The Importance of the Family Dinner
Research shows that having family dinners can greatly impact a child’s early learning. In a blog written by Ryan Nyhan for Birth to Thrive Online, he says that 63% of parents in the state with children from birth to five years old are making an effort to sit down six-to-seven nights during the week for…
Best Board Games for Speech Therapy
Chutes and Ladders and Candy Land are classic board games that probably bring us all back to our childhood’s, but are there board games to teach kids important skills like language and abstract thinking? Sherry Artemenko, M.S., CCC-SLP recently posted a blog about her favorite and most effective games to play in therapy sessions. Her…
Adele Triumphs Vocal Cord Surgery
British singer-songwriter, Adele had a big night last Sunday at the Grammy Awards show. The sultry singer is known for her heartfelt lyrics and powerhouse voice, and she took home six Grammy’s including best song, record and album of the year. Adele’s biggest feat of the night was perhaps her performance of her hit “Rolling…
Page Ahead
Since 1990 Page Ahead has provided new books and reading activities that empower at-risk children. The organization was initially founded by members of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce’s “Leadership Tomorrow” program, and went by the name “Books for Kids.” Since then, the organization has donated more than 2 million new books for children to use…
Testosterone and Risk of Language Delay
In a recent MSNBC article they discussed a new study that found infant boys exposed to high levels of the male hormone testosterone before birth with double the risk for language delay as females. The study appears Jan. 26 in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. The Australian researchers noted that male fetuses have 10 times…
Famous Stutterers
The Winter 2012 edition of The Stuttering Foundation newsletter highlighted a handful of celebrities who have lived their lives with a stutter. According to the foundation’s website more than 68 million people stutter world wide, and there are four times as many males than females that stutter. This figure includes actors and actresses, politicians, writers,…
Meet Speech Coordinator Amanda Cendoya
Amanda Cendoya grew up in Woodinville, and as a child she had dreams of becoming a teacher or a marine biologist. She attended Western Washington University, and there she found her passion for writing. Amanda received her bachelor of arts degree in Journalism-Public Relations in 2009. Amanda has been with ESHC for almost two years…
Promoting Speech Development in Infants
In a recent blog written by speech-language pathologist Jacqueline Kellner-Hiczewski, she talks about the importance of talking to your child from birth to promote speech development. The blog explains that from birth parents should act like their child’s teacher. Jacqueline offers some examples of taking advantage of everyday activities that are great opportunities to communicate…
Lip Reading
In a recent MSNBC article they revealed a new study indicating that babies learn to speak, not just by listening to their parents and caregivers but by watching them. Our little angels are shown to be pretty good lip readers by researchers from Florida Atlatntic University. The group of infants, ranging from four to 12…
Pinterest for SLPs
Speech language pathologists across the country have recently started taking advantage of the new social media site Pinterest. It was started in 2010 and works as a virtual “pinboard” that lets you organize and share all of the wonderful things you find on the internet. You can browse other people’s pinboards to find new and interesting ideas with…