Family Speech Center

02/02/2026

Family Speech Center is hiring a part-time and full-time CF or certified SLP for our Astoria location. Please email your resume to Familyspeechcenter@fscslp.com.

12/18/2025

The effects of prolonged thumb sucking....

07/04/2025

Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸

Wishing everyone a safe and joyful day filled with fun, family, and celebration 💙

06/16/2025

The orofacial system isn’t isolated — it’s deeply connected to how we speak, breathe, chew, and even behave. Poor muscle strength & tone or imbalances in the tongue, lips, and cheeks can disrupt the entire system, impacting sleep, bite, airway, and beyond.

👉 Our myofunctional specialists can help uncover the root causes and design a targeted plan to restore functional balance.

📞 310-579-9710
🌐 thebreatheinstitute.com

06/12/2025

The tongue plays a key role in guiding proper facial growth and development.
When it rests on the roof of the mouth and moves well, it helps form wide dental arches, supports airway health, and promotes balanced facial structure. 🦷👃

But when tongue function is limited — whether due to a restricted range of motion (like in a tongue tie), low muscle tone, etc — it can impact:
🔹 Jaw and facial development
🔹 Tooth alignment
🔹 Breathing and sleep
🔹 Long-term oral function

At The Breathe Institute, we take a functional approach — addressing the root causes to support healthy growth from the inside out.

📞 310-579-9710
🌐 thebreatheinstitute.com

05/24/2025

The way the tongue moves and rests impacts so much more than you might think.

Its position and function play a powerful role in:
• Airway health
• Oral development
• Swallowing and digestion
• Speech clarity
• Even facial structure

For kids, this can affect growth, sleep, and behavior.
For adults, it can contribute to snoring, jaw tension, and more.

If the tongue isn’t functioning properly, the entire system can be off balance.
Curious if you or your child could benefit from a functional evaluation? We’re here to help!

05/01/2025

May is National Speech-Language-Hearing Month! 💬🌟

Join us in celebrating the power of communication and the incredible professionals who help others find their voice.

04/19/2025

Happy Easter Weekend! 🐣🌸 This week, we got festive with colorful egg activities while working on important speech and language skills:

1️⃣ Reading comprehension
2️⃣ Answering WH-questions
3️⃣ Articulation
4️⃣ Inferencing
5️⃣ Vocabulary expansion / Expanding MLU
6️⃣ Spatial concepts & prepositions

Learning is always more egg-citing at ! 💬🎨

       

04/16/2025

Do you know what a tongue-tie looks like and how it can affect you?

Do you know what a tongue-tie really looks like?
It’s not always about speech or feeding issues.
It can show up as:
– Poor sleep
– Snoring
– Mouth breathing
– Forward head posture
– Clenching & grinding
– Restless nights and low energy days

Because when the tongue is restricted, it can sit low and back—blocking the airway and triggering long-term compensation patterns that affect sleep, posture, and facial growth.

The solution isn’t just releasing the restriction.
It’s about restoring function.

That’s why we’re excited to invite you to an advanced 4-day course in July led by Dr. Soroush Zaghi and The Breathe Institute (TBI):
– Learn how to assess oral restrictions
– Understand the impact on airway, sleep, and development
– Watch a live functional frenuloplasty
– Deepen your skills in diagnosis and collaborative care

Join us in person or via live stream.
Let’s elevate the standard of care—because sleep, breathing, and function start with the airway.

DM us for details or click the link in bio to save your seat.

03/29/2025

Stepping up our Myo game with this awesome symposium in Texas! Thank you MyoSphere 2025!

03/17/2025

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🌈🍀

We are to learn! Today, we practiced articulation skills through fun arts and crafts activities. Learning is always more exciting at ! 💬🎨

       

02/03/2025

Did the groundhog see its shadow this weekend? 🦫

Last week, we made our predictions while working on:

1️⃣ Reading stories (WH-questions, Yes/No questions)
2️⃣ Inference skills
3️⃣ Following directions
4️⃣ Vocabulary building
5️⃣ Making predictions
6️⃣ Creating grammatically correct sentences
7️⃣ Articulation sounds

Yes! The groundhog saw its shadow, which means six more weeks of winter! ❄️ Are you excited or ready for spring? Let us know in the comments! ⬇️