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Talking With Your Child About Their Diagnosis – Champ Webinar Series

April 13, 2023

Anna Shaw Children’s Institute (ASCI) will hold its next CHAMP (Classes to Help, Advise & Motivate Parents) webinar on Tuesday, May 2 at noon. Emily Brandt, MD, developmental-behavioral pediatrician, will give a presentation on “Talking With Your Child About Their Diagnosis.” Please visit the event section on Facebook.com/HamiltonCares for live-streaming information. For more information, call 706-226-8900. 

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Filed Under: Anna Shaw Children's Institute, News, Parenting Tagged With: anna shaw children's institute, communication, diagnosis, parenting, special needs, webinar

Anna Shaw Children’s Institute Receives LAMP
Center of Excellence Distinction

March 8, 2023

The Anna Shaw Children’s Institute (ASCI), part of Hamilton Health Care System, is a Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) Certified Center of Excellence and is the first in Georgia with this distinction.

Anna Shaw Children’s Institute

LAMP is an augmentative alternative communication (AAC) approach designed to give individuals who are nonverbal or have limited verbal abilities a method of independently expressing themselves through the use of a speech-generating device. There are no cognitive prerequisites for implementing the LAMP approach. Intervention can begin at the cause-and-effect level and systematically build upon the stages of natural language development.

Providers and patients at ASCI are using this high-tech communication system to allow patients to quickly relay messages to caregivers in order to meet immediate needs and improve ability to communicate beyond requesting by expressing emotions, negotiating, commenting and engaging in meaningful interactions.

“We’re excited to have the certification, but more than that, it’s so valuable for this communication system to be available to our patients and families,” said Terri Woodruff, executive director of ASCI. “By learning to use this communication system, children will experience fewer tantrums, which improves the quality of life for non-verbal children and their caregivers.”

The device features auditory feedback, robust vocabulary (3000-plus words that take no more than a sequence of 3 buttons to access), portability and user-friendly interface and a focus on motor planning rather than requiring the user to have a strong understanding of semantic relationships.

According to Woodruff, there was a significant need in the region for the system. There are a high number of young patients with no reliable method to communicate. Many are using behaviors to communicate, which are displayed in many different forms such as leading their caregivers by hand to the child’s desires, displaying dissatisfaction with lack of communication by having tantrums or climbing to obtain desired items – all causing a high level of frustration in both the child and parent.

Two of the five LAMP-certified professionals in the state of Georgia are therapists at ASCI. They include Hannah Cannon, lead pediatric therapist, and Laurie Shaw, speech therapist. “Hannah and Laurie are stellar therapists,” said Woodruff. “To have forty percent of Georgia’s LAMP-certified professionals providing care at Anna Shaw Children’s Institute speaks to the dedication of our providers and the quality of services we offer.”

CHAMP Webinar Video Library

Helping Your Child Share Their Diagnosis
Helping Your Child Share Their Diagnosis
Sharing Your Child’s Diagnosis with Others
Sharing Your Child’s Diagnosis with Others
Talking With Your Child About Their Diagnosis
Talking With Your Child About Their Diagnosis
Managing Meltdowns - Helping Your Child Regulate Emotions
Managing Meltdowns – Helping Your Child Regulate Emotions
Building Language Through Play
Building Language Through Play
Tips for Covering Difficult and Sensitive Topics with your Children
Tips for Covering Difficult and Sensitive Topics with your Children
Understanding Screen Time and How to Make it Work for You
Understanding Screen Time and How to Make it Work for You
Fine Motor Fundamentals
Fine Motor Fundamentals
Maintaining Routines During the Holidays
Maintaining Routines During the Holidays
Using Books & Toys to Help Your Child Learn New Skills
Using Books & Toys to Help Your Child Learn New Skills
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Filed Under: Anna Shaw Children's Institute, Excellence at Hamilton, News Tagged With: AAC, anna shaw children's institute, augmentative alternative communication, communication, lamp, Language Acquisition through Motor Planning, special needs, therapists

Anna Shaw Children’s Institute to Present Workshop on Visual Supports for Home Use

August 25, 2020

The Anna Shaw Children’s Institute (ASCI), 1201 Burleyson Road, will hold a make-and-take workshop on visual supports for home use on Saturday, Sept. 12 from 9 a.m. to noon.

This workshop is designed for parents, grandparents, and guardians of children with communication disorders.

  • Lynn Sams, speech therapist
    Lynn Sams, speech therapist
  • Laurie Shaw, speech therapist
    Laurie Shaw, speech therapist
  • Laura Ogas, music therapist
    Laura Ogas, music therapist

Lynn Sams, speech therapist, Laurie Shaw, speech therapist, and Laura Ogas, music therapist, will facilitate the program.

ASCI follows CDC guidelines for screening, social distancing, and masking to ensure the health and safety of participants. To receive assistance with interpretation services and/or auxiliary aids during this event, please let us know when registering.

The cost is $10 per family. Cash and checks will be accepted. Scholarships are available for the first 10 families who request them.

Space is limited for this event. Please RSVP by Sept. 2 by calling 706-226-8911.

Filed Under: Anna Shaw Children's Institute, Community, News, Parenting Tagged With: Anna Shaw Children’s Institute, communication, guardian, Support, therapist, verbal, visual

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