Sarah Cruz, SLP

Sarah Cruz, SLP Speech and Language services for families in the Yuba-Sutter region and across California virtually.

Minspeak On the Road. My thoughts? 👍🏻+🤔💡+ 🖌️ 🎨Want to take a guess?
08/28/2026

Minspeak On the Road. My thoughts? 👍🏻+🤔💡+ 🖌️ 🎨
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Registration is live!Join us for a unique opportunity to hear from two adult AAC users. Please share far and wide with a...
07/10/2026

Registration is live!

Join us for a unique opportunity to hear from two adult AAC users. Please share far and wide with anyone you know who may be interested in attending. This event is guaranteed to be full, so register to secure your spot! Registration is required for attendance, due to the limited capacity of the space.

🎟️ Register through the link in my bio or in my Instagram stories!

✨ You’re invited! ✨Have questions about AAC? Come hear directly from the people who know it best.Join us for an Adult AA...
07/10/2026

✨ You’re invited! ✨

Have questions about AAC? Come hear directly from the people who know it best.

Join us for an Adult AAC User Q&A Panel!

Date: Saturday, September 5th
Time: 4:00–5:00 PM.
Location: Kids Collab, Yuba City

This is a unique opportunity to hear from adult AAC users as they share their experiences, answer questions, and offer insights that every parent, educator, therapist, and community member can learn from.

📍 See the flyer for event details.

🎟️ Registration is required, and spots are limited! Be sure to reserve your seat before registration closes.

🔗 Register here: https://www.sarahcruzslp.com/events/aac-user-qa-panel

We can’t wait to see you there and learn together! 💙

07/09/2026

Big news! 🎉

We are beyond excited to share that We Speak AAC has been awarded a grant to host an AAC User Summit!

This will be a FREE, full-day event bringing together adult AAC users from our local community and across the country to share their lived experiences, stories, and perspectives. Their voices deserve to be heard—and we can’t wait to create a space where AAC users, families, educators, and professionals can learn directly from them.

We’re still in the planning stages, but this is officially happening! 🎉

Stay tuned for dates, speakers, and registration details. We can’t wait to share more with you!

I’m so honored to have been nominated for Best of Yuba-Sutter 2026 in the Speech Therapy category! 🤎If my services have ...
07/09/2026

I’m so honored to have been nominated for Best of Yuba-Sutter 2026 in the Speech Therapy category! 🤎

If my services have made a difference for your family or you’ve supported my work, I’d be incredibly grateful for your vote.

To vote:
✨ Click the link below.
✨ Scroll to the Health category.
✨ Continue down to Speech Therapy and select Sarah Cruz, SLP.

You can vote once per day, so if you’d like to support me more than once, I’d truly appreciate it! Voting closes Friday, July 31, at 11:59 PM.

Thank you so much for supporting my small business and allowing me to serve so many incredible children and families in our community. Your encouragement means more than you know! ❤️

🔗 link in my bio (and IG stories)
https://www.appeal-democrat.com/bestof2026

📣 Save the Date! AAC Q&A Sessions are coming to Yuba City!Have you ever wondered what it’s really like to use AAC every ...
06/19/2026

📣 Save the Date! AAC Q&A Sessions are coming to Yuba City!

Have you ever wondered what it’s really like to use AAC every day?

Join us for a special evening featuring two accomplished adult AAC users who will share their personal experiences with communication, education, advocacy, employment, and life with AAC.

💬 Hear firsthand perspectives
💬 Ask questions in a supportive environment
💬 Learn from lived experience
💬 Connect with local families, professionals, and AAC users

We’re honored to welcome:
✨ Krista Howard, A.A., SLPA
✨ Stephanie Fassov, M.A., Peer Counselor & Mental Health Advocate

📍 Kids Collab
1215 Plumas St., Suite 1201
Yuba City, CA 95991

📅 Saturday, September 5, 2026
🕓 4:00 PM

Registration details coming soon!

Tag a parent, educator, therapist, or AAC user who should know about this event! ❤️

06/04/2026

Can we talk about AAC device editing?

I’ve heard from multiple families that they’re not allowed to edit their child’s AAC device because “the school manages it.”

I understand that school-based SLPs are stretched incredibly thin and juggling huge caseloads. This isn’t meant to criticize clinicians. But it does make me wonder:

Who will be there when the child wants to add a new favorite toy, a family member’s name, a special interest, or a phrase that matters to them?

Parents and caregivers are with their child every day. They deserve to know how to edit their child’s communication system. It’s their child’s voice.

Maybe device editing isn’t the focus of Session 1 or Session 2. Early on, I want families focused on modeling language and building confidence. But teaching caregivers how to personalize and maintain the system should happen sooner rather than later.

And beyond that, our AAC users should be learning that they can have opinions about their own devices. They should have a say in what words, phrases, and messages represent them.

If a parent isn’t allowed to edit their child’s communication system, then who does their child’s voice belong to?

For those of you working in schools or supporting AAC users:
How have you successfully addressed this challenge?

• Parent coaching videos?
• Online tutorials?
• Device-editing workshops?
• Family office hours?
• Something else?

I’d love to hear what’s working.

06/04/2026

A typically developing 2-year-old has already heard millions of words and is exposed to thousands of different vocabulary items through everyday interactions. Yet somehow, we often decide that AAC users should start with only a handful of buttons because we’re worried they’ll be overwhelmed.

The Least Dangerous Assumption asks us to consider: What if we’re wrong?

If I assume a child can’t learn from robust language and limit their access, I may be restricting their opportunities to communicate, learn language, and show me what they know.

If I assume competence and provide access to a rich vocabulary system with appropriate support, the worst-case scenario is that I model more language than they use today.

Research consistently shows that language develops through exposure, interaction, and modeling—not by waiting until a child proves they’re ready.

Children learning to speak aren’t given access to only 10 words until they’ve mastered them. AAC users deserve the same opportunity to learn language, explore words, make mistakes, and grow.

The question isn’t, “Can they handle that many words?”

The question is, “What opportunities might we be taking away if we decide they can’t?”

✨ FREE Parent Communication Coaching Group ✨Are you a parent or caregiver of a child ages 2–7 who could benefit from add...
05/08/2026

✨ FREE Parent Communication Coaching Group ✨

Are you a parent or caregiver of a child ages 2–7 who could benefit from additional communication support strategies? Join our small-group coaching series designed to support families in building communication skills through play, routines, and connection!

🗣 Topics include:
• AAC & communication supports
• Language-building strategies
• Play-based interaction
• Supporting participation in everyday routines

This is a hands-on, collaborative group with individualized support for each family.

- Child must bring their own AAC device
- Parent/caregiver participation is required
- Due to facility capacity, only ONE parent and child (AAC user) may attend each session

📅 Cohort #1: 5/28–6/18
📅 Cohort #2: 7/2–7/23

🕓 Thursdays at 4:00 PM (4 sessions each)
💲 Cost: FREE!

Register through the link in my bio or at:
https://www.sarahcruzslp.com/events

05/07/2026

Bee and more bee 🐝 it cut me off 🤷🏼‍♀️😅
Bonus points if you can guess what I did with any of these things (or any two).

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Tuesday 1pm - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 10:45am
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