International Stuttering Awareness Day
Saturday, October 22nd is International Stuttering Awareness Day. Our speech-language pathologists are proud to be members of the National Stuttering Association (NSA), and hosts to the groups monthly support group meetings held in our Kirkland office. The group helps members build self-confidence, become more comfortable speaking and offers support and ongoing education. According to the…
Meet SLP Jennifer Dierenfeld
Jennifer Dierenfeld, MA, CCC-SLP, has been working at our clinic for the past four years and received her Bachelor of Science degree in speech and hearing sciences from the University of Washington, and then her masters degree in Speech Language Pathology from Western Washington University. Since April 2011, Jennifer has had her therapy dog in…
Music Therapy
Patients at our clinic have benefited greatly from the combination of speech therapy and music therapy. Studies have shown that music therapy can help reduce stress, alleviate pain, enhance memory, and promote effective expressive and receptive communication skills. Combined with speech therapy, the benefits can be even greater. According to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, the…
“Keep Quiet”
Yesterday, a story was released by the New York Times on a young man and his battle with his teacher over his stuttering. The story has gone viral, bringing awareness and conversation to the world of stuttering. Philip Garber, a 16-year-old college student at Country College of Morris was asked by his professor to “keep…
The Alexander Technique
Our speech team has the opportunity to attend the Northwest Chapter Voice Foundation’s meeting on October 10th about The Alexander Technique. Cathy Madden, Principal Lecturer from the University of Washington, will present on the technique that improves posture habits, leading to the easing of tension, stress and chronic stiffness often used in vocal coaching. The…
Team Building
Today our speech department teamed up with Adventura Consulting for the exciting opportunity to climb high atop Red Hook Brewery’s ropes course! Our speech team had a great time zip lining through the trees and balancing across beams. The unique and challenging experience was geared to create a strong team environment and to work collaboratively with…
Exciting Changes for the Speech Team
The speech team is going through an exciting growth spurt, bringing on two new members to the speech team. It’s with this growth that we are expanding into a larger space this October within the REdmond Medical Center. Our move to suite 208 will allow for additional space for therapy, diagnostic testing and educational counseling…
Our Amazing Book Challenge Readers
During the summer months we put our speech kiddos up to a book reading challenge…read 10 books or more this summer and receive a $10 gift card to target. 37 of our superstar readers took on this challenge reading an amazing 3,137 books! Topping the reading charts was our grand prize winner Emma E. During…
Why It’s Smart to be Bilingual
Bilingualism, of course, can be a leg up for college admission and a résumé burnisher. But a growing body of research now offers a further rationale: the regular, high-level use of more than one language may actually improve early brain development. According to several different studies, command of two or more languages bolsters the ability…
Thanks for a GREAT Two Weeks
We had so much fun over the past two weeks! Thank you to all of our wonderful patients, families and clinicians for making Summer Fun Speech Sessions such a success. To relive all the fun, visit our facebook page where you can see photos from Kirkland and Redmond. And although our theme weeks have ended,…