CARRYING THE WEIGHT of a business on your shoulders can be an exhausting endeavor. Constantly worrying about your business’s success, about the livelihoods of those who work there and about your role as a leader can all eventually lead to feelings of burnout and fatigue.
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Village recreation director Jimmy Fitzano and Mayor Edwin Fare join parents, speech pathologists and school officials as they unveil a communication board at Hendrickson Park designed to aid children with speech issues.
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Student clinicians in Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences earn credit hours while helping people find their voices.
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In Blanchard’s coffee shop on Broad Street, Dr. Jeffrey Mapp is supervising a speech therapy appointment for a 7-year-old child in Guatemala. On his computer screen are an interpreter, a speech therapist based in the United States, and Bella, a young girl who hasn’t been attending school because of her speech impediment.
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Traumatic brain injuries can impact many different aspects of people’s lives. Robby Desjardins, Speech language pathologist at Northern Light AR Gould Hospital, says some of the symptoms patients experience may lead to a recommendation to see a speech language pathologist.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Multiple studies show that some babies born during and shortly after the start of the pandemic are experiencing a delayed development of speech and social skills.
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There is a call for children qualified for early intervention services in New York state to receive those services without delay.
The Children’s Agenda reports that only about half of the children who qualify for early intervention care are receiving all the services in a timely manner.
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WEST CHESTER, PA — National World Voice Day will be recognized on the 100th anniversary of West Chester University’s Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders on Tuesday, March 21, from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Rising Above Bakery in Nyack, New York serves a special recipe of fulfillment for its employees. Supported by volunteers, baker and speech therapist Shiri Reuveni-Ulrich founded the bakery to employ young adults with special needs. NBC News’ Kate Snow takes a closer look at how the nonprofit bakery is changing lives.
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Columbus, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) — Transgender people often struggle with discrimination and harassment, which can lead to mental health issues like anxiety and depression. Now, new programs are helping people in transition communicate in a way that is comfortable, and gender-affirming.
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