Expressing

Expressing refers to expressive language—the shared code we use to communicate thoughts and feelings, answer questions, and relate events. It may include gestures, signs, pictures, written words, or speech. It involves putting messages together and sending them.

The Expressing Body

Depending on the type of shared code that is being used for self-expression, some body parts participate more than others. The most common code, spoken language, requires you to have working systems for respiration, phonation, and articulation. For expressing with gestures, signs and picture symbols, it’s the torso, arms, hands, fingers, and sometimes even the legs, feet and toes that need to be in working order. All of the interacting body systems (nervous, musculoskeletal, circulatory, respiratory, gastrointestinal, integumentary, urinary, reproductive, immune, and endocrine) need to be functioning as well. Let’s just face it. Every part of the whole body plays an important role in expressing!

The Expressing Mind

Effective expression requires a healthy mind. If you want to see a picture of the Expressing Mind and get an explanation of how it works, I invite you to get a free download here:

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The Expressing Spirit

The Expressing Spirit communicates beauty, patience, compassion, empathy, mercy, peace, courtesy, sincerity, straightforwardness, goodness, quiet gentleness, yielding to others, and love for others. There are many avenues for your spirit to express itself with language. They include music, drama, creativity, humor, storytelling, conversing, sharing, praying, and having fun. The expressing spirit gives you the right words to say at the right time. It is the language of love in action. Don’t ever leave home without your expressing spirit…and don’t forget to bring it back home with you. ☺

If you are a parent, grandparent, or other caregiver and want to encourage a child to grow in speech, language or literacy development, the Reading and Speech Clinic can help. Let’s begin by email by signing up for a free mini-assessment. By participating, you will discover your child’s precious gems in the areas of Talking, Listening, Expressing, Reading, Writing, Mind, Body, and Spirit. You will find out which gems are currently shining in your child, and which ones might need a bit more polishing. Start

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Robert’s achievements at the Reading & Speech Clinic have been so huge that it’s hard to know where to start in explaining how much the clinic has influenced him his reading and spelling abilities and his self-esteem. All I can really say clearly is that it’s the best money I’ve ever spent.

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Very courteous and helpful staff. Ellen has been great helping my son with his speech difficulty, as well as doing a great job communicating back to me my son’s progress.

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Very courteous and helpful staff. Ellen has been great helping my son with his speech difficulty, as well as doing a great job communicating back to me my son’s progress.

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The confidence our child has gained from working with Miss Ellen has been nothing short of remarkable. She now reads for pleasure, rather than it being a struggle.

2014-01-17T15:41:29-08:00

The confidence our child has gained from working with Miss Ellen has been nothing short of remarkable. She now reads for pleasure, rather than it being a struggle.

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With your help our son has made great progress toward overcoming his reading disability. He now reads for pleasure and feels smarter and more confident. Thank you!

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With your help our son has made great progress toward overcoming his reading disability. He now reads for pleasure and feels smarter and more confident. Thank you!

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