I love finding new apps that I can use with the kids I see. Like technology or hate it, there are few things that motivate as well as a really good app! I can’t take the credit for finding this one though – I did a joint session with another SLT recently and she had […]
You know how it is when you meet new people and introduce yourself, discuss family and where you live. Then the conversation often ends up being about work, “So, what do you do?”….It’s interesting to hear people’s responses when you answer this question. The most usual response is “I need one of those!” or “Can […]
Happy Easter weekend everyone! Most schools here only finished yesterday for the holidays, so Easter seems to have come around very suddenly this year and I found myself last minute shopping for Easter eggs yesterday morning! As I looked at all the shelves and the different sizes and colours of eggs, I realised how much […]
A while ago I wrote about encouraging children who aren’t using language at all to start using words. You can read that post here. But what about helping them to move on to the next stage – moving on from single words to putting phrases and sentences together? When children have around 50 single words […]
This topic came up twice last week, once with me as the patient at the dentist and again with a parent of a child I see – what should you ask and when. I would like to say that my dentist was brilliant, considering it was the first time we had met and I am […]
I’ve recently rediscovered barrier games as a great way of developing language skills with children. I already knew about them, I just hadn’t used them so much for a while. First of all, let me explain exactly what I mean by a barrier game. These can be done individually or with a group of children. […]
You might hear lots of different words and terminology being used; stammering, stuttering, dysfluency or even normal non-fluency. They are all referring to the repetition of sounds, syllables, words and sometimes phrases when someone talks. Sometimes the sound can be elongated or exaggerated rather than repeated and sometimes the person may not be able […]
Over the last two days, I have discussed apps, heard about free ones that I didn’t know, and downloaded a free farm bingo game. Over the past few months, I have read research papers and newspaper articles about speech therapy, found out lots about how SLTs work around the world, discovered lots of great resources […]
Myfirstapp make a great range of apps for younger children. They are given an age rating and graded in nice small steps. The apps are free to install and you normally get two playable levels with the download. You would then need to purchase the rest of levels-£1.49 for another 10 levels. I find […]
As promised yesterday, here is the link to part two of our guest blog post on the Special Needs Jungle website. Do take a look and let us know what you think? This one talks about what will happen at the assessment appointment, how to get the most out of it and what to tell […]
