Sunday, August 24, 2008
Sunflower Fair September 20th in La Porte
Eta Eta chapter of PIX has an annual basket raffle on the Saturday of the Sunflower Fair. Each of the ladies gathers items that fit their theme basket. This year we have eleven baskets! Each year we get more and more creative. We were able to obtain our raffle license from the state and were able to keep the fair market value of our baskets under $1000.00. Now just pray for sunshine on the day of the sale. We are also lucky enough to have one of our local banks, La Porte Savings Bank that supports us two days prior to the Sunflower Fair by having our baskets displayed in the bank. These two days of sales last year were outstanding and made our profits very nice. Right after the Saturday sales we begin to collect items for next year. We know how to watch for the after holiday sales! If any other chapter has any questions - just post a note and I will be glad to get back to you.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
My Passion for PIX and Speech Pathology
My love of my profession was a perfect fit with my now passion for PIX (Psi Iota Xi). Back in early 1970 I had completed my Graduate Degree, obtained my first Speech Pathology position in the Muncie Schools and learned about PIX. I joined PIX in 1971 and was forced to go alumnae in 1979 because of a choice to move to California with my now husband Gordon. When we returned to Indiana in 1995 I again affiliated myself with this fantastic organization in La Porte. I cannot begin to tell you how proud I am of all of the good works of not only my local chapter Eta Eta but all chapters across Indiana and our sister states of Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky. As National Editor of the fun and pleasure of maintaining our history. So you will see things on my blog that related to my profession, my passion for PIX, my family and friends.
Have you wondered what a Speech Pathologist does to help children?
Welcome to the Speech & Language Department
Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) support children with speech-language needs. We screen all incoming kindergarten students, as well as new entrants to first and second grade, and provide more in-depth evaluation as needed. While most children seem to acquire speech and language fairly easily, occasionally a child may have some difficulty communicating with others. We try to help the children whose speech or language interferes with their ability to function in a school environment. A variety of therapeutic models are utilized. Service models include individual or small group sessions, whole class lessons, consultation and curriculum modifications. The speech/language pathologist can provide treatment for a variety of communication disorders including:
Articulation - The way a child produces speech sounds. Some sound errors may have no obvious cause, such as a Lisp or distorted /r/ sound. Many times these errors are developmental in nature, and the child will simply "outgrow" them. Some sound errors may be related to physical problems such as a cleft palate or hearing loss.
Language - The content and structure of our language. Language is the code that we use to communicate ideas and express our needs and wants. It includes: semantics (knowledge of words and relationships between words), morphology (rules applying to the modification of root words, prefixes and suffixes) grammar or syntax (rules governing the way we form sentences and combine words together) and pragmatics (how we use language socially to converse, tell stories or relate events, and communicate our needs, wants and ideas to a variety of different listeners).
Auditory Processing - What we do with the sounds we hear. Auditory processing involves the ability to attend to sounds, perceive differences, recall auditory information, comprehend, think about and respond to what is heard. Children with Auditory Processing Disorders may exhibit a variety of listening and related complaints. For example, they may have difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments, following directions, and discriminating (or telling the difference between) similar-sounding speech sounds. Sometimes they may behave as if a hearing loss is present, often asking for repetition or clarification. In school, children with APD may have difficulty with spelling, reading, and understanding information presented verbally in the classroom.
Fluency - the smooth flow of speech. Stuttering affects the fluency of speech. It begins during childhood and, in some cases, lasts throughout life. The disorder is characterized by disruptions in the production of speech sounds, also called "disfluencies." Most people produce brief disfluencies from time to time. Disfluencies are not necessarily a problem; however, they can impede communication when a person produces too many of them.
Voice – The quality, pitch and intensity of voice. Voice disorders can include hypo nasality, hyper nasality, or vocal abuse resulting in hoarseness or loss of voice.
Social Skills – the ability to communicate and get along with others. Speech Pathologists in our school often help develop friendship skills by teaching such skills as appropriate eye contact, friendly listening, conflict resolution etc.Phonemic Awareness - the ability to hear and manipulate the sounds in our language. Important skills include the ability to count, blend and segment sounds in syllables and words.
Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) support children with speech-language needs. We screen all incoming kindergarten students, as well as new entrants to first and second grade, and provide more in-depth evaluation as needed. While most children seem to acquire speech and language fairly easily, occasionally a child may have some difficulty communicating with others. We try to help the children whose speech or language interferes with their ability to function in a school environment. A variety of therapeutic models are utilized. Service models include individual or small group sessions, whole class lessons, consultation and curriculum modifications. The speech/language pathologist can provide treatment for a variety of communication disorders including:
Articulation - The way a child produces speech sounds. Some sound errors may have no obvious cause, such as a Lisp or distorted /r/ sound. Many times these errors are developmental in nature, and the child will simply "outgrow" them. Some sound errors may be related to physical problems such as a cleft palate or hearing loss.
Language - The content and structure of our language. Language is the code that we use to communicate ideas and express our needs and wants. It includes: semantics (knowledge of words and relationships between words), morphology (rules applying to the modification of root words, prefixes and suffixes) grammar or syntax (rules governing the way we form sentences and combine words together) and pragmatics (how we use language socially to converse, tell stories or relate events, and communicate our needs, wants and ideas to a variety of different listeners).
Auditory Processing - What we do with the sounds we hear. Auditory processing involves the ability to attend to sounds, perceive differences, recall auditory information, comprehend, think about and respond to what is heard. Children with Auditory Processing Disorders may exhibit a variety of listening and related complaints. For example, they may have difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments, following directions, and discriminating (or telling the difference between) similar-sounding speech sounds. Sometimes they may behave as if a hearing loss is present, often asking for repetition or clarification. In school, children with APD may have difficulty with spelling, reading, and understanding information presented verbally in the classroom.
Fluency - the smooth flow of speech. Stuttering affects the fluency of speech. It begins during childhood and, in some cases, lasts throughout life. The disorder is characterized by disruptions in the production of speech sounds, also called "disfluencies." Most people produce brief disfluencies from time to time. Disfluencies are not necessarily a problem; however, they can impede communication when a person produces too many of them.
Voice – The quality, pitch and intensity of voice. Voice disorders can include hypo nasality, hyper nasality, or vocal abuse resulting in hoarseness or loss of voice.
Social Skills – the ability to communicate and get along with others. Speech Pathologists in our school often help develop friendship skills by teaching such skills as appropriate eye contact, friendly listening, conflict resolution etc.Phonemic Awareness - the ability to hear and manipulate the sounds in our language. Important skills include the ability to count, blend and segment sounds in syllables and words.
As a Speech Pathologist I will post helpful information for parents.
Talking Tips To Help Your Child To Speak Clearly
Use your best listening skills! Really try to focus on what the child is telling you, not how it is said. It is ok to ignore the mistakes. To improve, your child needs practice! Thus, frequently correcting, teasing, laughing, may cause your child to speak less. It is important to keep your child confidant about his or her speaking skills.
Use your best speech (when talking with your child). Repeat your child's message correctly when they do make errors. (i.e. "wewe de gag" - "where's the dog? - he's outside"). Children learn by listening. They don't need to repeat it directly after you. Just provide a good model for them to hear and imitate. Speak slowly.
Your child may not say all sounds correctly at first, and that is okay! It can take up to 8 years for all children to speak correctly in a typically developing child. Thus, some errors are to be expected. See the developmental norms for speech development.
Let your child know when you don't understand them, don't just "pretend" to understand. Ask them to show you what they mean, or tell you again. Admit that you don't understand. If you understand part of it, let your child know. ("Oh, your talking about the dog", "what about him?")
Monitor for ear infections, and have them treated immediately. When a child gets an ear infection, they may get a temporary, partial hearing loss. This will cause them to not hear all sounds around them, and in speech, which is critical for good speech development (you have to hear it correctly to imitate it.)
Thus, if your child has an ear infection, speak clearly, in short and simple sentences. Make sure they are looking at you when you are speaking, and minimize background noise (such as TV or radio).
Speech Delay.com
Please contact your child’s speech teacher if you have questions.
Use your best listening skills! Really try to focus on what the child is telling you, not how it is said. It is ok to ignore the mistakes. To improve, your child needs practice! Thus, frequently correcting, teasing, laughing, may cause your child to speak less. It is important to keep your child confidant about his or her speaking skills.
Use your best speech (when talking with your child). Repeat your child's message correctly when they do make errors. (i.e. "wewe de gag" - "where's the dog? - he's outside"). Children learn by listening. They don't need to repeat it directly after you. Just provide a good model for them to hear and imitate. Speak slowly.
Your child may not say all sounds correctly at first, and that is okay! It can take up to 8 years for all children to speak correctly in a typically developing child. Thus, some errors are to be expected. See the developmental norms for speech development.
Let your child know when you don't understand them, don't just "pretend" to understand. Ask them to show you what they mean, or tell you again. Admit that you don't understand. If you understand part of it, let your child know. ("Oh, your talking about the dog", "what about him?")
Monitor for ear infections, and have them treated immediately. When a child gets an ear infection, they may get a temporary, partial hearing loss. This will cause them to not hear all sounds around them, and in speech, which is critical for good speech development (you have to hear it correctly to imitate it.)
Thus, if your child has an ear infection, speak clearly, in short and simple sentences. Make sure they are looking at you when you are speaking, and minimize background noise (such as TV or radio).
Speech Delay.com
Please contact your child’s speech teacher if you have questions.
Well I am getting the "hang"!
Well it looks like I have learned how to post pictures after a few "errors" - but what fun this is!
Well Technology Has us All Scrambling!
I never thought I would be a part of this larger than life technology craze! However, here I am hoping I can build a blog site that will be appealing to all that happen to stop by. My blog will be devoted to family, Psi Iota Xi and friends. Well, back to the drawing board learning what I need to learn. May ask for some help from those more sophisticated with these "works of art"!
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