Pediatricians, for one reason or another, often advise concerned parents to “wait and see” if a young child’s speech and language development will catch up to the typical milestones on its own. Many don’t see any harm in waiting to seek the advice and help of a Hermosa Beach speech therapist. They likely think that things will work themselves out on their own, or that the child can start speech therapy later, if it’s truly needed. A “wait and see” approach may be fine for other aspects of … [Read more...]
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3 Ways Parents Can Help Their Children Become Better Communicators
As a South Bay speech therapist, I often get asked by parents in Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach what they can do at home to encourage their children to become better communicators. I love this question! It shows that a parent is willing to put in the necessary effort to help their child improve their speech and language capabilities, and not just depend on their speech therapy sessions to “fix the problem.” A speech therapist might only see a child for an hour every week. … [Read more...]
Lil’ Chit-Chat Launches Online Speech Therapy for Schools
A couple of months ago, we wrote in our blog about telepractice, or online speech therapy, and how we are using it to benefit our private speech therapy clients. Well, we have decided to expand our telepractice to include children who get their speech therapy at school, to help ensure that every child gets the speech therapy they need. Why Do Schools Need Speech Therapists? The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) require that public … [Read more...]
Manhattan Beach Speech Therapist Receives Glowing Testimonial from Parent
Working in pediatric speech therapy can be incredibly rewarding. We get to know some amazing children and families, and we are able to see incredible progress in many of our young clients’ speech and language skills during our time with them. Recently, we received a glowing testimonial from the parent of one of those clients. This client, who we’ll call “Jackson”, started speech therapy with Lil’ Chit-Chat therapist Sabrina when he was two years old. Because of his age, Sabrina provided … [Read more...]
Telepractice: Remote Speech Therapy Using Technology
The practice of speech therapy is constantly changing and evolving, as new studies come out and as different theories and techniques show positive results. Another way speech therapy is changing is through the use of technology. Speech therapy clients no longer need to come into a South Bay office or have a speech therapist come to their home or school to receive quality care. Online speech therapy services have proven to be very effective with many different kinds of clients, and are a great … [Read more...]
Lil’ Chit-Chat Owner and Speech Therapist Sabrina Conway Receives Well-Deserved Recognition
As a small speech therapy clinic servicing the South Bay areas of Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach, as well as the Menifee area of the Inland Empire, we are always working hard to connect with families that could benefit from our services. We know our speech therapy clinic has something unique to offer our clients—quality, personalized, in-home speech therapy—but it can be difficult to communicate it outside of our own network. That’s why we are so grateful when outside organizations publicly … [Read more...]
Should You Start or Continue Speech Therapy During the Holidays?
The holidays are fast approaching and we know it’s a busy time for everyone. Between family events, your children’s school events, holiday shopping, and everything else going on, you may be tempted to put a pause on your child’s speech therapy sessions. At Lil’ Chit-Chat, we’re here to encourage you to not take a break from speech therapy during this time. If you’re like most of our pediatric speech therapy clients in Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, and Torrance, your child likely just began … [Read more...]
Supplemental Speech Therapy for Manhattan Beach Students
It’s mid-fall. Your kids have likely been back in school for more than a month now. They are establishing routines and getting used to their new teachers, classmates, and schedules. Often times, our speech therapy clinic receives new clients shortly after the new school year begins. Frequently, a child’s new teacher will notice that a student isn’t where he or she should be with regard to speech and language development, and suggest to parents that they should consider speech therapy for … [Read more...]
Lil’ Chit-Chat Supports Charities Impacting Children with Special Needs
As a pediatric speech therapy clinic serving Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach, we see children every day with a variety of different needs. For some, their speech and language delays are just one part of a larger medical issue. Because of this, Lil’ Chit-Chat has chosen to support two charities that are making a difference in the lives of children and families locally and around the world. March of Dimes March of Dimes is an amazing organization that has been around for many years (since 1938 … [Read more...]
We’re Growing! Lil’ Chit-Chat is Hiring Speech Therapists and Speech Therapy Assistants to Work in Temecula Valley Area
Lil’ Chit-Chit is growing once again! With our increased number of pediatric speech therapy clients in the Temecula Valley area, we are looking to expand our staff and hire additional Speech Language Pathologists and Speech Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs). SLPAs will work under the direct supervision of Lil’ Chit-Chat founder and licensed Speech Language Pathologist Sabrina Conway. We have both part-time and full-time positions available, and we hope to have them filled by the end of the … [Read more...]