Children can have speech sound problems for all sorts of reasons. Sometimes these can be resolved fairly quickly, but for others, they need speech therapy over a very long period of time. One cause of severe speech sound problems is verbal dyspraxia (known in most other countries as Childhood Apraxia of Speech). It’s a diagnosis […]
Monthly archives for February, 2015
How to support children… on school tri...
Helen and I are starting a new series of posts about how to support children with speech and language or special needs. We talk about the types of modifications that can make a real difference for these children and hopefully for the adults as well! You can read about how to support children in school […]
How to teach conjunctions to older child...
So, conjunctions… Technically a conjunction is an invariable grammatical particle, and it may or may not stand between the items it conjoins. (That takes me back to my linguistic lectures!!) You might call them conjunctions or connectives, but what we are talking about are those clever little words that link ideas and sentences together. Now […]
How to support children with language difficulties in ex...
Exams are a reality for every child going through education. Things have changed a lot in recent years and a lot is done through teacher assessment and coursework, but sooner or later, everyone has to pass an exam. This is a stressful situation for any student, but a child with a language difficulty has even […]