Give and Put Kids First. These are 2 of our core values that help make The Hello Foundation such a wonderful and caring organization! Sometimes, especially with the hustle and bustle of the back-to-school season, it can be difficult to take a breath and remember why we do what we do. First and foremost, we… (read more)
It all started when I was asked to bring a salad to a potluck. I like salad ok, but making it feels hard and complicated. I figured I could come up with something that presents as a salad, but that skipped all of that difficult washing and chopping business. I think what I came up… (read more)
Kids. They have the audacity to live everywhere. Even places that are remote and difficult to get to, and places that don’t have resident service providers to support their needs. Can you believe it? Of course you can, especially if you’re someone who lives in one of those places and has kids in your life…. (read more)
When I talk with SLPs new to the schools and especially to recent grads working in the schools, I often hear comments about the volume of paperwork. Paperwork can be tedious and time-consuming, but it is also a stark contrast to what we did in grad school. I think the bigger shock of working as… (read more)
It wouldn’t be June without our annual End-of-the-Year Party at the Kennedy School, and so party we did on Friday night! As a group of clinicians and support staff who work in different settings and at work sites spread across 5 different states, it is always delightfully fun to come together in a common space. We… (read more)
People have lots of preconceived ideas about what it’s like to be an SLP contractor in the schools. You can get a pretty good idea about what those ideas are if you listen to what they say when you tell them that’s what you do . . . Don’t you get tired of bouncing around?… (read more)
Go with me on a journey back in time, won’t you? Back to a time when you didn’t know what IEP, IFSP, PLEP, PLOD, LRE, CD, SLI, ID, ED, SLD, or any other special education acronym meant. When you sat down at your first SpEd team meeting and looked around and wondered, “Who are all… (read more)
It’s Better Hearing and Speech Month! As professionals in the speech and hearing sciences, we’re tasked each May with bringing awareness to communication disorders and the work we do to remediate them. It’s a big job, and thankfully there are thousands of us out there spreading the good word about what we do and why… (read more)
Earlier this week Kim Mahi and Lori Pastoor wowed our group with their presentation on Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders (OMDs). I mean, really. Kim and Lori have received extensive training in this area. They shared case studies of clients they see at the Hello Clinic, as well as videos of treatment. Orofacial Myology is more than… (read more)
On Saturday, April 21 we had the privilege of volunteering with Michelle’s Love. The mission of Michelle’s Love is to help relieve the stress of single parents undergoing cancer treatment by offering financial relief, house cleaning, and nutritious meals so that parents have more time to heal and to share quality time with their children. … (read more)