by Tami Teshima | Apr 3, 2023 | Stuttering
By Hannah Blackwell, M.A., CF-SLP Duncan Lake Therapy Collective, LLC Have you ever seen a picture of an iceberg? It floats on the water as this giant chunk of ice. There’s no denying that what you see of an iceberg above the water is huge, but below the waterline...
by Tami Teshima | Mar 22, 2023 | Insurance
By Leah Arundel, Clinic Administrator Duncan Lake Therapy Collective, LLC Navigating insurance coverage for specialized services can be quite confusing. Here are some helpful tips to help you understand insurance at our private speech therapy office: Know your plan...
by Tami Teshima | Mar 20, 2023 | Vocal Hygiene, Voice Disorders
By Anna Dubiak, M.S., CCC-SLP Duncan Lake Therapy Collective, LLC A voice disorder is when there is an inappropriate discrepancy between vocal quality, loudness, or pitch and a person’s age, gender, cultural background, or geographic location. In short if your voice...
by Tami Teshima | Mar 15, 2023 | Sensory Skills
By Katelynn Harris, St. Mary’s College Duncan Lake Therapy Collective Graduate Intern Sensory processing is the way in which the body processes internal and external sensory information. When part or parts of the sensory system are not working properly, a child...
by Tami Teshima | Mar 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
Written by Tamiko Teshima, M.A, CCC-SLP Duncan Lake Therapy Collective, LLC It seems like tongue ties are one of those things that swing back and forth like a pendulum – for a decade or so, they are identified, and then for a decade, the identification...
by Tami Teshima | Feb 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
Written by Leah Arundel, knower of all things insurance Duncan Lake Therapy Collective, LLC Insurance is a confusing world. When it comes to primary vs. secondary insurance, though, does it really matter to know the difference between the two? Answer: DEFINITELY! As a...
by Tami Teshima | Feb 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Written by Aisha Boone, M.A., CCC-SLP Duncan Lake Therapy Collective, LLC As parents, it can be hard to find ways to engage your child in speech activities at home. As SLPs, we find that the most successful practice can occur during the most basic of everyday...
by Tami Teshima | Feb 15, 2023 | Autism, Inclusion
Written by Anna Dubiak, M.S, CCC-SLP Duncan Lake Therapy Collective, LLC Why we should not use the puzzle piece anymore. The neurotypical world at large has come into the unfortunately novel idea that in order to better serve a given population we should listen to the...
by Tami Teshima | Jan 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Written by Hannah Blackwell, M.A, CF-SLP Duncan Lake Therapy Collective, LLC In speech therapy, especially with little ones, we use music all the time to make things more fun! But did you know, singing actually accesses a different part of the brain than we use for...
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by Tami Teshima | Jul 14, 2021 | Stuttering
This week, we are are so lucky to have Shelagh Orlikowski, the DLST Graduate Intern, here to talk with us about stuttering. When SLPs determine that a child has a fluency disorder (our term for stuttering), one of the first questions parents ask us is, “Will...
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