Are you ready for summer and a totally different schedule? Ready, or not, here it comes! As my kids headed off to their last day of school this morning, we talked out their mixed feelings. Relieved to have made it through a doozy of a year. A little bit sad to lose the structure and… (read more)
It’s summer camp time! This year we are once again partnering with the Oregon Scottish Rite Speech and Language Clinic at Portland State University to offer a variety of experiences for children with speech and language needs. Read more about what’s happening at Camp Hello this summer, including groups for articulation, language, social communication, kindergarten prep, stop motion… (read more)
Did you know May is Better Hearing and Speech Month? For a clinic that works in the speech and occupational therapy domain, it’s the perfect follow up to April’s OT month. Although not quite as catchy and accessible for kids as Joke Month. Since I am not a speech-language pathologist, I feel like a bit… (read more)
One of the most unexpected and purely delightful aspects of our clinic is that our waiting room has evolved into what can only be described as a living room. Many families have had the same appointment times for months, even years, and we’ve been privileged to watch them build relationships with each other and with… (read more)
April is everything month: including OT, National Humor (aka Joke) and Autism Acceptance Month. Talk about things that tick all our boxes at the clinic! Jokes Let’s start with the humor. We kicked of Joke Month on April Fools’ Day, of course, and it’s a major hit. We have big joke posters hanging in our… (read more)
Judging from what we’ve been hearing from clinic families lately, spring can’t get here soon enough. Here’s a sample of the comments I heard when the sky was bright blue the other day, and the sun was shining: I LOVE the sun! It’s so beautiful, I’m not wearing a jacket! We’re going on a scavenger… (read more)