Speech & Language Therapy Associates, Inc.

A free kids art festival coming in fair oaks on Saturday, April 30 from 10-3 at Village Park. Get more information at http://fairoakspark.org/events/spring/kids-art-festival/

Do you wonder why kids repeat their parents? Have you heard of echolalia and wonder how typical it is? Surprisingly it is a natural part of language development. Read more about it from Jessica Almond, B.S. SLTA, our Speech intern at http://www.sltainc.com/blog.html

Yoga..making your brain work better. Emily Smith, M.S., CCC-SLP writes about the evidence based practice of Super Brain Yoga which helps those with learning disabilities and autism in the area of aggression, ability to follow directions, concentration, memory, and test scores. Read more on our blog at http://www.sltainc.com/blog.html.

Also...GOOD NEWS!!! SLTA Inc, is offering a six-week training on the Nurtured Heart Approach. To find out more about our training (provided by our very own Mary Jane Mercer, CCC-SLP) including childcare, and an overlapping 12- week social group, visit our website at www.sltainc.com. To find out more about the Nurtured Heart Approach, visit their website at www.ChildrensSuccessFoundation.com.

A reminder...We are offering free assessments with our intern, Jessica Almond for early intervetion (birth the three years) through adulthood. Look at our websit to see the areas of assessment. www.sltainc.com. Contact Maria if you are interested 916.536.1100.

A new blog written by Sara Herrick, A.S., COTA/L regarding Children's Media Diet-How Much is Too Much? Check it out at www.sltainc.com

PJ Party Christmas Eve Thursday, December 24 - 10 am to 1:30 pm Celebrate Christmas Eve at the Zoo, and you don't have to change out of your pajamas! That's right, admission is free and we will be in our best pjs. Join us! Zoo closes early at 1:30 p http://www.saczoo.org/page.aspx?pid=400

We will be offering free speech evaluations starting in January of 2016, from our speech and language pathologist intern, Jessica Almond. If you are interested, please call Maria at the front desk (916.536.1100) to schedule. If you have questions, you can call the office, or talk to one of your therapists.

We have finished our first Social Skills Band and we have two new start dates!! This Friday, October 13th and November 13th. Contact Maria if you are interested!! 916 536-1100

Have you ever wondered if there was more than just a good time when kids play with music? Eunice Lee, M.M., MT-BC, NMT has shared many benefits of playing the drums in her most recent blog entitled Drumming and Early Childhood Development, you can read more on the website at www.sltainc.com

Welcome back from summer!! I hope everyone is settling in and back on schedule. This summer has been an active one for us here at SLTA, Inc. Read about it as Kristine Origone, B.S., SLPA shares all about it on this morning's blog at www.sltainc.com

Erin McCune Domingo, A.S., SLPA has written a new blog called "Receptive Language Pitfalls" regarding a child's receptive language verses their perceived receptive language. What are they looking like they are understanding vs. what are they really understanding and why would it be different. You can read more on the blog at www.sltainc.com.

Adriana McManus, CMT, IMT, C wrote a blog called "Demystifying Low Back Pain". Read it on the blog at www.SLTAinc.com