{"id":24949,"date":"2020-07-29T14:02:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T21:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sandiego\/?p=24949"},"modified":"2020-07-31T14:10:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T21:10:32","slug":"do-you-love-your-slp-help-us-launch-amina-grace-speech-and-language-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sandiego\/do-you-love-your-slp-help-us-launch-amina-grace-speech-and-language-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Help us launch Amina Grace Speech and Language Program in San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-5a7b5fffe1c6d\" data-node=\"5a7b5fffe1c6d\">\n<div class=\"fl-row-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-col-group fl-node-5a7b5fffecba0\" data-node=\"5a7b5fffecba0\">\n<div class=\"fl-col fl-node-5a7b5fffecf2a\" data-node=\"5a7b5fffecf2a\">\n<div class=\"fl-col-content fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-58d54235801bf\" data-node=\"58d54235801bf\">\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\">\n<h3 class=\"fl-rich-text\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sandiego\/files\/2020\/07\/amina.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25001\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sandiego\/files\/2020\/07\/amina-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sandiego\/files\/2020\/07\/amina-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/sandiego\/files\/2020\/07\/amina.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"fl-rich-text\" style=\"text-align: center\">What is the Amina Grace speech and language program<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">The GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Amina Grace speech and language program provides youth, teens and adults with greatly expanded opportunities to evolve and refine their speech and language skills. Effective enunciation, clarity of speech, word order and message meaning are paramount to fostering greater self-confidence, comprehension, problem-solving, school readiness, social skills, independence, and overall quality of life.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Some of the benefits of this program are:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Increase self-confidence through positive reinforcement and various forms of appropriate supportive methods, including: verbal, visual and tactile.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Improve school and social readiness\u00a0through activities and goals geared towards preparing participants for skills required within their age-leveled school grade, thereby, increasing their chances of improving social skills of blending with classmates.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Increase independence and overall quality of life through confidence-building activities, self-help skills and a positive-reinforcing approach to therapeutic targets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Find more how the Amina Grace Speech and Language Program started<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Since its inception in the summer of 2015, the Amina Grace Speech and Language Program has serviced over 125 families through 1,250 lessons. The Amina Grace Speech and Language Program is open to participants of ALL AGES and runs in four 10-week sessions throughout the year in a 1-on-1 setting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fl-row fl-row-fixed-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-5a7b5ff4c8fa8\" data-node=\"5a7b5ff4c8fa8\">\n<div class=\"fl-row-content-wrap\">\n<div class=\"fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-col-group fl-node-5a7b5e0de30b8\" data-node=\"5a7b5e0de30b8\">\n<div class=\"fl-col fl-node-5a7b5e0de32a1 fl-col-has-cols\" data-node=\"5a7b5e0de32a1\">\n<div class=\"fl-col-content fl-node-content\">\n<div class=\"fl-rich-text\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotlight Video: Maura Cullen-Ali, Munawar Ali, and the Amina Grace Speech and Language Program\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hz8yuKKBc0I?start=4&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">See how one of our GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse San Diego families is making the most of this awesome program<\/h4>\n<p>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GiGisSanDiego\/videos\/724226091467406\/<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Gigi\u2019s San Diego Speech and Language has proved to be very positive for Matthan\u2019s progress to develop speech skills.\u00a0 For starters, the curriculum was presented in a very lively, fun, engaging, and interactive way which made it effective in keeping our 6 year-old highly engaged via Zoom.&#8221; Says Viviana C., Matthan&#8217;s mom.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Do you love your SLP? Help us make this program accesible to our families<span class=\"_5mfr\"><span class=\"_6qdm\">\ud83d\udc9b<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"_5mfr\"><span class=\"_6qdm\">\ud83d\udc99<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"_5mfr\"><span class=\"_6qdm\">\ud83d\udc4b<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We are working on launching a Fall Speech &amp; Language program and in order to open it to more students we need your help in contacting Speech and Language Pathologists!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"_5mfr\"><span class=\"_6qdm\">\ud83d\udc49<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 If you have had a wonderful experience with an SLP and think they may be interested in volunteering virtually an hour per week for 10 weeks please send their contact information to us at<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"mailto:sandiego@gigisplayhouse.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sandiego@gigispla<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">yhouse.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4 data-node=\"5a7b5e1f1f876\"><\/h4>\n<div class=\"fl-module-content fl-node-content\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>This program, like all others at GiGi\u2019s Playhouse, is provided completely FREE OF CHARGE to all of our participants and families!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\ud83d\udc9b \ud83d\udc99<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Amina Grace speech and language program The GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Amina Grace speech and language program provides youth, teens and adults with greatly expanded opportunities to evolve and refine their speech and language skills. 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