by Megan Rozantes | Nov 11, 2022 | Autism, Early Intervention, Language Therapy, Social Pragmatics, Speech Therapy
A Closer Look at Neurotypical and Nerodivergent and Joint Attention Behaviors By Kelli Bavaro, M.S., CCC-SLP What is joint attention? Joint Attention involves two or more people sharing focus on something; paying attention to the same object, person, action or... 
by Megan Rozantes | Nov 9, 2022 | Autism, Early Intervention, Language Therapy, Social Pragmatics, Speech Therapy
A Closer Look at Neurotypical and Nerodivergent Play-Based Behaviors Play is a time for children to innocently learn, explore and enjoy! When children are happy and engaged, they are learning! For this reason, our therapists not only provide play-based sessions, but... 
by Megan Rozantes | May 8, 2022 | Autism, Executive Functioning, Play, Social Pragmatics, Speech Therapy
Here at Chatterboxes, we do the very best we can to not only learn about autism, but to advocate and fight for the empowerment of autistic individuals! Awareness of Autism is only the very beginning of a journey to embracing autism. We wanted to take a moment to share... by Keegan Warrington | Oct 24, 2020 | Language Therapy, Play, Speech Therapy
Lego based therapy is a collaborative play based therapy approach in which children with high functioning ASD work together to build LEGO models by working in pairs of 2 or more. LEGO therapy encourages both nonverbal and verbal communication skills including:... 
by Keegan Warrington | Oct 24, 2020 | Language Therapy, Speech Therapy
With schools temporarily closing and the recent transition to Distance Learning, it’s a challenging time for kids to maintain healthy routines that keep their brains 🧠 and bodies active! 🏃🏽♂️ Whether it’s targeting speech and articulation, early intervention, social... by Keegan Warrington | Oct 23, 2020 | Autism, Speech Therapy
For our next chapter in the “Now We’re Talking” blog series, we interviewed Lynne from A Blog About Raising My Autistic Son. Her blog title, chosen by her son, is very self explanatory and readers can find all kinds of great posts about family life, autism, Aspergers,... 