{"id":139042,"date":"2020-11-22T18:06:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T00:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/?p=139042"},"modified":"2020-11-23T15:02:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T21:02:43","slug":"free-speech-language-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/free-programs\/free-speech-language-program","title":{"rendered":"GiGi’s Amina Grace Speech & Language at Home!"},"content":{"rendered":"

GiGi’s Playhouse Hoffman Estates to proud to serve our families with the FREE 1:1 Amina Grace Speech & Language Program<\/a>. Yes even during this season where we need to be home, GiGi’s is coming to participants right where they are<\/a>!\u00a0 We are seeing big impacts in the lives of our or hard-working participants and are excited to share one story with you today.<\/p>\n

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\"DownKrista has been working hard during virtual speech sessions this fall.\u00a0 She consistently displays a positive attitude and is persistent in completing the drill work that is required to improve her speech clarity<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Many individuals with Down syndrome<\/a> have difficulty with the strength, timing, and coordination of muscle movements for speech due to hypotonia (low <\/span><\/span>muscle<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tone<\/span><\/span>).<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 Fortunately, Krista has been hard at work with Dr. Jay at GiGi\u2019s. \u00a0Sessions begin with talking about what Krista has done during her day prior to speech.\u00a0 She often shares that she has spent time outside<\/span><\/span> or watching a movie.\u00a0 Krista also likes to watch wrestling on TV.\u00a0 She always shares that she had a ham sandwich for lunch.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Krista\u00a0<\/span><\/span>works <\/span><\/span>on<\/span><\/span>\u00a0saying all the sounds in the words that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>she<\/span><\/span> uses.\u00a0 She is also working specifically on the \/s\/ sound.\u00a0 Krista never gives up during sessions. She keeps working on a word or short phrase as she is given feedback on how to improve her speech.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sometimes her sister is with her during 1:1 speech, this is a big help and GiGi’s always hopes to empower family and caregivers to support a participants #BestofAll.\u00a0 Krista proudly uses the words we are working on and then gives her sister a \u201chigh five\u201d.\u00a0 Improving speech clarity and the ability to answer questions will help Krista become more independent.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Working with Doctor Jay has been the most impactful part of Krista’s work at GiGi’s. Since she started working with her, Krista has been trying hard <\/span><\/span>every day<\/span><\/span> to form full sentences, enhance the sounds in each word she says and is excited to engage in conversation with her family. We are beyond grateful for the positive changes we have seen in Krista since she has been meeting with Dr. Jay.” ~ Margaret Daughtery<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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We invite you to learn more about how you can get involved on our website HERE<\/a>.<\/h3>\n

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GiGi’s Playhouse Hoffman Estates to proud to serve our families with the FREE 1:1 Amina Grace Speech & Language Program. Yes even during this season where we need to be home, GiGi’s is coming to participants right where they are!\u00a0 We are seeing big impacts in the lives of our or hard-working participants and are…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1526],"tags":[52,1528,33,30,22,62,1522,1527,64],"class_list":["post-139042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-free-programs","tag-gigisbelieves","tag-achievement","tag-best-of-all","tag-chicago","tag-down-syndrome","tag-hoffman-estates","tag-special-education","tag-speech-and-language","tag-tutoring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}