Written by Katelynn Covey, MS, CCC/SLP Neurodiversity means that everyone's brain works a bit differently. When you hear the term...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S., CCC-SLP At Jump Start, we value your child’s safety and are celebrating Child Passenger Safety Week by...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S., CCC-SLP Play-Doh is the way to go! At Jump Start Pediatric Therapy Center, there is a 99.9% chance that...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S., CCC-SLP Do you hear your child leaving off the final sounds of words? Is your child saying “do” for...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S. CCC-SLP Play skills are crucial in social and language development! Play provides opportunities to build...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S. CCC-SLP Let’s pretend you just had your first speech and language evaluation and you heard words being...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S., CCC-SLP Does your child have a difficult time sitting while reading books? If your answer was “yes”,...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S., CCC-SLP Does your child love playing with water beads? Water beads are perfect for creating an “ocean”...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S., CCC-SLP Does your child enjoy playing with Legos or magnetic tiles at home? We love using these in...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S., CCC-SLP As children get older, they will start learning and producing new sounds! Did you know that...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S., CCC-SLP Are you ready for your child’s language to go up, up, and away? Balloons are a fun and...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S. CCC-SLP I see a great book looking at me! The book “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” by Bill...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S., CCC-SLP On your mark, get set, GO! Using cars in speech therapy/at home are a “wheely” great way to...

Written by: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S. CCC-SLP High-five! Fist bump! These are two examples of social gestures used between two people. A...

Today’s toy spotlight is a wind-up toy! Wind-up toys are always a hit in speech therapy sessions and can target a wide range of goals:...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S., CCC-SLP A wooden stacking ring, one of the most well-known toys, is a great tool to target language...

Pointing is crucial for language development! Pointing and other gestures is an early sign of communication and develops around 12...

Written By: Kaitlin Bednarz M.S. CCC-SLP Is your child starting speech therapy? Are you excited? Nervous? Confused about what an...

Jump Start was just a dream at the beginning! We started with just one therapist and three therapy rooms on June 1, 2009. To date we...

Bubbles, bubbles, and more bubbles!! This toy can be used to work on: - Early emerging consonant productions (/b/ & /p/) - Turn taking -...