by emerge | Jul 31, 2018 | Autism, Emerge programs, General information, Occupational Therapy, School, Speech & Language
(Image Credit) Executive Functions: Executive functions are a cluster of cognitive skills that include the ability to anticipate consequences, generate novel ideas and solutions, initiate appropriate actions, and monitor ongoing success or failure. They allow us to...
by emerge | May 23, 2018 | Autism, Emerge programs, Floortime/DIR, General information, Play, Social Skills, Speech & Language
I know you’re a Speech Therapist…but what do you do? And it’s much, much more than the “R” sound… In honor of Better Speech and Hearing Month, we are taking a close look at the multitude of ways that pediatric Speech Language-Pathologists (AKA Speech Therapists)...
by emerge | May 23, 2018 | Autism, Emerge programs, Floortime/DIR, General information, Play, Social Skills, Speech & Language
Sé que eres logopeda… pero ¿a qué te dedicas? Y es mucho, mucho más que el sonido “R”… En honor al Mes del Mejor Habla y Audición, estamos observando de cerca la multitud de formas en que los patólogos del habla y lenguaje pediátricos (también...
by emerge | Nov 14, 2017 | Autism, Eating/Feeding skills, Emerge programs, Food and Drink, General information, Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language
Did you know that Emerge currently has FIVE therapists trained in the SOS Approach to Feeding? We have three speech-language pathologists and two occupational therapists who are now trained in this approach and this winter we will be offering two small groups that...
by emerge | Oct 11, 2017 | Autism, Emerge programs, Occupational Therapy, Parenting, Sensory Processing/Integration
October is Sensory Processing Awareness Month! At Emerge, we help children with sensory processing differences to participate more fully in their everyday activities. Children with sensory processing differences misinterpret sensory information within their bodies and...
by emerge | Sep 1, 2017 | Autism, Community, Emerge programs, Parenting, School, Speech & Language
“I have a birthday yesterday. Tomorrow on my birthday I gonna be four.” “We play that game yesternight.” “When I was two I’m going to eat cake.” Concepts of time are some of the trickiest for our kids to grasp. Words and phrases like yesterday, tomorrow, next week,...