We have started a series of posts looking at high level language skills. As children get older, language and its demands become more sophisticated. It is often around Junior school age that these more subtle language difficulties can become apparent. You can read Helen’s post about understanding and supporting words with multiple meanings here. Today, […]
Monthly archives for May, 2015
Help! My toddler isn’t talking. Par...
We started a series of posts a while ago on encouraging your toddler to talk. You can read the first three posts here, here and here. I have talked about usual language development, what to expect at your speech therapy assessment and some strategies to help your child, such as reducing the number of questions […]
Narrative Ther...
What is narrative therapy? When we talk about ‘narrative’, we are referring to the ability to tell a story or series of events with precision and clarity. For younger children this will happen verbally, but it also transfers to written work for older children. This is a very complex skill that requires remembering what happened, […]
How to support a child… at break ti...
The classroom can be a confusing place for a child with language difficulties. However, sometimes the playground can be even more confusing. Many children who have speech and language difficulties (though by no means all) also have difficulties with social interaction. The lack of structure at break times especially, can be a real challenge […]