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Register for GiGi’s Playhouse Amina Grace Speech and Language Program

All New Orleans friends with Down syndrome are welcome to register for this free, fall program!

By Lauren Ungar, Assistant Publisher September 5, 2024

Registration is OPEN!

The GiGi’s Playhouse Amina Grace Speech and Language Program provides youth, teens, and adults with greatly expanded opportunities to evolve and refine their speech and language skills. Effective enunciation, clarity of speech, word order, and message meaning are paramount to fostering greater self-confidence, comprehension, problem-solving, school readiness, social skills, independence, and overall quality of life.

Matched learners will meet for speech lessons one day per week at the same time, similar to our 1-on-1 literacy and math tutoring programs. 

The session runs from September 15th through December 14th. Sign up by Wednesday, September 11th, 2024

10 Week Schedule:

September 15 - Evaluations Week

September 22 - Week 1

September 29 - Off Week for The Lagniappe Gala

October 6 - Week 2

October 13 - Week 3

October 20 - Week 4

October 27 - Week 5

November 6 - Week 6

November 17 - Week 7

November 24 - Off week for Thanksgiving

December 1 - Week 9

December 8 - Week 10


Participant enrollments will be limited. Any unmatched learners will be placed on a waitlist for matching priority for the Spring 2025 session.


Please complete your application by clicking the button below by Wednesday, September 11, 2024.

Before applying, please read our BLOG to learn more about the Amina Grace Speech and Language Program sponsored by Oscar J. Tolmas Charitable Trust at GiGi's NOLA. It has important information about policies and logistics.

Complete the Application Here