Sequencing is one of the things I most commonly set targets on. It’s also one of the speech therapy words that we use that I think makes the least sense to people! Therefore, sequencing is the topic of today’s post! What is sequencing? Sequencing refers to the order of things. With children with speech sound […]
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7 games to encourage listening in a gr...
This is an issue that has come up for me a couple of times this week. I work with a couple of children who have comprehension difficulties but are making good progress and can now follow simple instructions in school as long as they are given 1:1. However, they struggle when instructions are given to […]
Top tips for building rapport with child...
When I was a newly qualified therapist, there was so much to think about whenever I assessed a child – which assessment to use, transcribing speech correctly, asking the right questions in the case history, making the right decision about what to do next!… But there is one aspect of doing an assessment which is […]
How to teach negati...
Negatives are a really important thing to understand and always a high priority for me to target if a child is struggling with them. If you don’t know that there’s a difference between “push” and “don’t push” you can immediately see that it can lead to all sorts of problems! The first thing to do […]
Working together with other therapi...
In today’s blog post we’re welcoming a guest contributor, Gemma Moore. Gemma works for the NHS in Portsmouth and is a specialist in hearing impairment. Gemma and I have written this post together. There are various reasons why more than one therapist may end up working with a child. We’re not going to go into […]