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Important Health Coverage Tax Documents

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ATTENTION: Please read this important tax information.

In compliance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Community Rehab Associates, Inc. reports health coverage information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). For the 2025 tax year, you may be eligible to receive a Form 1095-B, Health Coverage, or Form 1095-C, Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage, documenting your health coverage.

Instead of automatically mailing a paper statement, Community Rehab Associates, Inc. is providing this tax information upon request.

How to Request a Copy of Your Form 1095-B or 1095-C:
If you would like a paper copy of your Form 1095-B or Form 1095-C, you may request one using any of the following methods:

By Email: humanresources@commrehab.org

By Mail:

Community Rehab Associates, Inc.

3950 3rd Street N, STE D

St. Petersburg, FL

By Telephone: (727) 739-8783 or Toll Free (877) 268-4329 x 118

Information to Include in Your Request: Please provide your name, current mailing address, and tax year for which you are requesting a form.

Fulfillment Timeline: Requested forms will be provided within 30 days of receiving your request or by January 31st of the following year, whichever is later.

Availability: This notice will remain posted on our website and accessible through October 15, 2026

Contact Information: For any questions regarding your health coverage tax documents, you may contact Community Rehab Associates, Inc. at the email, physical address, or telephone number provided above.

Info Regarding COVID-19

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The health and well-being of our staff, students, and community important to us. While many
questions regarding the COVID-19 remain unanswered at this time, there are practical, commonsense
ways for you to take care of yourself, protect others, and monitor latest developments.
Based on guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Community Rehab
Associates, Inc. recommends that employees and community members
▪ Avoid close contact with people who are sick
▪ Avoid touching their eyes, nose, and mouth
▪ Stay home when they are sick
▪ Cover their cough orsneeze with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash
▪ Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces using a regular household cleaning
spray or wipe
▪ Not wear a face mask unless they show symptoms respiratory illness, including COVID-19
▪ Wash their hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, especially after going to the
bathroom; before eating; and after blowing their nose, coughing, or sneezing (if soap and water
are not readily available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol)
Employees who have questions or concernsregarding this information, CRA Therapy’s leave
policies, or any other issue, feel free to contact us.
To learn more about the novel coronavirus and keep up with the latest developments, see the About
Coronavirus Disease 2019 and CDC’s Frequently Asked Questions and Answers webpages. For
information about handwashing, see CDC’s Handwashing website.

SLP Summer Letter for Families

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Summer 2018 is fast approaching and most children will be on an extended break from school. While every child deserves a break from the rigor of school, summer vacation offers exceptional opportunities for children to learn and develop outside the structure of formal school.
CRA has a template for you use, send home, make your own to help support skills during the summer months.

Dear Parent:

Summer is approaching and you may have more time to spend with you child.  You may want to take advantage of this time to help your child develop better communication skills.  Because these skills are so important for success in school, every child can benefit from their continued development.

You can help anytime and anywhere-car trips, grocery shopping, making dinner, at a park.  The following suggestions can be used with children at most grade and reading levels-and throughout the year as well as during summer.

Listening Is Important.  When you listen, your child will be encouraged to talk more.  When you listen, you also teach your child to listen-and listening is one of the main ways children learn.

  • Show you’re listening by rephrasing what your child is saying or commenting on it. For example, your child says. “Barbie is my friend.” You say, “You like Barbie, don’t you?”
  • Look at your child to show you are listening.

Talk With Your Child.  Watch a favorite TV show together and then discuss it; ask your child the most important ideas and what he/she liked best in the show.  Have a conversation with your child whenever you can-during a meal, on a walk, or doing an errand.

  • Most children make some mistakes in speech. Try not to comment of the mistake.  Simply repeat what was said using the correct words or sounds.  For example, you child says. “I goed outside.” You say. “Oh, you went outside.”
  • If you don’t understand what you child is saying, ask him/her to repeat it or ask a leading question based on what you did understand (“Tell me more about what you did.”).
  • If you child omits words, you can help by expanding on what he/she said. For example, your child says, “Tommy shoe lost.” You say, “Oh Tommy’s shoe is lost.”

Encourage Reading. Read to your child.  Let your child see that you read newspapers, magazines, and books.  Keep magazines and books around the house.

  • Go to the library together.  Keep a list of the books your child has read.
  • Subscribe to a magazine for your child.  Give paperback books as gifts.

Enjoy Language.  Help your child to be creative with language.

  • Tell stories, play word games, give diaries as gifts.
  • Write letters to friends and relatives on your vacation.

As the speech-language pathologist at your child’s school, I work with children who have problems with speech, language, and related disorders.  If you have any concerns regarding the way your child speaks or listens, please call me in the fall.

 

Have a pleasant summer!

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Summer Fun Activities From the Occupational Therapist

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Yay for summer!!  Here are some fun activities for you and your child this summer:

Proprioceptive Activities:

  1. Carrying groceries from the car to the house
  2. Carrying laundry up and down the stairs
  3. Pulling a blanket with toys or pillows on top for added weight
  4. Jumping on a trampoline
  5. Animal walks

Vestibular Activities:

  1. Bike riding
  2. Jump rope
  3. Egg races
  4. Hopscotch
  5. Twister

Tactile activities:

  1. Playing in a bin of raw rice or beans
  2. Finger painting
  3. Make a water bead sensory bin
  4. Play with non-toxic slime
  5. Play in the sand

Auditory Sensory Activities:

  1. Play Simon Says
  2. Scavenger hunt with sounds (instead of looking for objects, listen for sounds!)
  3. Make and play with sensory shakers
  4. Listen to calming music
  5. Fill the backpack or beach bag game (give simple 1 step directions)

 

Fine Motor Activities:

  1. Play travel size board games with tiny pieces
  2. Make beaded necklaces or bracelets
  3. Pipe Cleaner and Colander Activity
  4. Make origami or paper airplanes
  5. Trace objects using stencils

Visual Motor Activities:

  1. Sidewalk chalk art
  2. Paint or color by numbers
  3. Throw water balloons at a target
  4. Place action figures in plastic container of water and freeze—have them use a hammer to get them out later
  5. Writing with shaving cream

Visual Perceptual activities:

  1. I Spy Eagle Eye; I Spy Go Fish
  2. Spot It game
  3. Word search puzzles
  4. Connect the dots pictures
  5. Memory game

Bilateral Coordination Activities:

  1. Put big sponges in a bucket of water outside and squeeze them
  2. Punch holes with a hole puncher
  3. Make a marble maze with recycle materials like toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls
  4. Make and play with playdoh– use cookie cutters, rolling pins, and scissors with it
  5. Go fishing

 

Have a wonderful summer!

 

 

Blog Post: Ideas for Better Speech and Hearing Month

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May is here and It is always fun to bring awareness to the field of Speech and Hearing and let people know a little bit more about what SLPs do every day! Need ideas for how to celebrate Better Speech & Hearing Month?

• ASHA’s May is Better Hearing and Speech Month website has a screen saver, activity booklets, bookmarks, information packets, and more! – http://www.asha.org/bhsm/

• Speaking of Speech’s May is Better Speech and Hearing Month Materials (created/shared by speech-language pathologists) – http://www.speakingofspeech.com/May_is_BSHM_Materials.html

• Super Duper Publications’ Celebrate Better Speech and Hearing Month Handy Handout by: Robyn Merkel-Piccini, M.A. CCC-SLP – http://www.superduperinc.com/handouts/pdf/19_Celebrate_Better_Speech.pdf

• Michigan State University’s Better Hearing and Speech Month website with information, video links, and banners – https://www.msu.edu/~comdis/bhsm/

• LiveSpeakLove created free printable information sheets for various communication disorders – http://livespeaklove.com/2012/05/01/happy-better-hearing-and-speech-month/

• Speech Room News’ Better Hearing and Speech Month calendar and Vocal Hygiene flyer – http://www.speechroomnews.blogspot.com/2012/04/better-speech-hearing-month.html

• The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s website full of hearing and speech handouts – http://www.entnet.org/AboutUs/betterHearingSpeechMonth.cfm

• ASHA’s Pinterest account full of Better Hearing and Speech Month related pins – http://pinterest.com/ashaweb/better-hearing-speech-month-ideas/

• ASHASphere’s Better Hearing and Speech Month Roundup Week 1 post identifying various websites promoting Hearing and Speech Month – http://blog.asha.org/2012/05/03/better-hearing-speech-month-roundup-week-1/

• Super Duper Publications’ Handy Handouts – http://www.superduperinc.com/Handouts/Handout.aspx

• Pedia Staff’s Better Hearing and Speech Month Resources Blog Post – http://www.pediastaff.com/blog/better-hearing-and-speech-month-resources-2011-3457

• American Academy of Audiology Worksheets – http://www.audiology.org/resources/consumer/Pages/kids.aspx

• Speech Lady Liz’s blog post – http://speechladyliz.blogspot.com/2012/05/happy-better-speech-and-hearing-month.html

• Consonantly Speaking’s Coloring Page With Suggested Homework Activities for BHSM – http://consonantlyspeaking.com/posts/2012/05/better-hearing-and-speech-month-coloring-page-with-suggested-homework-activities

We hope that you find these materials created by other speech-language pathologists and professionals helpful this month to share with your students, colleagues, and parents!