Virtual Tutoring Success

By acobb | December 27, 2022 |

One of COVID’s silver linings was the introduction of virtual tutoring. Our national office continues to offer many programs virtually via the GiGi’s At Home platform and there are plans…

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Jack Out of the Box

By acobb | July 5, 2022 |

Jack’s speech sessions took a jump out of the box by trying an alternative/augmentative communication (AAC) system with a participant whom many did not think was ready. AAC is not…

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Bubbles & Bananas!

By acobb | April 26, 2022 |

BUBBLES Leah had a best of all moment when we were working on oral motor exercises.  Oral motor skills are hard, but bubbles are amazing.  The ability to purse your…

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Don’t answer the question! What?

By acobb | April 19, 2022 |

Don’t answer the question! What? In speech sessions I frequently have participants repeat after me so I can model correct pronunciation and/or sentence structure. When doing this teaching technique with…

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Shark Teeth

By acobb | April 12, 2022 |

SHARK TEETH In working with Leah during a recent Speech and Language session, a major breakthrough happened when we called her smile, “shark teeth”.  This was while working in a…

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Personal Blog, star date 3.21

By acobb | April 5, 2022 |

Personal Blog, star date 3.21 Ok, so only Star Trekkies will get that, but this is a personal BLOG.  As you all may know, while I have been the contracted…

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“It was refreshing!”

By acobb | February 8, 2022 |

A new math one-on-one tutor has been very excited and nervous about working with his first participant. Knowing she was only 3 was also exciting and nerve-racking. After watching all…

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Giggles are the Best of All

By acobb | February 4, 2022 |

Last Friday night, we had a virtual Teen Tastic and Fantastic Friends program as the COVID numbers kept us out of the playhouse. We had a blast! Valentine card-making kits…

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