providers. We are contracted with Regional Center and accept private pay clients. Please email us at trisha@adventuresincommunication for evaluation and treatment rates. How long are sessions? Evaluations are 60-90 minutes long depending on how long it takes the SLP toContinue reading “FAQs”

You Don’t Need Fancy Toys to Teach Turn-Taking!

Did you know that learning to take turns is about more than just sharing? It lays the foundation for learning how to have a back-and-forth conversation. Taking turns teaches a child how to be an active part of a social interaction even when they’re not doing anything. It teaches them to wait, watch, and respondContinue reading “You Don’t Need Fancy Toys to Teach Turn-Taking!”

Language-Building Play for Kids Who Like to Move

Keeping young children engaged in highly-structured language-building tasks can be challenging, especially when the task requires them to be seated in one place. However, staying seated in one place is by no means a requirement to work on language. In fact, you’re much more likely to have success working on language if you incorporate theContinue reading “Language-Building Play for Kids Who Like to Move”

For the Multi-Tasking-Parent: How to Build Language While Doing the Dishes

As a parent stuck at home during this strange, unprecedented time, many of us are finding it harder than ever to juggle work, parenthood, and running a household! When we’re already spread so thin, thinking of new ways to work on language with our children can be a daunting task! Instead of finding new gamesContinue reading “For the Multi-Tasking-Parent: How to Build Language While Doing the Dishes”

Use Stacking Blocks to Teach Your Child New Words!

Fill-in sets is a term I use to describe phrases like “ready, set,… go” that you can leaving unfinished for a child to fill in. For example, parent says, “ready, set….” and child fills in, “go!” Fill-in sets are a great way to stimulate language and they’re engaging for children because they are: – predictable – exciting (thinkContinue reading “Use Stacking Blocks to Teach Your Child New Words!”