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...]
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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...]
Lil’ Chit-Chat Speech Therapy Puts Down Roots in Menifee Area
Lil’ Chit-Chat is a pediatric speech therapy clinic that was started in the South Bay area of Southern California. Our practice continues to grow and thrive in that area as we partner with families for speech and language development for their children. But since Lil’ Chit-Chat founder Sabrina Conway moved to Menifee, California a little more than a year ago and opened the clinic’s doors to children in the Menifee, Canyon Lake, Lake Elsinore, and Temecula areas for speech therapy, Lil’ Chit-Chat … [Read more...]
Lil’ Chit-Chat Featured in Local Newspaper for Speech Therapy Work in Temecula Valley
Recently, Lil’ Chit-Chat founder and speech-language pathologist Sabrina Conway was interviewed for a featured article in The Californian, which is an insert that is included with the San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper in the cities of Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Canyon Lake, and other nearby cities. The Californian covers events, local news, and other topics of interest to residents of the Temecula Valley. The article featuring Sabrina and Lil’ Chit-Chat is part of a series of articles by … [Read more...]
Private Verses Public School Speech Therapy for Canyon Lake Children
As you probably know, speech therapy is offered in all of the public schools in and around Canyon Lake. So why would you pay for private speech therapy? There are several compelling reasons you should consider. Not All Children Thrive in Group Speech Therapy Speech therapy offered in public schools is group therapy, which can bring about challenges for certain types of children. If your child is particularly shy, self-conscious, or anxious, group therapy may cause them to shut down. In the … [Read more...]
Pediatric Speech Therapy for Menifee Children that Involves the Family
The speech therapy process begins with our speech therapists, but for maximum effectiveness, it needs continual reinforcement outside of the child’s speech therapy session. Some find it to be a distraction and choose not to allow others to participate in the actual therapy sessions, but we see that has a huge missed opportunity. At Lil’ Chit-Chat, we see family involvement as vital to a child’s progress when it comes to their speech therapy goals, and we welcome families into all speech therapy … [Read more...]
Summer Speech Therapy Sessions Available for Menifee Students
Does your child receive speech therapy from their school district? Do you wish that therapy could continue through the summer months when school is not in session? Are you worried that the advances your child has made toward their speech goals during the school year will be lost if they take a few months off from therapy? Lil’ Chit-Chat in Menifee is pleased to offer special supplemental speech therapy for students during the summer months. We have found that often, if a student takes a … [Read more...]
Does My Child Need Speech Therapy?
This is probably the question that I get the most from parents. It is a tough question to answer right off the bat. Once some more information is gathered, I am in a better position to make that call. Parents of young children go back and forth with, should we wait or should we move forward with therapy. As a licensed speech language pathologist who specializes in the early intervention population, contact a local speech pathologist and have a conversation. Most professionals will give you … [Read more...]
