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New Access Clinic Opening in Fishers

Apr 10th, 2017
We are thrilled to announce that a new Access clinic will be opening at the beginning of May in downtown Fishers, conveniently located just a couple minutes drive west of I-69.  This new location will exclusively serve children between the ages of eighteen months and eight years.  We admittedly pondered long and hard whether to … more »

The Luxury of Pairing

Mar 27th, 2017
Working in the ABA world as a speech-language pathologist, I realize I’m lucky.  I’ll go further:  I’m spoiled.  I used to rejoice when a third party payor authorized sixty half-hour sessions of speech-language therapy across a one year period.  Today, I’m accustomed to designing programs for clients that target speech and language for between twenty-five … more »

Quick Tip: Avoid Repeating a Child’s Errors

Mar 7th, 2017
Most people would agree that it’s important to model the speech forms we want a child to produce and to expose a child to correct speech forms as much as possible.  That said, there’s a tendency when correcting a child’s speech error to repeat the error.  For example: Child: Look, mom, it’s a doddie. Parent: … more »

The Myth of Lazy Speech

Feb 27th, 2017
So often, a parent or a behavior therapist will comment to me that their child or patient is perfectly capable of producing correct speech, but the child is simply “being lazy.”  Every time I hear that excuse, I cringe.  In an effort to be likable, I avoid correcting people whenever possible, but I always rally … more »

Finding Reinforcers

Feb 6th, 2017
The Definition of a Reinforcer There is perhaps no term used in behavior analysis that is tossed around as casually in the general lexicon as the word “reinforcer.”  Most people familiar with applied behavior analysis (ABA) recognize that the science of ABA is based on the principle of reinforcement.  Unfortunately, the scientific definition of a … more »

The Differences Between Speech and Language

Jan 23rd, 2017
The technical term for my job title is “speech-language pathologist,” which sometimes is shortened to the acronym “SLP.”  More often though, I’m known to the public as a “speech therapist.”  In fact, when introducing myself, I’ve often found it easier to simply refer to myself as a speech therapist, as the technical term is a … more »

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