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Wed, March 15, 2023 at 4:31 AM GMT+5:30
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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In a world where perfection is celebrated, it is difficult not to compare our child’s development to that of his or her peers—but we should try not to. As both a mother and a speech-language pathologist (SLP), this is what I’d like parents of babies and toddlers to know about late language emergence.
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Burnout is more than just feeling stressed – it can leave you too frazzled and drained to cope with everyday demands. Here's how to spot the signs of burnout and how to combat it and regain control of your life.
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WEYBURN – The services provided by speech-language pathologists in Holy Family’s schools are quite comprehensive, and involve much more than helping children with their articulation, trustees for the board heard at their monthly meeting on Wednesday evening.
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Avivit Ben-Aharon, founder and clinical director at a virtual speech therapy company, spells out how this virtual care works and how it can achieve outcomes better than in-person care.
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The Apraxia Kids National Conference is the only major conference on the speech, language, learning, and life needs of children with apraxia. The National Conference brings together parents, professionals, educators, and others who are seeking the most up-to-date and in-depth learning opportunities available.
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ALBERTVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – As a person with learning disabilities or the parent of a child with LD, there are several decisions to be made about life after high school. In Marshall County, two special education teachers hosted an event Tuesday night to help parents create that plan.
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The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Activity League and the California Scottish Rite Foundation are partnering to provide free speech therapy to families who can’t afford it.
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Rosanne Lysne, MS/CCC-Speech-language Pathologist, explained how SLPs’ roles have dramatically changed. SLPs were previously primarily known as speech therapists because the services they provided were focused on remediation of speech sound errors and articulation.
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