PediaSpeech Blog
News, announcements, and feature articles of interest to our PediaSpeech families
Therapy & Equipment Scholarship!
Kiddos’ Clubhouse Foundation provides scholarships up to $2500 to help children with special needs receive critical therapeutic services or equipment.Kiddos’ Clubhouse Foundation believes that all children deserve the opportunity to grow into healthy, productive adults.To learn more and to submit an application, go to www.kiddosclubhousefoundation.orgor call 678-527-3224.*The Foundation will directly pay the clinic, licensed therapist,…
Read MoreStaff – Carly Morris
Carly Morris, MA, CCC–SLP Received her Bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorder from the Pennsylvania State University, followed by Master of Arts in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign. While in graduate school, Carly received a training scholarship to research and explore relationships between parents and children, with emphasis on…
Read MorePre-Phonemic Awareness Activity
Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. A great phonological awareness activity is rhyming! Help your child fill-in some new rhymes. Since you are focusing on sound and not meaning, nonsense is fine. Have fun! A tree with a …bee. A cat with a …bat. A…
Read MoreRecommendation
1-2-3 Magic – Easy-To-Learn Parenting Solutions That WorkFrom Dr. Thomas Phelan “1-2-3 Magic” offers parents simple and effective discipline methods for children ages 2-12. A proven bestseller, the kit addresses the difficult task of child discipline with humor, keen insight and proven experience. Find it here.
Read More“My son is 6 ½ and has a language and sensory based disorder, as well as a reading and an extreme feeding disorder. Over the years, we have tried literally “herds” of therapists—with very little progress. We found PediaSpeech about 10 months ago. In that time, my son has made amazing progress with his speech/communication…
Read MoreFeeding Disorders
The term “feeding disorder” refers to a condition in which an infant or child is unable or refuses to eat, or has difficulty eating, which can result in frequent illnesses, failure to grow normally, and even death. Feeding disorders should not be confused with eating disorders, such as anorexia, which are more common in adolescence…
Read MoreMeet our staff!
Jennifer McCullough Jennifer received her Bachelor’s degree in Child Psychology at The University of Western Ontario, followed by a Master’s of Science in Communication Disorders from Massachusetts Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA. Jennifer has over 15 years of experience as a pediatric speech and feeding specialist. Prior to starting PediaSpeech, Jennifer worked as a…
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