Causes: Children & Youth, Youth Development Programs
Mission: Our mission is to benefit children with speech and language disorders through specialized early intervention programs, research to improve language learning, and professional training that links research to clinical practice.
Target demographics: young children ages 2 - 5 develop speech, language and pre-literacy skills
Direct beneficiaries per year: 72 children
Geographic areas served: Tucson, AZ
Programs: Our programs are designed to help young children 2-5 years of age develop speech, language, and pre-literacy skills necessary to participate confidently and successfully in family, social, and academic activities. Speech and language therapy is available for children who can benefit from these services. Wings on words (wow): our full-day program provides an enriched, language-based curriculum for young children ages 2-5.Wow aims to equip children with a strong foundation for learning. Because oral language skills are central to future success in reading, writing, self-esteem, and building relationships, wow's curriculum emphasizes oral language development. In addition to language-based classroom curriculum, students are provided with speech and language therapy as needed. Weekly lesson plans at wow are centered around themes that encourage children to learn about themselves, their families, their communities, and their world in visual, tactile, and auditory ways. Teachers form personal relationships with the children in their classrooms. Knowing the individual strengths and weaknesses of each child allows teachers to employ teaching techniques and learning activities that will best help that child grow. Wings on words summer day camp: this intensive five-week camp is designed to boost young children's speech and language development during the summer months when most educational programs are closed. Its exciting and innovative program includes individualized speech and language therapy for children with speech or language delays. Instead of losing valuable instructional time in the summer, children enrolled in camp make impressive gains in speech, language, and pre-academic skills and have great fun in the process! The staff includes experienced, certified teachers and speech-language pathologists. University students training to be clinicians or teachers permit us to provide a low (1:4) staff-to-child ratio. Children's speech-language clinic: speech-language pathologists provide intake evaluations for children interested in attending any of wings on words programs. These clinicians also provide speech and language therapy for children with delays in this area that is integrated into a child's preschool or toddleru experiences. Screening includes a brief evaluation of a child's speech and language skills to determine if a more in-depth evaluation should be completed. A hearing screening is part of the assessment. A diagnostic evaluation includes an in-depth evaluation of a child's speech and language skills. This includes a determination of whether the child performs as well as other children his or her age in terms of speech sounds, vocabulary, grammar and language use. In addition, the child's speech will be screened to rule out problems with voice (for example, chronic hoarseness) or fluency (stuttering). Community outreach programs: in collaboration with the university of arizona speech & language clinic and the parent connection, the child language center participates in an outreach program funded by first things first, called talking matters! This professional development program trains teachers and parents in area preschools to recognize important speech and language milestones, spot speech and language problems, make timely referrals to community agencies when necessary, and facilitate oral communication through early childhood activities. University student clinical training: the center's professional training programs provide opportunities for university students to receive hands-on experience in evaluating and treating language disorders in young children. Students are supervised by certified speech-language pathologists as they provide therapy in individual, small-group, and large group settings. Students also collaborate with professionals from other disciplines as part of a multi-disciplinary team, and form an integral part of the center's community outreach programs.
Mission: Our mission is to benefit children with speech and language disorders through specialized early intervention programs, research to improve language learning, and professional training that links research to clinical practice.
Target demographics: young children ages 2 - 5 develop speech, language and pre-literacy skills
Direct beneficiaries per year: 72 children
Geographic areas served: Tucson, AZ
Programs: Our programs are designed to help young children 2-5 years of age develop speech, language, and pre-literacy skills necessary to participate confidently and successfully in family, social, and academic activities. Speech and language therapy is available for children who can benefit from these services. Wings on words (wow): our full-day program provides an enriched, language-based curriculum for young children ages 2-5.Wow aims to equip children with a strong foundation for learning. Because oral language skills are central to future success in reading, writing, self-esteem, and building relationships, wow's curriculum emphasizes oral language development. In addition to language-based classroom curriculum, students are provided with speech and language therapy as needed. Weekly lesson plans at wow are centered around themes that encourage children to learn about themselves, their families, their communities, and their world in visual, tactile, and auditory ways. Teachers form personal relationships with the children in their classrooms. Knowing the individual strengths and weaknesses of each child allows teachers to employ teaching techniques and learning activities that will best help that child grow. Wings on words summer day camp: this intensive five-week camp is designed to boost young children's speech and language development during the summer months when most educational programs are closed. Its exciting and innovative program includes individualized speech and language therapy for children with speech or language delays. Instead of losing valuable instructional time in the summer, children enrolled in camp make impressive gains in speech, language, and pre-academic skills and have great fun in the process! The staff includes experienced, certified teachers and speech-language pathologists. University students training to be clinicians or teachers permit us to provide a low (1:4) staff-to-child ratio. Children's speech-language clinic: speech-language pathologists provide intake evaluations for children interested in attending any of wings on words programs. These clinicians also provide speech and language therapy for children with delays in this area that is integrated into a child's preschool or toddleru experiences. Screening includes a brief evaluation of a child's speech and language skills to determine if a more in-depth evaluation should be completed. A hearing screening is part of the assessment. A diagnostic evaluation includes an in-depth evaluation of a child's speech and language skills. This includes a determination of whether the child performs as well as other children his or her age in terms of speech sounds, vocabulary, grammar and language use. In addition, the child's speech will be screened to rule out problems with voice (for example, chronic hoarseness) or fluency (stuttering). Community outreach programs: in collaboration with the university of arizona speech & language clinic and the parent connection, the child language center participates in an outreach program funded by first things first, called talking matters! This professional development program trains teachers and parents in area preschools to recognize important speech and language milestones, spot speech and language problems, make timely referrals to community agencies when necessary, and facilitate oral communication through early childhood activities. University student clinical training: the center's professional training programs provide opportunities for university students to receive hands-on experience in evaluating and treating language disorders in young children. Students are supervised by certified speech-language pathologists as they provide therapy in individual, small-group, and large group settings. Students also collaborate with professionals from other disciplines as part of a multi-disciplinary team, and form an integral part of the center's community outreach programs.
202 E. Speedway, TUCSON, AZ 85705
520-628-1659
Children & Youth
TUCSON
