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Tired of the heat?

Need a change in environment? Want to learn something new? Try visiting one of our great state’s many museums. Chicago museums offer free days throughout the year. You can check the schedule on this website: http://museumfreedays.com/ Click on Chicago on the left and scroll down to the bottom to click on “Calendar” for an easy-to-read overview. Many free days are offered in the fall as visitation decreases at this time of year. The Chicago Public Libraries offer museum passes for free; however, the most popular museums are often hard to get. You can call various libraries to ask what they have “in stock” but they will not reserve them so you have to pick it up right away if you […]

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The Picnic is Back On!

Come One, Come All!  The date for our (rescheduled) Wee Speech Annual Picnic in the Woods has been set!  Please join us on Thursday, June 28th from 6:30-8pm at Linne Woods Grove #1 (Dempster & Lehigh) in Morton Grove for a picnic dinner and Natures Creatures Animal Show.  We will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and beverages (kosher Romanian meats/grill will be available as well).   Please bring a salad or dessert to share. Thank you to all of the families who RSVP’d to our rained out date last month.  We are hoping for warm, beautiful weather on the 28th and that even more families will be able to join in the fun on this date!

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May is Better Speech and Hearing Month

by Katharine Elsbree M.S., CCC/SLP With May flowers comes a special time of year for speech-language pathologists…Better Hearing and Speech Month.  This annual event provides our profession opportunities to raise awareness about communication disorders and to promote treatment that can improve the quality of life for those who experience problems with speaking, understanding, or hearing. When I tell people that I am a speech-language pathologist, I get many similar questions and responses like, how is that different than a speech therapist, or a speech teacher?  So you work with speech? And, my personal favorite…”Ooooh.  So what are you doing this weekend?” In reality, unless people received speech therapy themselves or know someone that has, they probably don’t know exactly what […]

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      by Katharine Elsbree M.S., CCC/SLP Autism.  It’s in the news.  I would venture to say most people outside of the “therapy world” have heard news stories, read headlines, or personally know of a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).  A wealth of information on funding, fundraising, research, diagnosis and treatment litters the web.  The most amazing part of this is the publicity that this disorder has received in the last ten years alone.  This is the people’s response to the disorder’s prevalence reaching 1 in 88 children (1 in 54 boys) and growing still. We are here to help.  Children with a diagnosis of ASD often receive speech-language, occupational, and/or physical therapies as part of an intensive […]

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Summer Scheduling Begins!

  The birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing, the flowers are growing…spring will quickly turn into summer (we hope!).  Is your summer schedule filling up?  What activities do you have planned for your children…learning at day camp, visiting one of our many local parks, splashing at the pool, or building sand castles at the beach?  Will your family be taking any vacations this summer?  Please let your therapist know of any changes that will affect your normal therapy time(s). Here at Wee Speech we have already begun preparing our summer schedules (not as much fun as the beach!) and would like to try to accommodate your family’s needs.  We are also offering three types of group therapy…would your child […]

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