Katelyn Rodriguez, Pediatric SLP

09/30/2026

Spooky season is here! Halloween is much anticipated for most kids. For neurodivergent kids and emerging communicators, uncertainty and anxiety can accompany the anticipation! Big events often mean changes in routine, increased sensory input, and new expectations.

I've created "Trick-or-Treat Visual Schedule and Sequencing Activities" resource to help your child prepare for the upcoming trick-or-treat season. This product includes digital download PDF with access to:

🎃 Trick-or Treat visual schedule for use during trick-or-treat practice and the real thing!
🎃 A list of temporal concept questions and general questions related to Halloween for use in preparation and understanding of trick-or-treating. This is also skill building!
🎃 Manipulative visual schedules: one missing pictures (to target comprehension skills), one missing the words (to target verbal sequencing and retelling), one missing both pictures and words to foster independence.
🎃 A visual sequencing board with larger pictures and fewer words
🎃 A first-then visual for use during trick-or-treat practice and the real thing!

Purchase and download it on TpT! >>>

This product is intended for single-user use by educators, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and parents. If you intend to distribute to others, please purchase multiple licenses. Thank you :)This product includes digital download PDF with access to:Trick-or Treat visual schedul...

09/11/2026

Registration is OPEN for Fall '26 Neurodivergent Kids' Group (recommended ages 8-12years)! This is a social group, free of charge to community families. The group is a play-based gathering that centers neurodivergent interests and interactions. Kids (roughly) aged 8-12 years are invited to unmask, play, learn a bit about how ND nervous systems work, and make connections with like-minded peers.

The group is run by a speech-language pathologist who provides neuroaffirming guidance and supports the development of social skills, as needed.

**For those who have attended this group before, please note the day/time change.

Register your child here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzNjYxC-zbQ2jw7T73r_SGXMC0E22WqJWcRoAoKojhDojdNg/viewform?usp=dialog

09/10/2026

09/07/2026

I currently have a few early-afternoon openings for speech therapy 🗣️

These times are perfect for--
🧠homeschooling brainiacs
💃spunky toddlers who refuse to nap
🦸‍♀️AM Pre-K superstars

Reach out today to snag free consultation at your child's new favorite place!

08/05/2026

Imagine trying to make therapeutic progress when you don’t feel safe. It’s almost impossible.

Making a child feel safe in therapy is the key to any future progress. When they feel secure, they open up, trust builds, and therapy begins. Rushing the process won’t work: safety comes first, always. Take the time to create a space where they feel seen, heard, and protected, because connection grows where safety exists.

This resource is downloadable from our site if you’d like a printout 🤍

08/05/2026

We haven’t wanted to play. It’s August, and for many families this season feels especially heavy. School is starting soon and calendars are filling up with endless to do lists. It’s not easy to play when you’re feeling the weight of the world on your shoulders. But we do it anyway, and not just out of parental guilt. We have said it before, and we will say it again: play dissolves fear.

For children, play is how they build the skills and resilience needed for growth. Play is also a mirror for adults. During seasons of transition like the start of a new school year, when stress runs high and routines are changing, children feel our dysregulation before they understand it.

When we pause, set aside our phones, and join children in their world, even for just five minutes, we are modeling presence, coregulating alongside them, and giving them a sense of emotional safety in a season that can otherwise feel overwhelming.

Play does not demand perfection. It asks only for presence. The school supplies will get bought. The forms will get filled out. The routines will come together. But these small moments of connection remind our children and ourselves that even in the busiest seasons, there is still room for joy, safety, and wonder.

In that presence, both children and adults find space to connect, regulate, and grow together.

06/26/2026

Let's get this team started!