About ten years ago, I had the opportunity to provide therapy for several private schools in Wichita, which led to some pivotal moments for me. I started noticing the correlation between speech sound disorders and literacy skills and became compelled to take relevant continuing education courses and train in the Orton-Gillingham approach for dyslexia. I knew my experience and education could make a difference with literacy disorders, which are really just language disorders in written form. Soon after, I came across Scarborough’s reading rope, and I was hooked… my family would even say I became a little nerdy about helping children put those speech, language, and literacy pieces together! Helping children figure out how to think through their problems, speak clearly, understand others, express themselves, and read to comprehend truly fills my bucket--along with all the other little perks, like their honesty, big belly laughs, art work, and gifts of kindness.