The Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center explains how Ultrasound could help school-aged children, aged 8 and older, who are still struggling with the 'r' and 's' sounds. Ultrasound Speech Therapy Tackles "R" and "S" Difficulties Does your child struggle with producing the “r” sound? Do they have a slushy “s” sound? If this is true for your child who is 8 years of age or older, they have what …
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Orange Effect Team Member Spotlight: Krissy Leskovec
We're thrilled to introduce Krissy Leskovec, the Program Director at Orange Effect Foundation. Krissy's strong commitment and deep passion for making a positive difference in the lives of kids with speech difficulties have played a crucial role in the foundation's achievements. Today, we're taking a break from our usual topics to let Krissy guide us through some fantastic places to explore and …
ORANGE EFFECT FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS FOR THIRD QUARTER 2023
The Orange Effect Foundation (OEF) recently awarded $42,270 to children and young adults across the United States with speech disorders. This quarter’s grants were awarded after a thorough review process by dedicated members of the Orange Effect Board of Directors. “OEF is thrilled to announce that we have just awarded $42,270 to children and young adults across the nation who are bravely …
Why a Night at the Races?
We’ve written before about fundraising. It’s tough. Many organizations have a staff person dedicated to it, because fundraising needs time and attention to be successful. For the past couple of years here at The Orange Effect Foundation, we’ve done an event called Silence for Speech. We asked people to go a day without talking to learn what it's like to be a person with a communication …
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My oldest (who is autistic) just returned from a weeklong trip going to theme parks on the East Coast with the goal to ride as many roller coasters as possible! Not my idea of a great time but something they’ve been looking forward to for a long time. The trip made me a little sentimental. First off, my baby was covering over 1000 miles of driving on their own and second managing all the things …
What is the Orange Effect Foundation?
Empowering Voices, Transforming Lives: Discover the Orange Effect Foundation Welcome to our blog post dedicated to the Orange Effect Foundation. We are a non-profit foundation committed to empowering children and young adults with speech disorders. In this post, we will explore the incredible work done by the foundation, the impact it has made, introduce you to the dedicated board members …
Six Fun Summer Speech Therapy Activities to Boost Language Skills at Home
We’ve written about ChatGPT twice before on this blog so I decided to give it a try, and wasn’t sure what to expect. Would ChatGPT spout out a bunch of facts regarding the activities I suggested? Would it put together a simple paragraph with the information I provided? To find out, I told ChatGPT that I wanted to write a blog post about summer speech therapy activities to do at home. I gave …
The Orange Effect Foundation Announces Second Quarter Grants for 2023.
The Orange Effect Foundation is proud to announce it's Second Quarter Grants for 2023. With a commitment to empowering children and young adults with speech disorders, the foundation has awarded a total of $43,254 to 21 individuals across the United States. These grants have been selected through a rigorous review process led by the dedicated members of the Orange Effect Board of Directors. …
A Speech Therapy Success Story
Adam* was six when he first walked into my speech therapy office. He had bright, curious eyes and the energy of eight children at their first sleepover. He wanted to touch every toy in the room — and he definitely wanted to talk! When he tried to speak, however, the words rumbled around his mouth like a toddler holding an open lemonade — his words were ice, unable to decide whether to stay …
Speech-Language Concerns? Don’t Wait – Evaluate!
“They’re still young - let’s just wait and see.” Coming from a pediatrician, this phrase holds a lot of power over parents worried about their child’s speech and language skills. The parents may have expressed a concern that their two-year-old hasn't started talking yet, is only saying a few words, or is very hard to understand. When the pediatrician brushes it off as not a big deal, the natural …
National Speech Language Pathologist Day
The month of May brings so many things – signs of summer, graduations, weddings, and so much more. May is also Better Hearing and Speech Month. Part of that is National Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) Appreciation Day on May 18. SLPs are VERY important to us here at the Orange Effect Foundation. One example of this is that every application is required to involve a speech-language pathologist …
Advice for Future Speech Language Pathologists
Deciding what you want to be when you “grow up” is often one of the most difficult decisions a person makes. For some it comes easily, but from my experience most people just aren’t sure and change their mind often. In this third part of the series in which we asked our expert Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) for their feedback, we wanted to know what advice they have for someone …