We all struggle to talk about how we feel. It’s complicated and often difficult to find the words that most clearly express what we want to say. This is even more difficult for children, and especially children with language difficulties. There are so many words to describe feelings and they often have subtly different meanings […]
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, […]
As children move through school often their language difficulties can sometimes become more subtle. At first glance they seem to be able to respond to questions and can express themselves in longer sentences, but when things become more complex they can start to become confused. One of the things that can particularly trip up children […]
Helen and I are starting a new series of posts about how to support children with speech and language or special needs. We talk about the types of modifications that can make a real difference for these children and hopefully for the adults as well! You can read about how to support children in school […]
Exams are a reality for every child going through education. Things have changed a lot in recent years and a lot is done through teacher assessment and coursework, but sooner or later, everyone has to pass an exam. This is a stressful situation for any student, but a child with a language difficulty has even […]
“Vocabulary levels are strong predictors of later literacy skills. They predict not only how well children will develop reading comprehension, but also their phonological awareness and phonic knowledge. Vocabulary level at age five has been found to be the single best predictor of whether a child brought up in poverty will escape poverty in adult […]
I spent a few years working in a school with children with specific speech and language difficulties. When the summer holidays came round, parents often asked for homework to do over the summer. I think kids do enough formal work during the school year, and the last thing I want to do is give families […]
My husband is a librarian – we have a lot of books at home! I also love books, and our daughter seems to be developing a love for them too! I don’t think it will be news to anyone reading this that books are a great tool for developing language skills or that reading with […]
We’re really excited today that our first guest blog post has been published on the fabulous Special Needs Jungle website. This website is a wonderful resource for parents trying to negotiate their way through the Statementing process and we were really pleased to be asked to contribute a guest blog post. We have written giving […]
Many children with language problems struggle with learning new words. And it’s something that they are constantly expected to do in every school subject, as well as in everyday life – even many out of school activities will use words which may be confusing for a child who finds it hard to remember words. For […]
