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Happy New Year!


Hello all!

Happy New Year! If you follow us at all, you may have noticed that we took a few weeks off from the blog and social media for the holidays. We are back and ready to take any suggestions for blog ideas or questions you may have about what we do or what you can do for a loved one who may have a speech or language issue.

In our office, we have had two retirements and two new hires this last month! Nicole Ezikanyi joined our team as our new full time office manager and Madison Minick joined us as an SLP Aide working at our contracted sites. Kathleen Helfirch-Miller, our wonderful boss since Julie and I both graduated from graduate school, officially retired as of the new year. You will still see her around here though, helping us take over the ship! Additionally, Sharon Helfrich, our wonderful Office Manager for 17 years, is also retiring. Both Kathy and Sharon are going to be spending a lot more time with their grandkids!

Look for updated photos on our website of all of our staff and leave comments below on what you would like to see us discussing on the blog!

Until next time!

Kathleen and Julie

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