COVID – 19 Response
COVID-19 Summer 2022 Face coverings must be worn at all times by all persons while in indoor, common spaces (e.g., waiting room, hallways, restroom). The following individuals are exempt from…
Guidelines for Home Articulation Practice
Learning a new speech sound is like learning to play an instrument or any new hobby or activity: it takes consistent, daily practice. In order to make the most out…
Welcome to the Neighborhood!
It’s a beautiful place in the [speech sound] neighborhood! Has your tongue found its favorite place to live? If it hasn’t already, the speech sound neighborhood is where you…
Your child is talking! Now what?
Children develop language in stages, not all at once. Sometimes you’ll hear your child say something that sounds “wrong” or not grammatically correct. Dependent on their age, this can be…
Nasal Breathing
What does Nasal Breathing Have to do with your Child’s Speech Development? Is your child a chronic snorer? Suffer from frequent congestion from illnesses and or allergies? Have you noticed…
Modeling AAC
Where do we start? Children learn language through models from the people in their lives, including parents, siblings, caregivers, and peers. This is no different for children who use methods…
Picking Your Battles with Picky Eaters
Picky eating is a common cause of concern for parents of young children. Generally speaking, we can think of food selectivity as an avoidance of or aversion to certain foods…
Favorite Place: my apartment (when it's clean) or Ireland (when it's not raining)
Dogs or Cats: Kittens (they are just too cute)
Coffee or Tea: A really good cup of coffee :)
Parent Coaching
At Jennifer Katz Inc’s last summit, JKI team member Claire Dolan M.S., CCC-SLP, presented on the benefits of including parent coaching into early intervention sessions and how fellow therapists could…
Golden Gate Regional Center (GGRC)
JKI was fortunate to have Grace Chau, Supervising Social Worker and Tina Tom, Early Start Service Coordinator speak to us about GGRC and answer our questions about helping our families…
We Love Our Therapists’ Stories
We Shine A Spotlight on Katie Werner JKI: Where are you from? What brought you to the Bay Area? Katie: My roots are in Pennsylvania and Illinois. I…
Spotlight on a Therapist
This month we are highlighting one of our therapists, Casey Ruffin, M.S., CCC-SLP, who has been at Jennifer Katz, Inc. for four years. We have a conversation with Casey to…
UCSF Residency Partnership
Jennifer Katz, Inc. is proud to partner with UCSF's Development and Behavior/ Physicians in the Community residency program. Several residents observed our therapists to see what speech and language pathologists do…
Volunteer Day: Beautification through Greenification
Jennifer Katz, Inc. is committed to giving back to the community. This year, our team joined Friends of the Urban Forest in partnership with Glen Park Association to help beautify…
Welcome Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson, a learning specialist, came for a visit to speak with our speech therapists here at Jennifer Katz, Inc (JKI). He spoke about his overall professional role and his…
Welcome Chad Kordt-Thomas, LCSW
Jennifer Katz, Inc. invited Chad Kordt-Thomas, LCSW, a licensed clinical social worker, in San Francisco to lead our team in a 3-part series discussion on the stressors associated with “relationship-based”…
Using Games to Target Our Children’s Goals
Our speech therapists love the game Ice Cream Scoops of Fun! Who it is geared towards: To play the game by the rules, it was developed for children ages 3+ but…
Welcome, Dave Hammer, vice-president of the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North America (CASANA)
Extend your arms forward. Twist your palms down, then out. Cross one wrist over the other, clasp your hands, then pull them in. Now – lift your left index finger. Quick! (more…)
I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice-Cream
Our amazing team decided it was time to put the articulation cards and story grammar books aside while we went on a field trip to the Museum of Ice Cream…
Holiday Party
Every year we make time around the holidays to spend some time together - drink a few drinks, eat good food and laugh with each other. This year we had…
Reflective Practices and Halloween
Today, Halloween, our speech language pathologists completed an eight-week series on Reflective Practices, presented by Chad Kordt-Thomas, LCSW. Chad is a San Francisco based child and family psychotherapist. Working closely with…
Stinson Beach Day
Every year in August, while the rest of the country is enjoying the hot summer sun, we are shivering in San Francisco. It's cold, grey and just plain yuck. To…
Client Appreciation Party
We had such a fun day celebrating our clients! Our amazing team of speech therapists joined forces Gateway Learning Group, San Francisco's incredible team of ABA specialists. What an amazing…
Receptive Language
The two categories of language skills are receptive language and expressive language. Receptive language refers to how children interpret any type of linguistic information they receive (comprehension). Children who experience…