by Emerge Marketing | Oct 28, 2026 | AAC, Community, General information, Holidays, Parenting, School, Social Skills, Speech & Language
Welcome back to the Emerge Pediatric Therapy Blog! Today, we’re sharing Gestalt phrases you can use at Halloween, or other days that might include new or different experiences for you & your kiddo! Halloween is full of opportunities for communication! There...
by Emerge Marketing | Mar 23, 2026 | AAC, Community, General information, Parenting, Speech & Language
Welcome back to the Emerge blog! Today we’re sharing a new post from Amy Munekata, MS, CCC-SLP. Communication is incredibly complex. It’s not just spoken or written information. It includes sounds, facial expressions, gestures, behavior, and more! In this blog,...
by Emerge Marketing | Feb 23, 2022 | AAC, General information, Speech & Language, Uncategorized
If your speech therapist or your child’s speech therapist recommends a speech generating device (SGD), the speech therapist will guide you through the entire process. Here is what that process generally looks like: Trial First, the therapist will trial devices with...
by Emerge Marketing | Jan 20, 2022 | AAC, General information, Speech & Language
Speech generating devices (SGDs) are a great tool for communication. While “SGD” refers to the physical equipment, “vocabulary” refers to the language program on the SGD. Here are common SGDs and vocabularies we use at Emerge. Devices Accent This device is made by...
by Emerge Marketing | Jun 9, 2021 | AAC, Adult Services, General information, Speech & Language
Aphasia is a language impairment that usually occurs after a stroke or other brain injury. It can cause difficulty with speaking, understanding language, reading, and/or writing. Aphasia may present differently in different people, but it does not affect...
by Molly Kolstad | Mar 9, 2021 | AAC, General information, Speech & Language
Speech generating devices (SGD) essentially look like tablets, but they contain a language program that users can use to select words and phrases for speech output! In addition to difficulties with communication, speech generating device (SGD) users may also have fine...
