Providing speech, language, and social communication services to children of all ages for
15 years! We specialize in physically-supportive services to children with autism diagnoses, and others who benefit from sensorimotor supports.
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scheduling for summer!
We still have a few slots available for summer — so please let us know as soon as possible if you would like one for your child! We can individualize therapy for any child: from physically-supported developmental therapy, to social communication with young adults who love to play with kids, to more "traditional" speech and language work to help children continue whatever they were working on at school. Just let us know — but soon!
Language development in girls with asd
Check out Marge's comment on her HuffPost blog "Autism and First Words," about language development in girls with ASD!
Click here for the original article.
new article on echolalia!
Highlighted on the online Autism Asperger's Digest:
Marge describes echolalia as "the language 'soup' from which useful phrases will be extracted," and offers this encouragement: "Echolalia signals a delay, not a disorder." Click the link below and read it for yourself!
Echolalia on the Spectrum: The Natural Path to Self-Generated Language
Huffington post blog!
How does a blog about language development in autism end up on HuffPost? Click here and find out! Read Deb Roy's account of his young son's emerging first words, and then read what Marge had to say about that process and autism! Some interesting parallels!
ORDER the CDC book now!
Natural Language Acquisition on the Autism Spectrum: The Journey from Echolalia to Self-Generated Language is ready to be sent your way!
Reviews are starting to come in!
Check out the new book page for the latest.
Order your copy today!
$29.95 plus shipping and handling.
Here's what SLPs are saying:
"Marge's work will revolutionize your thinking about your child's language and help you understand the depth of meaning behind it!"
-- Megan Snow, M.S., CCC-SLP
"It has been a joy to share Natural Language Acquistion with parents, and witness their excitement the first time they participate in a meaningful and reciprocal conversation with their child with ASD. This book empowers parents and SLPs to fully appreciate and honor the language their children have, provides strategies and tools to facilitate further language development, and provides opportunities for families to experience mutually fulfilling and exciting communicative interactions."
-- Jessica Schmidt, M.S., CCC-SLP
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articles by Marge Blanc
Bringing It Home: Physical Supports for Speech at Home and in Other Environments
It's All Gibberish to Me: Redefining "Non-verbal"
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