Lunch Bunch is a series led by the Speech Language Pathologists of Small Talk Therapeutic Services. Lunch Bunch focuses on playing with food, following your child’s lead, creating low pressure mealtime routines, and building a positive relationship with food. Each class will have a meal prep activity, but we also encourage you to pack your child’s lunch from home to eat with peers. Our goal in this series is to teach caregivers strategies to make a healthy and positive mealtime routine at home, while also providing your child with opportunities to play/explore food with peers. In this class there will be lots of opportunities to build language and social skills.
+ $195 for series / $35 for drop-in / $130 for four class pack
+ one scholarship available!
+ best for ages 12-36 months
+ pre-registration required
about your facilitator:
About your facilitator:
Allison Ortolano, MS, CCC-SLP is a Pennsylvania State licensed Speech-Language Pathologist. Allison received both her Bachelors and her Masters in Speech Language Pathology from Loyola University Maryland. Allison has practiced in both Maryland and Pennsylvania, most recently working in Philadelphia’s Early Intervention program. Allison specializes in working with children birth through three years old with a wide range of communication and feeding disorders. Allison is passionate about working closely with families in a way that reinforces learned strategies to ensure their child’s growth and success continue beyond weekly sessions. Allison is certified in Attachment Biobehavioral Catch-up, which is a home based parent coaching program focused on fostering healthy social-emotional development.
About your facilitators:
- Sylwia Gielarowiec MS, CCC-SLP
is a Pennsylvania State licensed Speech and Language Pathologist. Sylwia received her Bachelor of Arts in Speech, Language and Hearing Science from Temple University and Master of Science in Speech and Language Pathology from University of the District of Columbia. Since 2018, Sylwia has worked with infants and toddlers through Philadelphia’s Early Intervention program. Sylwia specializes in working with children birth through five years old in the areas of expressive and receptive language, speech sounds disorders, social-emotional development, and feeding. Sylwia is passionate about working with children and their families, and coaching caregivers on ways to facilitate language development through daily routines. Sylwia has experience working with medically complex cases such as children with trach, Passy Muir Speak Valve (PMSV), ventilator dependency, and feeding tube dependency. Sylwia is bilingual and speaks fluent Polish.
Allison Ortolano, MS, CCC-SLP
is a Pennsylvania State licensed Speech-Language Pathologist. Allison received both her Bachelors and her Masters in Speech Language Pathology from Loyola University Maryland. Allison has practiced in both Maryland and Pennsylvania, most recently working in Philadelphia’s Early Intervention program. Allison specializes in working with children birth through three years old with a wide range of communication and feeding disorders. Allison is passionate about working closely with families in a way that reinforces learned strategies to ensure their child’s growth and success continue beyond weekly sessions. Allison is certified in Attachment Biobehavioral Catch-up, which is a home based parent coaching program focused on fostering healthy social-emotional development.
Bridget Parkes, MA, CCC-SLP
is a Pennsylvania State licensed Speech-Language Pathologist. Bridget received both her Bachelors and herMasters in Speech Language Pathology from Temple University. Most recently, Bridget has worked with infants and toddlers through Philadelphia’s Early Intervention program. Bridget specializes in working with children birth through three years old in the areas of expressive and receptive language, social-emotional development, and feeding. Bridget uses a parent-coaching model with personalized strategies that allow caregivers to feel confident with helping their child grow beyond weekly sessions. Bridget is certified in Attachment Biobehavioral Catch-up, which is a home based parent coaching program focused on fostering healthy social-emotional development.