This is part three of our series on understanding your child’s speech and language therapy report – if you missed the first two, you can check them out here and here . Today I’m going to focus on comprehension (understanding). This is a big area, but I’m going to try and give you an overview […]
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Top Tips: Making the most of Speech Therapy homework – by Elizab...
I love being able to work regularly with the children on my caseload, see good results and help parents make a difference. One thing that can really help us as therapists and also help your child progress is ‘homework’. Yes, practising at home! Now, I’m a realist and know firsthand how hard it can be […]
What are you doing? Using verbs – by Elizab...
Verbs are the words that tell us what people are doing. These words are important for younger children, particularly when they are starting to link words together. A good range of verbs is also important for older children to help with literacy in school. Here are some ideas to help develop verbs. For younger children:- […]
Easter egg hunting for language by He...
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 […]
Top Tips for putting words together by He...
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 […]