Bjorem & Bolles

Bjorem & Bolles Through research-driven training and pra

Inspired by Kingston Bolles, a remarkable child navigating the apraxia journey, our mission is to ensure that SLPs feel confident, competent, and supported in their ability to deliver meaningful, effective therapy.

Today is the day to help raise funds for Bjorem and Bolles to empower speech-language pathologists and give children wit...
07/23/2026

Today is the day to help raise funds for Bjorem and Bolles to empower speech-language pathologists and give children with apraxia a voice!

What: Order from Modern Market in Greenwood Village (in the restaurant, on their app or website) and use the code GIVEBACK or show this flyer on your phone. Modern Market will donate 25% of your purchase to B&B!

When: ALL day, Thursday, July 23, 2026

Where: 8575 East Arapahoe Rd Suite F, Greenwood Village, CO (this location ONLY)

Eat well, do good!

We are ready for our first Foundations cohort!
07/21/2026

We are ready for our first Foundations cohort!

Tonight's the night to eat Chipotle 🌯 and raise funds for Bjorem and Bolles! What: Order Chipotle (in the restaurant or ...
07/21/2026

Tonight's the night to eat Chipotle 🌯 and raise funds for Bjorem and Bolles!

What: Order Chipotle (in the restaurant or on their website, no 3rd party apps) and use the code 8P9TMCW or show this flyer on your phone.
Chipotle will donate 25% of your purchase to B&B!

When: 5:00-9:00 pm Tuesday, July 21st

Where: Chipotle at 18701 E Mainstreet Ste 1 in Parker (this location ONLY)

Let's do good with burritos! 

07/21/2026

Our first B&B Foundations of childhood apraxia speech assessment diagnosis, and treatment starts tomorrow!

Help raise money for Bjorem and Bolles to empower speech-language pathologists and give children with apraxia a voice!Wh...
07/16/2026

Help raise money for Bjorem and Bolles to empower speech-language pathologists and give children with apraxia a voice!

What: Order from Modern Market (in the restaurant, on their app or website) and if you use the code GIVEBACK or show this flyer on your phone, Modern Market will donate 25% of your purchase to B&B!

When: ALL day, Thursday, July 23, 2026

Where: 8575 East Arapahoe Rd Suite F, Greenwood Village, CO (this location ONLY)

Eat well, do good!

L is for Life Relevant.Before a word makes the target list, ask yourself why. Will the child actually use this word once...
07/15/2026

L is for Life Relevant.

Before a word makes the target list, ask yourself why. Will the child actually use this word once they can say it? Is it functional in their day to day life? Is there real interest or motivation behind it?

This matters more than it might seem, because early success builds momentum. Success builds motivation. Motivation drives intensity. And intensity is what supports motor learning and growth.

When targets are meaningful to the child, practice stops feeling like work and starts feeling like communication. That is when the real progress happens.

Choose words that matter. That is the L in VITAL, and it ties the whole framework together.

Citations: Strand, 2020

Help raise money for Bjorem and Bolles to empower speech-language pathologists and give children with apraxia a voice!Wh...
07/14/2026

Help raise money for Bjorem and Bolles to empower speech-language pathologists and give children with apraxia a voice!

What: Order Chipotle (in the restaurant or on their website) and if you use the Bjorem and Bolles code  8P9TMCW  or show this flyer on your phone, Chipotle will donate 25% of your purchase to B&B!

When: 5:00-9:00 pm Tuesday, July 21st

Where: Chipotle at 18701 E Mainstreet Ste 1 in Parker (this location ONLY)

Let's do good with burritos! 

A is for Appropriate Number of Targets.Repetition only works when it is accurate, intentional, and supported. To get the...
07/13/2026

A is for Appropriate Number of Targets.

Repetition only works when it is accurate, intentional, and supported. To get there, we keep the target set small. Choose ten or fewer targets.

Here is the logic. We want the child working in high correct repetitions. We cannot get high quality reps if we are spread thin across a long list. So we work with fewer targets, grounded in the principles of motor learning, and we go deep.

It can take a long time, and that is okay. When we use the principles of motor learning with a focused set, we build flexibility in the motor system, and we start to see untrained words generalize. A few words, chosen well, open the door to many.

Fewer targets. Deeper practice. Stronger generalization.

Citations: Strand, 2020; Maas et al., 2008

T is for Transitions.Difficulty moving from one sound or syllable to the next is one of the clearest features of CAS. It...
07/11/2026

T is for Transitions.

Difficulty moving from one sound or syllable to the next is one of the clearest features of CAS. It can look like groping or searching, inappropriate pausing between sounds, or trouble with the very first articulatory position in a word.

This is where coarticulation comes in, the natural overlap of speech movements as the lips, tongue, jaw, and velum flow from one sound to the next. For our kids, those transitions are exactly the hard part, so we make them the target.

When we focus on smooth transitions, we see real payoffs: generalization to untrained words, more efficient and flexible motor planning, less reliance on intrusive vowels, and more natural prosody and intelligibility.

Try this mindset shift. Stop thinking about how a phrase is spelled and start thinking about how it sounds. "Look up" becomes "lookgup." That is coarticulation in action.

Citations: Shriberg and Strand, 2014; Shriberg et al., 2011; Shriberg et al., 2021; Strand, 2020

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6260 Progress Lane
Parker, CO
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