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Board Member Spotlight: Pam Pulizzi

June 8, 2023 By Pam Pulizzi

Have You Ever Been To Pickwick and Frolic? Cleveland has an eclectic and all inclusive food and entertainment scene. To be honest we have come such a long way just in the last 10 years. So much so that it is often hard to decide where to entertain friends and family when they come to town. One of my favorites though, is Pickwick and Frolic, located on E. 4th Street and also home to …

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A Speech Therapy Success Story

June 1, 2023 By Becca Peterson

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 …

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Speech-Language Concerns? Don’t Wait – Evaluate!

May 25, 2023 By Orange Effect Administrator

“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 …

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National Speech Language Pathologist Day

May 18, 2023 By Pam Pulizzi

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 …

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Board Member Spotlight: Joe Pulizzi

May 11, 2023 By Joe Pulizzi

One of my passions is golf. Ever since I got to the age where I couldn’t hit a fastball, golf became my sport of choice. Golf was the game where I spent two hours with my dad on a Saturday morning or four hours on a Sunday with my friends. Or a random nine holes somewhere on a discounted Wednesday afternoon. For the past 20 years I’ve been in a golf league (St. Bridget’s) where I had the …

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Honoring Mothers

May 4, 2023 By Pam Pulizzi

I’ve had a lot of people in my life who have been a role model to me. I am thankful to every one of them. However, especially now as a mom, I find Mothers Day to be extra special. It’s fun to look back and reminisce about the things our parents did for us. Most of us don’t recognize the sacrifice parents make until we are adults ourselves. Here are some thoughts from our board members about their …

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Spring Showers Bring May Flowers and Summer Vacation! So soon?

April 27, 2023 By Pam Pulizzi

Where I live in Ohio, many elementary and high schools finish their school year at the end of May. I know this is not the case for everyone, but no matter where you live, summer is coming up fast.  I love summer. I enjoy the break from the rigors of the schedule that comes during the school year. Traffic patterns are different, more kids are out and about playing, and overall the mood …

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6 Bedroom Design Considerations for Kids With Autism or Sensory Processing Issues

April 20, 2023 By Orange Effect Administrator

Lighting, colors, design, and furniture are all elements that help make your child’s bedroom safe and comfortable. For kids with special needs, bedroom design involves more than painting the walls their favorite color and buying sheets with a beloved cartoon character. You must also consider how lighting, colors, and furniture might affect your child’s comfort, safety, and …

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When Someone Else Can Put It Into Words

April 13, 2023 By Pam Pulizzi

Being the parent of a child with Autism is no easy task. To those of you doing it every day this is not new news. I’ve read so many books by the experts about everything from causes to best practices, but never have I been so struck by a book as I was when I read The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer.  Let me backtrack just a little. I am in a book club that I love. After so many years of …

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Advice for Future Speech Language Pathologists

April 6, 2023 By Pam Pulizzi

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 …

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What Speech Therapists Want Parents to Know

March 30, 2023 By Pam Pulizzi

In this second part of our series, we asked our expert Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) what they wish parents knew? The question was broad, it could be what they wish parents knew about speech therapy, about their child's disorder or pretty much about anything. Even with that said, the responses we got have some pretty clear themes.  The first is that your SLP is your advocate, …

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The Effect of Covid on Speech Therapy

March 23, 2023 By Pam Pulizzi

Kids Who Need Speech Therapy In An (Almost) Post Pandemic World In this first of a three part series of blog posts, we reached out to several of the speech therapists we have been privileged to work with, and asked them for some feedback to share with our families and supporters.  The first question we asked is, What effects have you seen on students since the impact of …

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