Bright Star Speech and Language Services

Happy Saturday! What a beautiful morning in the clinic today. Such a great start to a fun weekend. Anybody have any fun plans?! The OC Fair is still going or even the Vans US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach! Great place to take the kids and enjoy tons of different activities!

Speech-Language Pathologists also work on social skills with people on the Autism Spectrum. It is important to know that people on the Autism Spectrum, and othe...rs with less obvious communication impairments, do not always understand or follow directions (receptive language), may make unsafe decisions (memory and cognition), may shy away from other people or say and do socially odd things (pragmatic language), and may have trouble explaining themselves or what they have seen (expressive language). Some communication impairments are obvious and others are much more subtle. These issues affect people in different ways, with some needing the support of group homes and caretakers and others leading fully independent lives working as educators, doctors, and CEOs. Be aware that communication difficulties can occur with members of any community and be cognizant of this when interacting with people from all walks of life. (This therapist was shot while caring for a patient with Autism).

Clinical Director Fun Fact of the Day!: Luisa Acosta MA CCC is not only ASHA certified with her Master's in Speech-Language Pathology from Cal State Fullerton, but she also received her degree in Speech Pathology from the prestigious university: El Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario in Bogota, Colombia, at the tender age of 21! She began her practice as a professor for radio personalities in her hometown of Bogota, Colombia.

Calling our Bright Star clients! We'd love to hear some feedback from you. As always its a pleasure to serve you each week and to see your beautiful faces in our clinic. Tell us how your experience at Bright Star has been!

I think our Bright Star SLPs can relate! One does not simply "major" in speech pathology, one lives, breathes, and devotes their life to the study of speech pathology. Always learning, always researching!

Thanksgiving is closely approaching! Brightstar would like to wish our families a Happy Thanksgiving and advise that the clinic will be closed on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th.

We will be open tomorrow for those important and vital speech and language services for your kids. Happy Veteran's Day!

This is an important skill that we want our kids to have. Read below the importance of pointing.

I love this blog Playing with Words. She has some great info about the precursors to language such as joint attention/eye contact, pointing, etc. Here is what she says: If you have a child with a speech and language delay, you want so much for your child to TALK. Of course you do! You want your child to talk just like the other children his age and the fact he isn’t makes your heart ache. And you will do anything you can to help him. But with a child with a speech delay, part...icularly with toddlers, the first step to getting your child to talk, often times has nothing to do with speech. Rather, we will want to first look at how your child IS communicating with you, and then expand and mold that communication into speech. Some information on communication beyond speech... http://www.playingwithwords365.com//02/what-is-communicat/

Talking Tip to parents: Always talk to you kids while you are in the car or cooking. Modeling language is just as important as eliciting language. For example, I am cooking, I like balloons, Let's play, etc. Talk, have fun, and play with your kids. Playing is also important to fostering language.

Happy President's day. We are open today so your child can receive those important therapy services.