Better Hearing & Speech Month Activities & Events
Join Children’s Communication Center as we celebrate May is Better Hearing & Speech Month (BHSM), May 1st to May 31st!
Join Children’s Communication Center as we celebrate May is Better Hearing & Speech Month (BHSM), May 1st to May 31st!
Category : Autism , Better Hearing & Speech Month , Blog , Philanthropy Share
Children’s Communication Center is thrilled to support community partners and events throughout April and all-year-long focusing on increasing awareness, understanding, and acceptance of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as well as, other Speech-Language Pathology related disorders.
Our next Philanthropy Share is during May is Better Hearing & Speech Month and we are thrilled to add this news!
We add a little one to our family, and just like that, we are parents!
Are you prepared? Most parents take their little one home with minimal information for the ever important job of parenting.
Category : Blog , Philanthropy Share
Welcome to year three for Together and Able, an inclusion art project, which benefits our children and community. Thank you to Susan Davis Baldino, VSA Florida Region 1 Program Coordinator, for sharing being part of our Philanthropy Share campaign!
First, it is Very Special Arts!
Their history explains that in 1981 “…VSA Florida was founded by the Florida Department of Education (Bureau of Education for Exceptional Students) and Florida Department of State (Division of Cultural Affairs) and was accredited by the National Committee- Arts for the Handicapped, an affiliation of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, under the name Florida Arts for the Handicapped Program. The first state office was established at Florida State University in Tallahassee.”
The mission of VSA Florida is to provide, support and champion arts education and cultural experiences for and by people with disabilities. Our vision is to create a world in which the arts are universally accessible.
As the state organization on arts and disability, VSA Florida understands the power of art to make our world a more inclusive place for all people regardless of their abilities.
When VSA FL learned about the Chain of Parks Art Festival, organized by the LeMoyne Center for Visual Arts, we applied to be part of the “Village,” the interactive area of the festival where children, adults, and families can participate in art-making activities.
Instead of organizing a “make and take” exercise, VSA Florida decided to undertake a larger project that will make an impact on people of all abilities.
And, Together and Able began that Spring 2016…
The work was conceived and designed by a Tallahassee artist as a large three-canvas triptych. The canvases were prepared and the background painting completed by a group of volunteers.
Once the groundwork was laid, we took the red and gold canvas to Leon High School where students, teachers, aides, and mentors filled the empty spaces with their words of equality, inclusion, and human rights.
The new community art project, Together and Able II, started at Leon High School in the “Lion’s United” class. The 2017 projected included six kites with words about human rights, the power of art, kindness, equality, ability, justice, and social inclusion.
According to Susan Baldino, all proceeds from this event will support the art residencies, especially the art and the Holocaust residencies for Leon County next year.
Visit the VSA web page and learn more about the year-long projects, resources, artists, and community events. Like and Follow VSA Florida on Facebook and Instagram, and sign up for alerts/emails.
We are thrilled to include Together and Able in our Philanthropy Share campaign to help support their event and their message!
Visit Together and Able during the LeMoyne Chain of Parks Art Festival & participate in the community artwork project promoting INCLUSION & HUMAN RIGHTS for people of all abilities.
Our Center is proud to be a third year sponsor with Together and Able and invite you to Like/Follow us on Facebook and Instagram .
As a Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) private practice we are committed to providing high quality, well managed & professional SLP services to young children through adults who can benefit from our services.
SLPs are integral professionals in the lives of families in our community experiencing speech, language, learning, and social communication challenges.
We also provide services through our Corporate Speech & Communication program for those who would benefit from improvement in public speaking and overall communication skills.
We invite you to follow our blog posts highlighting a wide range of family topics all year long including our Community Partner and Philanthropy Share campaigns.
Susan Davis Baldino & VSA Florida, we are thrilled to support your efforts!
Together, we are making a difference!
Lori Savage Grayson, MMSc, CCC-SLP, FSL
As a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP), I am often the first professional a parent contacts when their young child is not achieving early speech, language or social developmental milestones. Therefore, SLPs like myself are often the first to identify a child with undiagnosed autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Category : Blog , Community Partner Share , Language, Literacy & Learning , Little Ones Rock
It seems perfectly obvious to us why a Speech-Language Pathologist would contact Word of South Festival (WOS) to partner in the celebration of literature and music. Are you wondering why?!
Autism Speaks U (ASU) is a collegiate program that began at Penn State University in 2006 and was nationally launched in 2008. Florida State University (FSU) established their Chapter in the Fall of 2014.
“ASU supports students, faculty and alumni in their awareness and fundraising efforts for Autism Speaks. Chapters follow the lead of their Presidents and Vice Presidents, who are made up of students on the spectrum, students who have family members or friends on the spectrum, or students who want to make a difference in the autism community.”
Category : A Day in the Life of This SLP , Blog , Community Partner Share , YaYa's in the Kitchen
While working on a YaYa’s in the Kitchen blog post, I ran across a new page on social media, Bourne Brilliant!
Quickly, I contacted their Mom-in-Chief to learn about her daughters, the Bourne Brilliant sister entrepreneurs, and gain permission to highlight them as a Community Share Partner.