Our latest post on Special Needs Jungle is up today. Elizabeth has written about how to prepare for medical appointments and building good relationships between therapists and parents. You can check the post out here. There’s so much great information on the website generally – don’t forget to have a look around while you’re there!
Over the past few weeks, I have been into several schools/nurseries to observe children. It’s something speech and language therapists often do, especially at the assessment stage, but I can understand that it probably seems like a strange thing to spend a session doing, sitting and watching! So I thought today I’d write about what […]
Both Helen and I have written before about being a Speech and Language Therapist, how we ended up in this profession, the bits we love and the bits that aren’t so great. However after a rather random email between myself and the mother of one of the children I am seeing about the child’s inability […]
A while ago, Elizabeth and I were contacted by Special iApps to ask if we would review their apps. Even more generously, they are offering 2 of each of their apps as a giveaway here. I received a copy of the app for free, but the views are my own. Special iApps is a non-profit […]
It that time again! It’s Jenna’s linky over at Speech Room News. Helen and I had a good chat about these and wanted to come up with some UK resources – so hopefully these will be new to American bloggers. 1. Black Sheep Press This is a fantastic company that make resources for Speech and […]
Many of the children I work with (especially those at junior age) have difficulty with word-finding. This is something that we all experience occasionally, so I think everyone reading this will be able to identify with how frustrating it can be at times. You know that “tip of the tongue” feeling that you get sometimes […]
Our next column on the brilliant Special Needs Jungle website is up now. The topic is how to communicate succesfully with children with unclear speech and you can check it out here. Do let us know what you think, either here or there. Also, if you missed our last column about the impact of language […]
In this week’s blog we thought we would talk a little about our jobs. We both feel privileged to work with children and their families and hopefully help and give useful guidance. But the job entails much more than the face to face time spent with the children and as with any job there are […]
A couple of months ago, this game caught my eye in the Early Learning Centre, and I thought it looked good for language work. I managed to get it cheaply with multiple half-term offers, and most of the kids I work with (and my own daughter) love it so I thought I’d tell you all […]
Hi everyone! Hope you’ve all had a fantastic Christmas! We’ve both been busy with family Christmas celebrations all of this week, and we’re sure a lot of you have too. I’ve hardly looked at my computer for the last few days! Also, in lots of areas of the UK there have been long power cuts […]
