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About Pam Drennen MS CCC-SLP

Pam Drennen MS CCC-SLP is the VP Director of Clinical Services Speech at Kidmunicate. Pam has a Bachelors and Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology from Loyola University in Baltimore, Maryland. Pam provides evaluation and treatment for a variety of speech/language and communication disorders. She has experience working with children with hearing loss, autism, Down Syndrome, a cleft palate, developmental delays, Apraxia of speech, auditory processing disorders, fluency disorders, oral motor/feeding issues as well as children with augmentative/alternative needs. Pam is a member of the American Speech and Language Hearing Association.

The Musicality of Sign Language

Christine Sun Kim, sound artist and composer, was born deaf. She recently gave an inspiring TED speech on The Enchanting Music of Sign Language. Christine signs while an off stage person interprets her graceful movements, gestures and expressions. Christine is inspiring because she does not let her disability confine her or even define her, no she let's it refine her. She has refined her reactions and outlook to the sounds that she cannot hear in a powerful and empowering way through her visual art. Christine cannot hear, but she does not live in a soundless world. She has learned how to [...]

By |2016-12-28T08:38:00-05:00 |Blog|Comments Off on The Musicality of Sign Language
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Autism Acceptance is Important

New program #lovewithoutwords, by Kulture City is helping improve autism acceptance. On the news, I heard about a new program that promotes the need for autism acceptance by an organization called Kulture City, a non-profit. Kulture City is trying to create a world where all children with autism can be accepted, included and fulfilled. If you follow Kidmunicate at all, you know that we dedicate a lot of time and effort to help children with autism venture out and try new things with our social stories. Our social stories teach children with autism, what to expect, what to do and how to [...]

By |2016-12-08T14:24:53-05:00 |Blog|Comments Off on Autism Acceptance is Important
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Preparing for a Fire Drill Social Story

Fire Drill Social Story for Children with Autism and or Anxiety Disorders Did you know that fire safety and fire drills in schools have been around since the late 1800's? A false fire alarm caused a disorganized mass exodus from a New York City school in 1851. There was no fire, but 40 children were tragically killed in the chaos because they were not trained how to evacuate in an emergency. After this tragedy, many teachers took it upon themselves to show their students how to evacuate a building quickly and calmly, but it was not mandated. Finally, in 1901, the Governor [...]

By |2018-12-23T10:49:24-05:00 |Blog|4 Comments
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Autism and Bowling Social Story

Bowling Social Story: Preparing your child with autism for a sport. We developed this bowling social story to prepare an active girl with autism to participate in a sport. We'll call her Lanie. Lanie's parents are both athletic. In fact, both played soccer in college. From the day that Lanie was born, they could not wait to watch their little girl play soccer. For the first few years of Lanie's life, all signs pointed toward an athletic future. At age three, however, Lanie started to show some of the signs associated with autism. By age four, when some kids start pee wee [...]

By |2018-12-23T10:31:34-05:00 |Blog|Comments Off on Autism and Bowling Social Story
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Virtual Reality Driving Simulator for Teens with Autism

We often recommend social stories to help prepare children with autism for new experiences like going to a baseball game for the first time, or flying in an airplane or  going on a beach vacation. These are great experiences that every child should experience with the help of a parent to steer their children through these environments. But what if the parent can't steer and the environment is changing at the speed of a car on a city street with traffic lights, car horns, billboards and pedestrians. How do you prepare an adolescent with autism to drive? Social Stories cannot prepare [...]

By |2016-08-20T09:42:22-04:00 |Blog|Comments Off on Virtual Reality Driving Simulator for Teens with Autism
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Kids who hear the talk earlier have a higher IQ

Want a child with a higher IQ then have "the talk" ASAP. If you talk to your children about the birds and the bees early, they will have a higher IQ. Children are never too young to learn, so go ahead and have that conversation with your preschoolers. Of course, I’m talking about real birds and bees and butterflies and berries. I’m talking about helping children 0 to 3 and older develop receptive and expressive language skills through active conversations. You can start the day they are born. Babies and children learn new vocabulary, concepts, categorization, sequencing and grammar by listening to their [...]

By |2016-11-07T14:44:52-05:00 |Blog|1 Comment
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Preparing for a Beach Vacation – Autism Social Story.

Prepare your child for a trip to the shore with this autism social story. We are currently using this autism social story to prepare a beautiful child, who happens to have autism, for her first beach experience. For the purposes of this post, we are going to call her Sandy. Both of Sandy's parents have really fond memories of their childhood summer vacations to the shore. They enjoyed the sun, sand and surf during the day and the sights, sounds and sensations on the boardwalk at night. It was something they looked forward to during the long days of [...]

By |2018-12-23T10:22:46-05:00 |Blog|1 Comment
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Insurance Mandates for ASD Help Many, But Not All.

Insurance Mandates for ASD are good, but not perfect. Good news, all but six states have insurance mandates for ASD. More good news! These mandates have increased the number of children with autism spectrum disorder coverage by 12% - 17%. The bad news, too many children with autism are still not getting all the help they need. Why is that? Some mandates may not include all group or employee plans. For example, self-funded plans may not be included in a state mandate. Some companies self-fund health costs for their employees to save money by cutting out the insurance company. Note: Some companies with self-funded [...]

By |2016-11-07T14:44:52-05:00 |Blog|Comments Off on Insurance Mandates for ASD Help Many, But Not All.
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Language Learning Experiences with Lemonade

When life give you lemons, make language learning experiences and lemonade. The proverbial phrase "when life gives you lemons (sourness represents the difficulties in life) then make lemonade (a sweet experience)" was coined 100 years ago by writer Elbert Hubbard in an obituary he wrote for the famous dwarf actor Marshall Wilder. In the obituary named The King of Jesters, Hubbard praised Wilder's optimism in life despite his disabilities. We use this proverb quite literally in our speech therapy by creating positive language learning experiences while making lemonade. A successful therapy session for receptive and expressive language skills include three key elements fun, [...]

By |2016-11-07T14:44:52-05:00 |Blog|1 Comment
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Autism Social Stories: Preparing to go to a MLB Baseball Game

Autism social stories can help you hit a homerun with your child. We use autism social stories with great visuals to prepare children for new experiences. We also use these social picture stories for children with anxiety and/or sequencing issues. You might find them helpful too. A dad and his child on the spectrum come to Kidmunicate twice a week. The dad loves baseball and often wears a Phillies hat. He fondly remembers going to games with his dad as a child. He is hoping to take his son to a Phillies game for his 8th birthday. The dad [...]

By |2018-12-23T10:24:53-05:00 |Blog|Comments Off on Autism Social Stories: Preparing to go to a MLB Baseball Game
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