My daughter G is delayed in her speech as she is Globally Developmentally Delayed. She started walking a month before she turned three years old and that took a massive amount of intense physiotherapy to get her to that point. When she began walking it was like a dream had come true. It was never certain she would walk. The endless tears we would have just to achieve rolling onto her front made …
Stimulating Speech With Toys
Looking to stimulate speech with your child through play? Here are some great toys for stimulating play, language, and social skills. Bildopolis Made from 40% recycled-content cardboard, this kit can transform durable cardboard into a 3D rocket ship, castle or another favorite creation. Attach the boards using the included Velcro dots. Each kit comes with square, rectangle, and triangle shapes …
Providing a Voice
The Orange Effect Foundation empowers children and young adults to communicate effectively. Recently, the Orange Effect Foundation helped a child find his voice by funding a communication device called the Dynavox T-10. Take a look at how this device and other augmented and alternative communication devices help individuals with disabilities lead fuller and richer lives. This is Inspiration Day at …
Special Needs Apps Guide
Speaking, listening, and communicating are essential for school and social life, but many kids struggle to master these skills. For kids with challenges such as speech and language impairments, communication can be particularly difficult. Apps are one way for children to practice speech and language skills. Common Sense Media has compiled a list of apps for beginner, intermediate, and advanced …
Building Speech Through Books
Do you know that reading repetitive books with infants and toddlers builds language development? Repetitive books are also essential tools for helping children with speech disorders. "Do you like my hat? I do not like that hat." The Child Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA) states that the "predictability, use of carrier phrases, frequent practice of a target sound (s), …
Does Your Child Need a Speech Evaluation?
If you're like many parents, you own a parenting book or two (or three!) that carefully describes important developmental milestones in your child's life. Using these as a guide, you anticipate your baby's first smile, first steps, first word. While so many of these milestones are given a very broad time frame ("between ages 1 and 3 your child will grow a full set of 20 teeth") others are much …
Registration Now Open for 10th Annual Golf Outing!
THE 10th ANNUAL ORANGE EFFECT GOLF FOR AUTISM August 8, 2016 Elyria Country Club 12:00 pm Shotgun Start $150 per golfer Includes 18 holes of golf with beverage cart cooler, lunch, dinner, gift bag, prizes, raffle, and drinks. ($200 per golfer after July 15) Open to 120 Golfers All funds raised will benefit the Orange Effect Foundation. The Orange Effect Foundation empowers children and …
Orange Effect Foundation Awards Two New Grants!
CLEVELAND--The Orange Effect Foundation announced today, following a quarterly board meeting, that it has awarded grants to fund essential speech therapy to two applicants in Northeast Ohio. The recipients are both under the age of five. The Orange Effect Foundation recognizes that the earlier therapy is received the more successful the outcome is likely to be. One recipient, age two, will …
The Power to Communicate
The Power to Communicate In addition to speech therapy, the Orange Effect Foundation funds Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices. These extraordinary devices give nonverbal individuals the power to communicate. Watch this video to see how one device, the Dynavox T-10, enables one teen to share his feelings about having autism. …
Giving Wisely
Ten Things to Consider When Deciding Where to Donate Chances are you’ve had someone reach out and pull you up when you were down at some point in your life. That hand up helped set you on a course that led you to the successful, happy life you lead today. Now you want to return the favor and donate to a non-profit, but you’re not sure how to choose one. Here are ten things you should consider …
That Magic Moment
Communicating with Your Nonverbal Autistic Child for the First Time Seasoned parents know that their tone can significantly affect the way a child responds. This can have profound implications for the parent of a nonverbal child. Autism specialist and HuffPost author Marci Lebowitz writes about that "magic moment," the first time one mother became aware that her autistic child was trying to …
How Brands Give Back
Pam Kozelka, Founder and Executive Director of the Orange Effect Foundation, shares her thoughts on the importance of giving back and the wonderful benefits it can have for a corporate team. Listen to her conversation with Lush Digital in this special podcast. Originally posted on Lush Digital on December 23rd, 2015. …
