Katie Hill has a genetic disorder that affects her movement and speech. Before she entered 7th grade this year, a friend made this video to introduce Katie to the hundreds of students at her new middle school. We think this video does a great job of showing how a speech generating device works and how using one can open up the world to a child. https://youtu.be/H9nluhqzu3s In this …
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Is it Ever Too Late For Speech Therapy?
Continuing in our series of blog posts answering some of the FAQ’s we get here at Orange Effect Foundation, we have reached out to our experts today to find out if you are ever too old to start speech therapy. We started the series last month by asking how these amazing professionals can do work with toddlers. We know that not all kids hit their milestones at the same time but our experts were …
Spreading The Orange Effect Across The United States
CLEVELAND - Sept. 25, 2018 - PRLog -- Recognizing that some children must go without necessary speech therapy because of their family's financial limitations, the Orange Effect Foundation has responded. At a recent meeting, board members for the Orange Effect Foundation awarded nearly $50,000 in grants to needy children and young adults across the United States. These grants will fund speech …
Content Marketing World Recap
The first week of September I had the unprecedented honor of being an attendee at the event Content Marketing World. Those who know a bit about my history know that I have worked at the event the first seven years, so being an attendee and not working was definitely a new experience. I had such a wonderful time. I could write an entire blog post about how amazing the event is and how much I love …
10 Tips for Parents of Children Who Have Just Started Talking
Michelle Foye, Director of Speech & Language Services of the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center offers ten useful tips for parents of children who are just beginning to speak. 1. Be face to face with your child Get down to your child’s physical level whenever possible. When you are face to face with your child, he is likely to communicate more as he sees you are right there with him, …
Is Delayed Speech More Common in Boys Than Girls?
Speech Buddies takes a closer look at whether speech delays occur more frequently in boys. Ahh, the weekly playgroup! Another situation where you realize that every single toddler in the room seems to be speaking in clear sentences except for your son? Of course, the reasoning side of your brain is telling you NOT to compare your child to others, but the emotional side tells you that it’s hard …
What To Expect In Your Child’s First Speech Therapy Session
If you are a parent who has not had any experience with speech therapy services for your child, the process can seem quite overwhelming. From the moment you begin having concerns about your child to finding a site for services to having an evaluation completed, there are many questions to answer. After you have navigated through the above steps, the next part of the journey is the speech therapy …
Can Technology Really Help With Speech Therapy?
This is our second in a series of asking the professionals for information based on their experience in speech therapy. In the first blog post, we asked them if you can really perform speech therapy with toddlers. In this post we ask a question that I personally get asked a lot. My son was just shy of the major technology boom. Knowing his personality and how easily he adapts to electronics, I …
Keeping Children With Autism Safe
Summer months often mean an increase in injuries for all children but the rate of injury for children with autism is higher. Learn more from our friends at the Cleveland Clinic about how to keep children with autism safe. CLEVELAND – According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), one out of every 68 children has autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A recent study revealed an …
Could I Be The Luckiest Girl In The World? An Autism Story.
The first Monday in August has been a huge day for our family for the past 12 years. It is the day of our annual golf outing fundraiser. It started because our son received early intervention and was starting out in a regular education classroom. At first the goal of the outing was simply to give back, so we paired with the amazing group at Northeast Ohio Easter Seals and all our profits from the …
Speech Therapy for Toddlers? Really?
I’m no expert in speech therapy, but because of the work we do here at the Orange Effect Foundation, I often get asked a lot of questions that I honestly don’t know the answer to! So I took some of the top questions and posed them to the real experts… speech therapists! Their insight is so valuable and I can’t thank them enough for their time to help out! Today’s question is how can you do speech …
The Orange Effect Foundation Gives Kids a Voice
CLEVELAND - July 5, 2018 - PRLog -- Recognizing that speech therapy, summer speech camp, and speech devices are simply out of reach for many families, the Orange Effect Foundation has stepped in to lend a hand. At a June board meeting, The Orange Effect Foundation awarded over $60,000 in grants to children that need a voice. This quarter, grant awards will fund over 450 hours of speech therapy, …
