For our June craft of the month we are making Father’s Day Cards! Materials: white piece of paper, any color construction paper for tie, glue, scissors, and markers. Directions: 1) Fold your white piece of paper in half. 2) Cut out a tie shape out of your construction paper or use a template. 3) Glue the tie onto the front of your card. 4) Draw the collar. 5) Help your child compose a note to dad inside the card. This craft works on bilateral coordination, tactile processing, visual perceptual skills, fine motor grasp and force gradation! #Happyfathersday
You may have seen some new faces around the clinic! We would like to extend a warm welcome to Cassandra Ibarra, a fantastic addition to our occupational therapy team; and to Isabel Fajardo and Amy Le, both of whom are valuable additions to our amazing front office staff. Welcome to the South Coast Therapy family!
Congratulations to our buddy Ethan on his recent graduation from physical therapy. Way to go! We are so proud of you! #ptgraduate
May is National Speech, Language, and Hearing Month! Language is blooming here at SCT! We truly appreciate our wonderful speech team and all their dedication to helping kiddos communicate. Some of the strategies used during therapy sessions include prompting, cueing, imitation, providing wait time, withholding, signing, modeling, providing choices, and expansion. Ask your therapist how to use these techniques at home as well. #Happyspeechandhearingmonth
Reminder: South Coast Therapy will be closed on Monday, May 26th in observance of Memorial Day.
We know many of you are looking for sports and recreational activities for your child to be involved in especially during the summer.
Regional Center of Orange County has updated their guide for 2025:
https://www.rcocdd.com/frc/ccfrc/resources/recreation/
It is also available in Spanish, Vietnamese, and Korean.
Reminder: We also have a "Recreation and Resource" binder that you can find at our Little Free Library when you first walk in the clinic here at SCT!
In honor of National Speech, Language, and Hearing month, we would like to celebrate our very own Julia Mendez for recently completing her Clinical Fellowship! The CF is a mentored professional experience that follows the completion of academic coursework and clinical practicum, and is required for speech-language pathologists to gain their Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Way to go Julia! We are so proud of your accomplishments!
We are making Mother’s Day Artwork! Materials: paper, various stamps (ie: flower, butterfly etc.), paint or inkpad, and markers. Directions: 1) Write a poem or loving message for your mom in the center of the paper. 2) Load the stamp with paint using a paintbrush, or press the stamp into an ink pad. 3) Decorate the paper with pretty flower or butterfly stamps, or draw your own! 4) Make sure to sign your artwork. 5) Give your masterpiece to your mom on Mother’s Day. This craft works on bilateral coordination, problem solving, tactile processing, visual perceptual skills, force gradation, and finger grasp! #Happymothersday
Two kiddos joined us in April to make marshmallow slime! We got to practice commenting ("It's so sticky!), advocating for yourself ("I don't want to eat slime.", and inviting friends to play together ("Let's go to the gym."). They also socialized in nonverbal ways such as watching each other, doing things together, and being next to each other the entire time. If interested in future classes, please talk to the front desk.
