Final Days of the Great Book Exchange
We’re in the final days of The Great Book Exchange! Don’t forget to bring in your gently used books by this Friday for a chance to redeem them for “Book Bucks” starting next Monday you’ll have a chance to turn in your “Book Bucks” for new books from the collection bins. All left over books…
Putt-Putt Fun
Join us tonight as we celebrate the summer with the NSA Eastside Stuttering Support Group at Willows Run in Redmond. The monthly meeting is headed outdoors for some sun, fun and competition. We’ll tee-off from the Rainbow Run Putting Course at 6:30pm. If you’re interested in joining us please contact us with your name and…
Get Ready for Summer Fun
Starting next week in our Kirkland office our speech kiddos are in for a real treat! The rooms and halls of ESHC will be transformed to bring the fun of summer camp indoors. This year our speech team is making the two weeks of Summer Fun even more fun and memorable with new themes and…
Stuttering on This American Life
National Public Radio’s This American Life show featured a segment about how a college student who stutters, and the fears that enter his mind when making a telephone call to order a pizza. The simple task brings out anxiety and anger as the recipient of the call is impatient and not accepting of his stuttering. The…
Articulation In-Service
The entire speech team had a unique opportunity to learn from articulation expert and speech-language pathologist Pam Marshalla during an in-service this month. Her time spent with the team delivered valuable tools to apply to the clinicians patient case load. The weekend in-service is a part of our speech teams dedication to continued education and…
Support Groups Increase Success Rate
A survey conducted last year by the National Stuttering Association (NSA) found that participation in support groups alleviates the life impact of stuttering and makes success in speech therapy more likely. The online survey was conducted in May 2009 to gather information about stuttering from the perspective of people who stutter. A total of 1,235…
Language Screenings Today
Speech Program Director Maryam Sadrzadeh and speech-language pathologist Julie Carlson will be at Issaquah Children’s Academy this morning for free language screenings to all those interested at the school. This past May our speech team made early identification their platform and offered local preschools and daycare sites the ability to have our therapists come on-site…
Floortime Model
Maryam Sadrzadeh, Jennifer Arenz and Kate Pilant participated in an online course on the mastery of the Developmental, Individual-Difference, Relationship (DIR)/floortime model from Stanley Greenspan. This treatment approach is used on children with a variety of developmental delays and Autism. The model covered… Functional developmental stages Individual differences in auditory processing and language, visual-spatial processing,…
Electronic Media’s Effects on Speech and Hearing
Research shows that when media use isn’t regulated, children can miss out on important social interactions, which may lead to delays in language development, attention and learning problems, and noise-induced hearing loss. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF): two-thirds of infants and toddlers watch a screen an average of 2 hours a day kids…
Speech Screening at The Discovery Center
Speech Program Director Maryam Sadrzadeh took time out of the day today to offer free speech screenings to The Discovery Center in Redmond today. The school had 11 kiddos that took part in the screening. Our speech staff has thoroughly enjoyed going out into the community and offering their services during Better Hearing and Speech Month.