Hinda Rubin
Hinda trained first as a medical and then school-based SLP. Her hospital training included teaching esophageal speech, treating stroke patients, and patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). As a school-based SLP, she provided evidence-based speech and language therapy to students ages 3-22 to help improve articulation, receptive and expressive language skills, pragmatic language skills, auditory processing skills, fluency and voice. Experience included mentoring speech assistants, diagnostic evaluations, and developing goals aligning with the Common Core Standards. Claynguage developed as a result of efforts to provide the best possible push-in services for students. CPS principals and staff were receptive and supportive throughout.
As a semi-retired SLP, she enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren. She believes that children need to see parents balance work and family while making family a priority. Sharing Claynguage with them, as well as with the children in a variety of daycares and preschools, is truly a passion.
Needlepointing, exercising, reading, cooking (healthy) and getting together with family and friends are among her favorite things. Hinda is always cooking up a theme.
“Claynguage has been a great program for childcare centers! The children are able to practice their language skills through the use of clay with Mrs. Hinda. As they roll, push, pull, poke, and squish the clay they talk about the actions they are doing and the ideas that they have. Connecting words to their actions has been beneficial for their language development. It is such a fun and unique way of learning that is always captivating the attention of the children.”
— Sholom Strick, Owner and operator of The Nook, Smart from the Start, Tiny Tot and Wise Owl Daycares and Preschools
“The brilliant idea of working with clay could only have come from Hinda’s passion for pottery. A skilled clinician, Hinda knew how to strategically target the skills to be developed through discussion during the activity. As a counselor, I know that working with clay can be calming and therapeutic and that most children are interested in playing with clay, and that a relaxed child is receptive to therapeutic goals. In a broader sense, the discussion that evolves during this type of multi-sensory activity can’t help but aid in language development for all children.”
— Leda Scagnelli, Certified School Counselor