Miriam School and Learning Center

Help us purchase new tools and resources for our amazing speech/language therapy program!

At Miriam School and Learning Center, we believe every child has a voice that deserves to be heard. Speech and language therapy serves as an integral part of the scaffolding that allows students who learn differently to bridge the gap between their potential and their performance. Communication is often the primary vehicle for both academic access and social belonging. By targeting areas like language processing, social pragmatics and expressive clarity, this therapy transforms a student’s frustration into success. 

Speech and language support at Miriam is not merely a supplemental service - it is the foundation of a truly inclusive education that honors every student’s right to be heard and understood.

With five full-time speech-language pathologists (SLPs) on staff in our K-12 school, therapy is fully integrated into each student’s day. SLPs push into classrooms, collaborate with teachers, and pull students individually and in small groups for more intensive therapy. 

SLPs use a number of tools when working with students, including games that help students with social and figurative language, prompts to help with speech articulation, and intervention programs to assist students with various speech and language challenges.

Your Give STL Day gift will provide Miriam SLPs with updated tools and resources to enhance the amazing work they do each day with our students. Help us give our unique learners the gift of language! 

Miriam School and Learning Center has a proud legacy of helping students with learning challenges find support and success. Through Miriam School (grades K-12) and Miriam Learning Center, the organization annually reaches more than 1,400 unique learners in the St. Louis region. We identify a child's needs, work within their strengths, and provide solutions. Miriam educates students who have learning differences such as learning disabilities, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, language disorders, anxiety and autism spectrum disorder. We provide an individualized curriculum, integrated speech and occupational therapies, and a welcoming, inclusive environment.

What will your gift provide?

A gift of $120: 

• A tool to spark discussions and help students learn how to interpret social situations, understand expectations and practice problem solving skills

• High-school appropriate games for correcting multiple sound errors in speech

A gift of $100:

• Books to help build vocabulary skills and help students make inferences when reading

• Diagnosis and treatment strategies for assisting students with word retrieval deficits.

• Bingo games to help practice articulation sounds

• Card decks designed to enhance vocabulary development

A gift of $75:

• A therapy tool that helps students build clear, confident speech

• A practical tool for listening, observing, connecting and responding skills

• An interactive therapy activity that helps students strengthen expressive language skills

A gift of $50:

• Social thinking books that teaches students how to choose strategies for problems of all sizes

• Photo cards for elementary students that help develop social understanding and inference skills

• A program with ready-to-use lessons that strengthen listening skills

• Photo cards to provide clear, consistent practice as students master building complex sentences

• A collaborative game that teaches research-based strategies for maintaining a balanced conversation

A gift of $25:

• Multiple games perfect for young children working on articulation and social skills

• A tool to help students learn to interpret hidden meanings behind everyday social interactions

• A program to help teens learn how to deal with emotions and solve social dilemmas

• A game to help high school students work on higher level vocabulary skills

• A social skills game that promotes thoughtful conversation for adolescents

• Conversation-starter games

A gift of $15:

• A game that encourages friendly debate to increase confidence and self-advocacy skills

• Games to make articulation drills more fun for early elementary school students

• An engaging resource to help students strengthen their understanding of nonverbal communication