{"id":19616,"date":"2020-08-29T10:46:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T14:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/?p=19616"},"modified":"2020-08-29T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T15:01:14","slug":"volunteer-spotlight-ruby-speech-language-pathologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/2020\/08\/29\/volunteer-spotlight-ruby-speech-language-pathologist\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Spotlight: Ruby &#8211; Speech Language Pathologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19615\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/files\/2020\/08\/Ruby-Braxton.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19615\" class=\"wp-image-19615 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/files\/2020\/08\/Ruby-Braxton-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/files\/2020\/08\/Ruby-Braxton-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/files\/2020\/08\/Ruby-Braxton-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/files\/2020\/08\/Ruby-Braxton.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruby and her sidekick Loki<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ruby has been volunteering in the\u00a0LMNOP Program\u00a0since GiGi\u2019s\u00a0opened in 2018. She\u00a0graduated from UW Madison with her\u00a0MS in speech language pathology and currently works as an SLP in the assistive technology clinic at HSC Pediatric Center in Lanham focusing on augmentative and alternative communication. One of her\u00a0first patients as graduate student was a little boy with Down syndrome learning to use a communication device, which had a huge impact on what she\u2019s\u00a0chosen to specialize in as an SLP.<\/p>\n<p>Ruby learned about GiGi\u2019s after volunteering for the Miss Amazing pageant in Illinois, and loved being able to work with a variety of individuals on life skills, playing with the little ones, and helping to lead groups as she\u00a0began her\u00a0career. She\u00a0was excited to see that a GiGi\u2019s was opening in Maryland when moving to the area\u00a0a few years ago, so that she\u00a0could continue volunteering with such\u00a0an amazing organization.<\/p>\n<p>Language Music N&#8217; Our Peeps (LMNOP) is an interactive and engaging program designed to guide parents and young children through learning basic sign language and other forms of communication while using music and language-based activities. Recommended for ages birth to 36 months. Visit our calendar for program dates, times and to RSVP for the virtual program link.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your wonderful spirit and support Ruby! See\u00a0you in LMNOP this Fall!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruby has been volunteering in the\u00a0LMNOP Program\u00a0since GiGi\u2019s\u00a0opened in 2018. She\u00a0graduated from UW Madison with her\u00a0MS in speech language pathology and currently works as an SLP in the assistive technology clinic at HSC Pediatric Center in Lanham focusing on augmentative and alternative communication. One of her\u00a0first patients as graduate student was a little boy with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":19615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}