NESCANotes Blog

By Olivia Rogers, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist, NESCA

Transitions between school levels are exciting – but they are also academically demanding. Whether a student is moving from elementary ...

By: Sean Hyde O’Brien, Psy.D., ABPdN 
Pediatric Neuropsychologist, NESCA

As the husband of a pediatric audiologist, I often hear stories of children referred...

By Olivia Rogers, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist, NESCA

Understanding the Difference
Speech-language support can be life-changing for students, helping them by improving communication, academic access, confidence, and...

By Olivia Rogers, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist, NESCA

When people think about reading support, they often think of phonics or decoding. While decoding is essential, it is only one piece of the puzzle. Reading comprehension, or the ability to understand, interpret, and make meaning from text, is deeply rooted in ...

By Olivia Rogers, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist, NESCA

Literacy is often viewed as a set of academic skills – reading, writing, spelling. But at its core, literacy is a language process. Scarborough’s Reading Rope illustrates how language comprehension and word recognition weave together to create