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Opti-Speech: a Game-Changer in Speech Therapy

Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center Parent Tip of the Week
Ages & Stages Parenting Special Needs
When you or your child have been working forever on a speech sound like "r" or "s" and the progress isn't happening, the results can be disappointing. Luckily, there are new technologies that give users the chance to "see" their tongue moving in real-time, offering proven assistance for improving lingering speech errors. ...
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6 Tips to Curb Back-to-School Jitters

Ages & Stages Education Featured Parenting

As summer slips by and back-to-school ads bombard in full force, anxiety tends to sneak up on students and families as they wonder – and worry – about what lies

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How to Make Transitions From Summer to School a Breeze

Ages & Stages Education Parenting

It’s that time of year. Time to put away the sunscreen and take out the backpacks. Time to shift gears from the lazy days of summer, to all the wonder

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Mentor Man Rides Across the Country to Support Local Organizations

Worth Noting
Mentor resident Josh Rosen recently biked across the country — a 38-day adventure that included 65,295 feet of climbing, 158,172 calories burned, and a total of 252 hours on the bike — to raise money for Leadership Lake County and Leadership Geauga Junior Leadership programs. ...
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Coping with Bathroom Anxiety and Other Back-to-School Health Issues

Education Health Parenting

We’ve encountered and survived many back-to-school health issues in my over 50 years as a pediatrician, 52 years as a parent of eight children, and now 15 grandchildren. Now, I’m

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5 Tips to Prepare Your Child to Head Back to School

Education Parenting

Summer is flying by and pretty soon school will be back in session. Is your child ready to get back into the daily scholastic routine? read more

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My Child Isn’t Talking Yet — What Now?

Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center Parent Tip of the Week
Ages & Stages Special Needs
Since speech-language problems can impact social and academic abilities, early detection and intervention are critical. Early intervention can help prevent difficulties with reading, writing and interpersonal communication. Children are evaluated as young as 12-18 months of age, and treatment begins with the abilities your child has and then builds on those. ...
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Preschooler Screen Time Linked to Attention Problems

Ages & Stages Parenting Technology
Researchers in a recent study found that by age 5, children who spent two hours or more per day looking at screens were 7.7 times more likely to meet criteria for a diagnosis of ADHD than children who watched screens for 30 minutes or less each day. ...
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5 Things to Expect During a Child’s Speech Evaluation

Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center Parent Tip of the Week
Ages & Stages Parenting
If you are having difficulty understanding your child, you might want to consider a speech-language evaluation, which is a normal step to pursue when parents or caregivers suspect difficulty with communication. Ask your pediatrician for a referral to a speech-language pathologist, a professional who diagnoses speech and language difficulties. ...
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Sensory-Enriched Activities and Outings for Summer

Ages & Stages Special Needs Things to do
Sensory integration, or the way in which the mind communicates with the senses, begins developing before birth and shapes the way a person interacts with the environment. Parents can help their kids’ neurological growth, as well as appeal to their sensory inclinations, by exposing them to summer sensory activities. ...
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