Sunshine Speech Therapy, PLLC

12/29/2025

Ready for a change this new year? 🐾 Now Hiring: Pediatric Physical Therapist (a.k.a. Professional Tiny Human Wrangler) 🐾

Do you love watching kids hit milestones, celebrate tiny victories, and occasionally attempt to escape therapy by crawling under a table? Then we might have your dream job.

We’re looking for a Pediatric Physical Therapist who believes therapy should be effective and fun. If you’d rather work on the floor than behind a desk, think obstacle courses count as treatment (because they do), and don’t mind being challenged to a race by a 3-year-old—you’ll fit right in.

What You’ll Do:
• Help tiny humans grow stronger, steadier, and more confident
• Turn playtime into progress (yes, that’s a real skill)
• Use swings, balance beams, balls, scooters, and your creativity daily
• Work with supportive families and a team that truly gets pediatrics

What We’re Looking For:
• Licensed Pediatric Physical Therapist
• Someone who can make therapy feel like play
• Patience, energy, and a sense of humor (required)
• A love for movement, messes, and milestone celebrations

Why You’ll Love It Here:
• No boring, sit-all-day job—this one keeps you moving
• Kids who think you’re the coolest part of their week
• A positive, supportive work environment
• Meaningful work that actually makes a difference

If you’re ready to trade monotony for motion, paperwork for play, and meetings for milestone moments—come work with us and help tiny humans do big things.

Sunshine Speech Therapy, PLLC was founded by Jessica Scheidt, MS CCC/SLP in 2023 to help children in Western NY with speech/language delays/disorders. Early Intervention, CPSE, and School Contracts. Woman/ therapist owned.

12/20/2025

12/19/2025

UPDATE: Andrew has been found safe.

We are working closely with law enforcement and are sharing this photo to help locate one of our employees who was reported missing on 12/18. Our thoughts are with his loved ones and we hope for his safe return. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Lockport Police Department at (716) 433-7700.

12/16/2025

We’re hiring!! We spend our days meeting tiny humans where they are—at home, in schools, and in preschools—bringing therapy into real life. Our “office” might be a living room, a classroom, or the floor, and no two days look the same. We help tiny humans do big things while staying on the move, so this is a great fit if you don’t love sitting still or staring at the same four walls all day. Expect meaningful work, real progress, and just enough unpredictability to keep things fun. Please share! Immediate hires available.

Sunshine Speech Therapy, PLLC was founded by Jessica Scheidt, MS CCC/SLP in 2023 to help children in Western NY with speech/language delays/disorders. Early Intervention, CPSE, and School Contracts. Woman/ therapist owned.

11/18/2025

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11/05/2025

11/05/2025

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Research shows that Finnish children start school at the age of 7, yet they consistently outperform their peers worldwide in literacy, mathematics, and overall well-being.

But here’s what’s striking:
They don’t get ahead by rushing.
They thrive because they aren’t rushed.

Because here’s the truth: in Finland, childhood is still sacred. The early years aren’t filled with flashcards, early readers, and pressure to perform. They’re filled with forest walks, open-ended play, and long, unhurried moments of discovery.

🧠 Decades of research (Sahlberg, 2015; Whitebread, 2012; OECD, 2018) reveal that this slower start protects a child’s developing brain. Early play isn’t wasted time; it’s wiring time. When children build forts, climb trees, and explore mud puddles, they’re also building executive function, problem-solving, and emotional regulation, the very skills that predict lifelong success.

In Finland, teachers don’t “teach to the test.” They teach the child. Recess isn’t a reward. It’s a right. And homework in the early years? Almost none. Because rest and family connection are also seen as part of education.

Why does this matter?
Because too many children today are burning out before they even learn who they are. We push academics before self-awareness, competition over curiosity. We teach them to chase achievement before they’ve learned to love learning.

However, the Finnish model reminds us that a child who plays deeply learns deeply.
A child who feels safe will explore bravely.
And a child allowed to grow at their own pace will often surpass those who were hurried.

So maybe the question isn’t,
“How can we help our kids get ahead?”
Maybe it’s,
“How can we protect their joy long enough for learning to bloom naturally?”

Because childhood isn’t a waiting room for “real life.” It is real life… the most formative, fertile soil for everything that comes next. 🤍

References:
• Sahlberg, P. (2015). Finnish Lessons 2.0: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?
• OECD (2018). Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators.
• Whitebread, D. (2012). The Importance of Play: A Report on the Value of Children’s Play with a Series of Policy Recommendations.

09/28/2025

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