Program Description:
At the Gebbie Speech, Language & Hearing
Clinic, we are committed to the development
of emergent literacy skills that support a child’s
ability to learn to read. Our 5-week Phonological
Awareness Camp for Kids (P.A.C.K), offered by
the Gebbie Speech, Language & Hearing Clinic
at Syracuse University, will help children learn
important early literacy skills.
Facilitated by graduate students under the
direction of Megan Leece, a certified and
licensed speech-language pathologist, camp will
meet once a week to focus on emergent literacy
skills. Children who attend camp will practice
phonological awareness skills which are key to
developing successful reading skills. Children
will participate in listening and rhyming games,
vocabulary activities, songs, crafts, and story
time in a fun, engaging, small group setting.
Each week will focus on a different theme. A
newsletter including extension activities will
be sent home with your child after each camp
session.

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The Learning Disabilities Association of Central New York is busy
preparing for this summer’s programs for students. Summer Adventures
in Learning (SAIL) is an academic summer program for students ages
6-13. SAIL (targets regression, keeping kids engaged in learning
through the summer so they can start strong in the fall. The LDACNY
team has put together a video showcasing this program; the video
includes candid testimony from several of SAIL’s students. We are
sure SAIL will be just as much fun this summer as it was last year.

Get more information by clicking here.

Exceptional Family Resources has released a Summer Camp guide for 2013.  Please click here for more information.

It was 50 years ago this month that the movement to help students with
learning disabilities began. Click below and read about what
happened. This article was written for the Washington Post by Jim
Baucom. He has been teaching for more than a quarter of a century at
Landmark College Putney, Vermont.  Click here to read more!

A child with sensory issues, such as sensory processing disorder, needs sensory activities throughout his/her day that will calm, alert and arouse him/her as needed, thus leading to a more focused, productive and stress-free environment. These activities should be chosen with the child’s interests in mind and should be regularly scheduled for optimal stability. Carried out at home, the activities will create a sensory diet, a family-centered form of sensory integration. As the primary caregiver, you will play a key role in the development and enactment of the sensory diet. Though your child’s occupational and physical therapists will also play an important part—particularly in the formation of the
sensory diet—you should understand the basis of a sensory diet and how varying activities can help your child.

Click Here to view a handout developed by occupational therapists for helping families learn  more about a sensory diet!

This Autism Diagnosis Patient Handout for parents and caregivers outlines the new definition of and diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder in the DSM-V.

The Walk for Children with Apraxia of Speech helps to raise awareness about apraxia and how it affects children and funding for important apraxia programs and research. All proceeds benefit the programs and research of the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA), the only national public charity dedicated exclusively to children with apraxia and their families.

When you register to walk by Sunday, September 1st you will receive an official 2013 Walk for Children with Apraxia t-shirt in your size on Walk day and you also receive your very own Personal Walk webpage to help you raise awareness and donations!  Below are the details of the Walk:

Date: Saturday, September 28, 2013

Time: On-site Check-in and Registration begins at 10:30 AM; Walk begins at 11:00 AM

Location:  Volney Park, 1445 County Route 6, Fulton, NY 13069

Visit the Chatty Maddy’s Walk Webpage to register- help unlock their voices and open up the future for children with apraxia!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW!

Thank you for your support!!

CASANA (The Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America)

In the second installment of Autism Talk TV’s social skills series filmed at the UCLA PEERS center, Alex learns how to approach a group, find something common to talk about, and be accepted into a group. Hopefully this will show you guys how social skills are actually very easy once you know the language.

Making friends can seem hard but these tips will help you succeed. There are a lot of variations in body language that you can easily learn in order to join conversations. Dr. Liz Laugeson, the director of PEERS, walks Alex through these various topics in an easy to follow step-by-step tutorial.

Click here to read more.

In episode 24 of Autism Talk TV, Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson of UCLA’s PEERS program gives alex tips on how to stop teasing. Unlike what you might have been told, just walking away is not the best way to diffuse teasing or a put-dow. In fact, sometimes walking away without saying anything can make things worse!

While it’s never OK to be bullied, there’s a difference between playful joking between friends and mean-spirited teasing. In either situation, the best thing to do is to discount what is being said by giving a sarcastic response such as “whatever.” Tone is important in these situations. Please watch the video so you can understand how to implement these helpful social tools!

Also, after the episode, we have a very special interview from New York City that includes a sneak peek of John Elder Robison’s new book, Raising Cubby! Check it out!

Click here to read more

Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Long Branch Park.

Click here for more information or to register!