About this Episode Fluency in speech can be targeted in a number of ways. A useful analogy that many Speech Therapists utilize is one of a smooth road (to represent smooth speech), a bumpy road (to represent something resembling a stutter), and a road with a roadblock (to represent when our speech
When you begin an art project, what inspires you? “What inspired me is my surroundings. People, nature, objects, all sorts of things around me. When I see them, I start to convert them in my head to be creative and make them my own, with the existing basic ideas of my creation still
About the Episode Episode 7 of the Sing to Speech series focuses on conversational skills to use when learning something about a friend. The original song, “I Wanna Know About You,” provides important facets of social interaction in the chorus. For each verse, a key question is introduced, such as, “What’s your
Although we've been apart these past few months, our Spectrum community has continued to use the creative arts as a way to stay connected. We have been so impressed with the resilience and creativity we've seen in our students with this transition, and thought this was a perfect time to renew our popular "Student Spotlight" series! Each
Collaboration with Flower City Yoga Spectrum Creative Arts and Flower City Yoga have teamed up to provide this series of mindfulness and movement videos to further your practice of self-care. In these videos, you’ll see guided practices led by Nora Doebrich, MPS, RYT. Nora is the owner of and a yoga instructor at Flower City
About the Song In this Sing to Speech episode, we are targeting spelling and reading consonant vowel consonant (CVC) words— specifically those that contain the vowel letter, ‘A.’ The first part of this song explains the steps to reading a three letter word including the lyrics, “I see three letters, I’m going
Interview with Temeka How did you pick this song and why are you singing it? “I picked this song after we got the class’ semester theme Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame Legends. After brainstorming a bunch of different songs and artists, I thought this would be a fun song to sing.
About the Episode Episode 5 of the Sing to Speech series focuses on oral motor planning for s-blend and k/g sounds. The song used is an original composition that promotes repetition of the targeted consonant sounds within various words. These sounds can be challenging for some students, and singing or even
When we transitioned to virtual services, we chose to begin by starting with individual services only. As a team who is committed to doing excellent work, we recognized that we had a lot to learn about adapting our services to fit a virtual delivery model, and we wanted to make sure we did it right.
Statement of Unity By: Melissa Delapa In this isolated time We all need to be a bit kinder Don’t go out without a mask Keep your germs to yourself! Many pre-made plans have unraveled Apparently it’s the ordinary things that keep us sane Sanity through talking on the phone with family and
