Shining Light Speech & Language Services

05/13/2024

From all of us at the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, Happy Mother's Day. 💗🌷

04/30/2024

If you are looking for a way to enjoy some special bonding time with your little one (ages 6 months to 24 months) while supporting their early language development, please join me this summer for Sign and Play. Sign and Play is a 6-week, infant/toddler and caregiver program that will introduce everything you need to know to start signing- using American Sign Language (ASL)- with your baby. For more information, see below and feel free to reach out to me. I hope to hear from you soon.

04/27/2024

Come by and say hello!

🛍️National Small Business Week starts this Sunday, April 28!

The San Carlos Women-Owned Businesses group is hosting an Open House on Sunday, April 28 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 662 Laurel Street, San Carlos.

See flyer for more information!

04/23/2024

Stop by and say hello to me and many other San Carlos, CA women business owners this Sunday! We love helping families in our community.

12/31/2023

YES, we all do! And I think each and every light is beautiful. ❤️

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11/23/2023

Happy Thanksgiving! May your day be filled with the warmth of family and friends.

11/14/2023

To help parents and caregivers track their child’s development, ASHA recently updated its developmental milestones for hearing, speech, and language (birth to 5) and created a new resource on feeding and swallowing milestones (birth to 3).

11/04/2023

Bay Area families and educators, I encourage you to attend the screening and panel discussion of The Right to Read being sponsored by the Redwood City Library Foundation & The Redwood City Library Board this coming Monday, November 6th. “The most recent national assessment of educational progress (NAEP) study on student achievement in literacy- or “The Nation’s Report Card,” found 37% of America’s children were reading at the below basic level.” The data, when separated by race and socioeconomic status shows an even bleaker picture for our children. “The same assessment also measure that 70% of fourth graders who are identified as students with disabilities are reading below basic level. In simple terms, reading at “below basic” means a student cannot read.”(Adapted from The Right to Read Discussion Guide)

The Redwood City Library Foundation and The Redwood City Library Board present "The Right to Read" film screening and panel discussion on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023 at 6pm at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City (2215 Broadway). Film directed by Jenny Mackenzie and executive produced by Levar Burton. Tickets a...

10/31/2023

Have a safe and fun Halloween!!

10/28/2023

Shining Light Speech & Language Services enjoyed some Friday night fun at the City of Belmont, CA Trunk or Treat. I partnered with the creative and talented Connie Benson () to create this adorable monster. Connie’s hand-crafted photo frame was a big hit; many family memories were made! “Say Cheese”

10/01/2023

10/01/2023

"ALL children need equitable and inclusive learning environments to be successful."

On Tuesday, October 3rd, at 5:30 p.m., the Redwood City School District Sequoia Healthcare District, and SEPTAR (Special Education PTA Redwood City), in partnership with The Parent Venture are sponsoring "Changing Perspectives: Understanding Inclusion, Ableism, and Neurodiversity" with nationally recognized educator Sam Drazin!

Join nationally recognized educator Sam Drazin for "Changing Perspectives: Understanding Inclusion, Ableism, and Neurodiversity."

09/07/2023

A great opportunity to support reading research.

Screening and enrollment for the 2023 Visual Attention Eye Tracking Study (Eye Spy) is now OPEN! You are welcome to sign up to be screened for eligibility for this project as well as for others within the lab. This project requires a commitment of 2 visits to Stanford and 1 virtual Zoom session. Ple...

06/20/2023

In honor of Juneteenth, I invite you to watch The Right to Read, a documentary film about the importance of instructing all children using science-based reading methods. It is free until midnight PST

  Watch The Right to Read NowIn celebration of Juneteenth, The Right to Read is available to watch 12:00AM PT to 11:59PM PT June 19, 2023.    Join our Juneteenth conversation and share your thoughts about the film and how you are taking action to increase literacy in your community.Tag ...

06/19/2023

Happy Father's Day to all the amazing dads out there! Don't forget to share your favorite memories with your dad in the comments below! therapy

06/06/2023

Yes! There is strength in our differences.

It sure is ❤️

06/01/2023

Thank you for trusting us to support your child’s communication skills and achieve your goals. Here's to many more years of success and making a positive impact in our community! 🙌

05/25/2023

We have openings for summer speech, language, and reading therapy. Contact Janette for more information!