Speech Therapist Spotlight
Viva Pediatrics is honored to have some of the best therapists in the business. In celebrating Better Hearing and Speech Month we asked a few of our Speech Language Pathologists to share more about their role as an SLP. This blog features our very own Dr. Paula Kay Van Houten Ed.D, CCC-SLP.
Spotlight on Therapists Continues
In continuing our celebration of Better Speech and Hearing Month, Viva Pediatrics wishes to celebrate our Speech Therapists. This blog highlights Ciera Gianni, MS, CCC-SLP. Read below to learn more about why Ciera loves being a SLP.
JourneyFEST
Dictionary.com defines Journey as “traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time.” Parents and caregivers of medically fragile children experience their own type of journey. The journey all too often is long, trying and can be terribly lonely. JourneyFEST, a 501 (c) (3) organization was established in 2013 so that Special Need families don’t have to journey alone.
SLP’s You are Appreciated
Viva Pediatrics would like to celebrate Better Hearing & Speech Month by applauding our wonderfully skilled Speech Language Pathologists. We are fortunate to have some fabulous SLP's working at VIVA Pediatrics. This month we celebrate you and all that you do to help your patients accomplish their goals. #VIVAPEDS
NICU NOW podcast
NICU. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Too often, parents are introduced to this word on the day their precious baby is born. The NICU can be a place of healing and progress, and a place where many hours are spent waiting and praying. The NICU is often a place where parents experience a mryaid of emotions, and where some parents will experience loss.
VIVA goes Red for February
Love IS in the air in the month of February. Everywhere we turn we see symbols of love. Hearts, flowers, candies, cupid, and adorable stuffed animals fill the shelves of stores nationwide. Giggles wants all of those hearts that we see to be a BIG REMINDER that we all need to take very good care of our own hearts.
Happy New Year!
Happiest of New Years to our VIVA Pediatric friends and families. We hope that you all enjoyed a fabulous and healthy holiday season. Now that 2017 has arrived, how can we set ourselves up for the best that 2017 has to offer?
RSV – how to protect your family
Tis this season for colds and respiratory illnesses. Click on the link below from our friends at Life Signs to learn more about how to protect your family from RSV, the common cold and other respiratory illnesses. As always, the first step in prevention is good hand hygiene.
Propel Dominican Republic – Joan’s Journey to the Dominican
One of VIVA's physical therapists, Joan Parker, PT, DPT, recently visited Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic for a week of volunteering with Propel Dominican Republic. Joan was gracious enough to share some of her experiences in the Dominican. Please read below for Joan's story.
Our Friends at JourneyFEST
Recently, a group of us in the Pediatric Special Needs community had a chance to visit with a great organization named JourneyFEST (www.journeyFEST.org) . They are a community for Special Needs Families that exisits to love and encourage one another as they journey through life with special needs.
