By Sandy Hayden, VP of Outpatient Therapy
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Wendell Foster Starts GoBabyGo! Chapter
By Cindy Huston, Technology and Resource Center Director
Facebook fundraising for Wendell Foster is easy as 1-2-3 . . . !
Did you know over a billion dollars was donated to charities last year? A lot of those donations were made through social media or peer-to-peer fundraising.
How to talk to your child about disabilities (ages 5 to 8)
By Ziba Kashef from BabyCenter.com (Last updated: April 2017)
If your child hasn't already encountered a person with a disability, it's likely he will at some point in school, where children with special needs are often in the same classroom with other kids. Be ready: Your curious grade-schooler will probably ask lots of questions.
How you respond is likely to affect the way your child thinks about disabilities and treats others as he grows up. It's also an opportunity for you to foster an attitude of inclusion and acceptance.
Wendell Foster plans Special Needs Expo
By Renee Beasley Jones Messenger-Inquirer
Wendell Foster is teaming up with the Kentucky Family to Family Health Information Center and Commonwealth Council on Developmental Disabilities to host Special Needs Expo: Building Bridges for Families.
Wendell Foster is planning 3-phase project
By Renee Beasley Jones, Messenger-Inquirer
Wendell Foster is starting a multiphase building project that will expand the nonprofit's outpatient therapy services, improve work flow for many employees and transform much of its campus.
Wendell Foster schedules Go Baby Go! workshop
By Renee Beasley Jones Messenger-Inquirer
Kids with mobility issues struggle to keep pace with peers and siblings, but the Go Baby Go program offers an out-of-the-box solution.
Summer Screen Time: Parent Fears and Tips to Help
By Francine Pierson From Leader Live By now, it’s pretty well established that just about everyone is using their smartphones, tablets and other popular technology devices a lot. And that this includes everyone from toddlers (and younger!) to adults. >>> Read more at https://blog.asha.org/2018/06/22/summer-reading-aloud/
Learn some facts about speech therapy
A person who depends on someone else for feeding puts them at a higher risk for aspiration. Speech pathologist have a Master’s or Doctorate degree, a state license and a certification of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language Hearing Association. Stuttering affects 3 million Americans We have 26 sets of muscles in use when…