Enroll Today! Middle-School Age Social Skills Group
Our "middle-school" (ages approximately 8-12) social skills group will be beginning Friday, October 21, 2011. The group will run once a week from 4:00-5:00pm for 10 consecutive weeks, skipping Thanksgiving (November 25, 2011). The last group session will be December 30, 2011. The group is held by a speech-language pathologist with a strong background in group dynamics.
Children with PDD, High Functioning Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and Pragmatic Language Disorders are invited to build communicatory and peer interactive skills. Children with ADHD, auditory processing, social anxiety, and those using alternative/augmentative communication would also benefit from this group. Group goals include greeting/bidding farewell, making introductions, asking questions, sharing ideas, expressing needs/wants, accepting suggestions, identifying emotions, monitoring body language, developing personal space understanding, repairing miscommunication, and listening to others. Groups are limited to 6 students, and students must be willing to participate in a group environment. Participation requires basic conversational skills, ability to respond to Who, What, Where, When and Why questions, and willingness to follow directions.
Pre-registration is required. Please call (843) 815-6999 and let Jan know you would like to enroll your child in this unique group. If preferred, you can email Jessi at jdolnik@lowcountrytherapycenter.com.
Exceptional Communicators Series: Fall 2011
Please join Lowcountry Therapy Center for a FREE training on
“Turning the Classroom/Clinical Computer into an AAC Device”
presented by
Kenneth P. Whitley, MA, CCC-Sp., President – Key Technologies & ATworkshops
What: This presentation will cover both diagnostics as well as ongoing intervention. Teaching access, teaching the use of an AAC system, and functionally employing the computer as an AAC device will be covered. Both A.T. hardware and AAC software will be examined.
Who: This training is for the benefit of parents, teachers, special education teachers, speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists and anyone working with exceptional communicators.
When: Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 from 6:00 -7:30 p.m.
Where: Bluffton Public Library 120 Palmetto Way Bluffton, SC 29910
This course is FREE and open to anyone interested.
School district employees may count this session toward TECH hours.
Please reserve your seat by emailing Sarah Hanson at shanson@lowcountrytherapycenter.com or by calling 843-815-6999 prior to October 5th.
Additions to Our Team!!
We are pround to introduce two new members to our team!!! Kristin Cushing, DPT, Pediatric Physical Therapist and Amanda Henzler, MS, CCC-SLP, Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist will start at Lowcountry Therapy Center the first week of September 2011.
Social Skills Group
Our "older kids" social skills group is set to begin the week of July 18. Please contact us for more details if interested.
Social Group Summer 2011
Social Skills Language Group
Summer 2011
The Lowcountry Therapy Center is pleased to announce enrollment for our Summer 2011 Social Language Skills Group. Children with PDD, High Functioning Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and Pragmatic Language Disorders are invited to build communicatory and peer interactive skills. Children with ADHD, auditory processing, social anxiety, and those using alternative/augmentative communication would also benefit from this group. Group goals include greeting/bidding farewell, making introductions, asking questions, sharing ideas, expressing needs/wants, accepting suggestions, identifying emotions, monitoring body language, developing personal space understanding, repairing miscommunication, and listening to others. All goals are introduced through stories, games, crafts, songs and interactive computer games as to maintain motivation. Groups are limited to 6 students, and students must be willing to participate in a group environment. Participation requires basic conversational skills, ability to respond to Who, What, Where, When and Why questions, and willingness to follow directions.
Group objectives will include social referencing; attending to others' body language; good listening; "space invading"; turn taking; asking questions; answering questions; complimenting/receiving compliments; topic maintenance;" being a group member; being a good sport; joining a group; "keeping cool"; and "tattle-taling."
Days and times will be coordinated according to participating families’ schedules. Pre-registration is required. The group will run for 8 weeks and begin the week of July 18. This group is private pay only. Please call our office for pricing.
The group will be based on the following schedule: 10 minutes sensory warm-up (in our NEW sensory integration gym), 40 minutes collaborative activity, 10 minutes sensory cool-down. Before beginning the group, families are asked to fill out a questionnaire inquiring about what exact skills you wish your child to work on. Goals will be taken directly from the questionnaire so please be detailed!
Please call our office for more details at
(843) 815-6999 or visit us online at www.lowcountrytherapycenter.com!
Call for Action re: Hearing Aid Tax Credit
Please note that the following message is being provided by the South Carolina Speech-Language Pathologist Advisory Council for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Hearing Aid Tax Credit
Legislation Introduced in the Senate
Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have introduced S.905, the Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act. The legislation provides a tax credit of up to $500 per hearing aid, once every five years for any individual who purchases a hearing aid. Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) are all original co-sponsors of this legislation.
The legislation differs from H.R. 1479, which was introduced by Congressman Tom Latham (R-IA) and Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), which would provide a tax credit of up to $500 per hearing aid every five years for parents purchasing hearing aids for their dependent children or persons over 55 years old. H.R. 1479 also includes a $200,000 annual eligibility income cap.
Please request that your members of Congress co-sponsor these legislative initiatives. For additional information, contact Ingrida Lusis, ASHA's director of federal and political advocacy, at ilusis@asha.org.
Calling Pediatric Physical Therapists!
Lowcountry Therapy Center is looking for a pediatric physical therapist to join our enthusiastic multidiscipline team. We are growing fast and are very excited to offer this opportunity. We offer a GREAT work environment and extremely competitive salary/benefits. Contact Jessi at
jdolnik@lowcountrytherapycenter.com.
Expansion Roads to LTC are Open!
Lowcountry Therapy Center is even more accessible now, thanks to the City of Bluffton adding two new roads right to our font door!
"An expansion of Plantation Park Drive that opened Friday lets drivers travel between Buck Island and Simmonsville roads without getting on U.S. 278. ... One leg runs east to Simmonsville Road across from Pennington Drive in Sheridan Park. The other leg, on the west side, extends Plantation Park Drive west from the Dairy Queen to connect to the roundabout with Westbury Park Way and Arley Way. Continuing west, Arley Way intersects Buck Island Road."
Visit http://www.blufftontoday.com/bluffton-news/2011-04-29/county-opens-plantation-park-drive-extensions for more details.
Exceptional Communicators Spring 2011 Presentation
EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNICATORS!!
Aided Language Stimulation: Increasing INPUT to Increase OUTPUT
Please join The Lowcountry Therapy Center for a FREE training on Aided Language Stimulation,
a communication strategy, where a communication partner teaches symbol meaning and models language by combining his or her own verbal input with selection of vocabulary on the
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) system
presented by
Stacy Springer, MS, OTR/L, ATP
Assistive Technology Specialist
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This training is for the benefit of parents, teachers, special education teachers, speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists and anyone working with exceptional children who are interested in learning more about Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC) also known as Assistive Technology (AT).
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 from 6:00 -7:30 p.m.
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Bluffton Public Library
120 Palmetto Way Bluffton, SC 29910
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This course is FREE and open to anyone interested.
School district employees may count this session toward TECH hours.
Please reserve your seat by emailing Sarah Hanson at shanson@lowcountrytherapycenter.com or by calling 843-815-6999 prior to May 17th.
