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...]
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...]
Continuing Your Child’s Speech and Language Development in the Summer Months
School’s out for the summer, and for many children who get their speech therapy through their school, summertime can mean a break in their regular speech therapy schedule. Even for children in private speech therapy in Manhattan Beach or Redondo Beach, their speech therapy sessions in the summer can be more irregular, due to travel or other summer activities. During this time off, you may see a loss of momentum when it comes to your child’s progress, but this doesn’t have to be the case. … [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...]
Temecula Pediatric Speech Therapist to Offer Parent Enrichment Program
At Lil’ Chit-Chat, we often talk about the importance of involving family members and caregivers in the speech therapy process. It is so important that the most important people in child’s life, and the ones that spend the most time with him or her, are “on board” with what is happening in the speech therapy sessions. We work with great families, many of whom are asking for additional information and resources to help their children achieve their speech therapy goals. Because of this, Lil’ … [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...]
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...]
