Tina Burns, California Scottish Rite Foundation | Helping Children Find Their Voices and Thrive

Healthy Desert Healthy You · Oct 7, 2026 · 19m

Helping children communicate can transform their confidence, relationships, and classroom success. On Healthy Desert Healthy You, host Will Dean welcomes Tina Burns, Speech Language Pathologist and Clinical Director of the California Scottish Rite Foundation, to explore speech, language, and literacy services provided at no cost to families. Burns discusses developmental milestones, the importance of early intervention, and how pandemic disruptions affected access to support. She explains how play based therapy, caregiver coaching, and school collaboration help children build communication…