Speech with Sara LLC

11/05/2025

We are always writing in sessions & here is the reason for it! Thank you for this great graphic and information --Rocky Mountain Branch. Writing engages & reinforces brain function (i.e. executive function skills). Paper & pencil, paper & pencil, paper & pencil--please!

✍️ Handwriting is not outdated — it’s neuroscience in action.

✴️ Writing by hand is a full-body brain workout. It activates thinking, sensing, moving, and remembering — all at once. Each stroke engages fine motor control, sensory awareness, focused attention, and memory.

Typing is faster, but handwriting builds deeper neural connections and makes learning more lasting. It slows you down — in the best possible way — so your brain can truly absorb, not just record.

✍️ The Neuroscience Behind Writing: Handwriting vs. Typing — Who Wins the Battle? https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11943480/pdf/life-15-00345.pdf

✳️ The Power of Handwriting: Improved Reading, Thinking, Memory and Learning (Writing by hand engages multiple senses at once and strengthens cognitive abilities.)
https://www.the74million.org/article/the-power-of-handwriting-improved-reading-thinking-memory-and-learning/

10/31/2025

Bubbles, Play-doh & Letter Crayons, oh my! This was my 8th Village Halloween & I love it every year. Happy Halloween to all the little goblins, vampires, princesses, monsters, minions, skeletons, etc. 🎃👻💀

10/28/2025

What a great message from an MLB player—thank you George Springer, for sharing yourself to support and help others, especially children who stutter!

TORONTO -- George Springer is many things, a list that just grew again with his Game 7 heroics in the ALCS. He’s a World Series champion, a World Series MVP, a four-time All-Star and now the author of one of the greatest moments in Blue Jays history, his three-run home

06/27/2025

EARLIER is ALWAYS better when it involves concerns about reading, speech and language. It's the idea of being proactive rather than reactive. Sadly, when parents are told some of the things listed in this graphic and delay help/support, the child flounders and eventually starts believing they cannot read. It results in children feeling badly about themselves and makes every bit of school miserable.

The wait-to-fail model failed the kids. The wait-to-train was bad for the teachers brain too.

See Wrightslaw, Learning Disabilities Association of America, The Reading League, International Dyslexia Association, Understood, WPS - Western Psychological Services, Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Inc. , Disability Rights at School: A Resource for Families , ERIC, National Center on Improving Literacy, International Dyslexia Association - Oregon Branch, Cox Campus, Geldards SEN.

Too many folks leave inaccurate comments on social media about special education. People misinterpret both state and federal laws. A portion of educators and a portion of well meaning parents give out information which is misleading.

1. Every parent should seek out advocacy help from their state parent support groups.

2. All educators should belong to their state and national professional groups. Seek advice if your school sets up barriers for proper identification or remediation services. Take action. Speak up. Join likeminded groups. Go beyond the broken system and help problem solve. Share resources. Take advantage of free training.

3. Join in with likeminded people who want to create changes.

https://www.paliteracy.org/

04/29/2025

Here is a great event that benefits local businesses in The Village, Downtown Grosse Pointe as well as the amazing community resource-- The Family Center of Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods. Put May 15 on the calendar!

The Village, Downtown Grosse Pointes first "Third Thursday Charity Shopping Night" is Thursday, May 15th from 5-8 pm and the following stores will donate a portion of their proceeds to The Family Center!

04/09/2025

A great example of how executive function skills are needed everywhere, all the time, for everything we do every single day/moment. Thanks !

03/21/2025

Executive Function! Executive Function! Executive Function! Treat it & you’ll see vast changes in learning abilities!

03/20/2025

Speech therapy involves a ton of work on executive functions—the FOUNDATIONAL building blocks that support/facilitate ALL learning. Kids love learning about their brain & how it functions! Knowledge is power, and it help kids with self-advocacy!

02/26/2025

The transition from oral language to written language is particularly challenging for children with speech & language deficits because of the higher demand on the working memory. Explicit teaching and practice are necessary and help students not only grow their skills but also build their confidence, which has a HUGE impact going forward on any skill they want or need to learn!!Thanks Seeds of Learning, LLC!

02/25/2025

Reminder--this FREE event is tonight at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial. It's a special needs resource fair put on by The Family Center of Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods for parents. Vendors that help a variety of ages for a variety of needs will be available.

02/25/2025

As a reminder, this FREE event is tonight--it's a special needs resource fair for parents put on by The Family Center of Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods. It's at the GP War Memorial.

We are fortunate to have The Family Center of Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods in our community--it's such an amazing organization. Coming up later this month is a FREE resource fair focused on children with special needs. It's a great chance to find providers, learn more about a particular area of need and connect with others who may be experiencing something similar.

02/12/2025

We are fortunate to have The Family Center of Grosse Pointe and Harper Woods in our community--it's such an amazing organization. Coming up later this month is a FREE resource fair focused on children with special needs. It's a great chance to find providers, learn more about a particular area of need and connect with others who may be experiencing something similar.