Resources for New Orleans Families

There will be a moment, probably more than one, when you sit in the car after a therapy session and think: is this actually working? Your child has been coming to therapy for weeks, maybe months. You are doing the home practice. You are showing up consistently. And yet you cannot always point to something concrete and say: there, that is the progress. This post is for that moment. Why progress in therapy is not always visible The most meaningful early work in speech therapy h

One of the most common points of confusion we hear from parents is around the terms "speech delay" and "language delay." They are often used interchangeably, even by well-meaning professionals, but they are not the same thing. Understanding the difference can help you ask better questions, advocate more effectively for your child, and make sense of what an evaluation actually tells you. What is speech? Speech refers to the physical production of sound. It is the motor act of

You did the preparation. You visited the school, built the visual schedule, emailed the teacher, and packed the backpack three times. And now school has started and things are still hard. That is not a sign that something went wrong. It is a sign that your child is doing exactly what their nervous system needs to do right now, which is work very hard to manage an enormous amount of newness all at once. Here is what the first few weeks of school actually look like for many neu

Most New Orleans area schools go back in late July or early August. For families with neurodivergent children, that transition is not just a schedule change. It is a full sensory, social, and regulatory reset, and it deserves real preparation. Back to school is hard for a lot of kids. Neurodivergent children, whether they are autistic, have ADHD, have sensory processing differences, or are navigating language or communication challenges, often feel it more intensely. The dema