Helen and I have been very fortunate and have some great resources and apps to review. So now it’s the Easter holidays and people may even have a little money to spend with the new tax year, we thought we would blog about some of them! Helen recently reviewed one of Orchard toys new games […]
Posts in category Speech therapy
Understanding Key Wo...
When Speech and Language Therapists assess younger children’s understanding of language, we often refer to ‘Key words’ or ‘Information Carrying Words – ICW’s’. ICW’s is a term originally used by the Derbyshire Language Scheme, 1982, Knowles, W and Masidlover, M. Both of these terms refer to the number of words you need to understand to […]
They didn’t tell me that at University……. by Elizab...
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 […]
Review of Elizabeth’s best po...
On looking back over our first year of blogging, we’ve been looking over our 58 posts. It’s interesting to see which posts we enjoyed writing the most, and which ones have had the most views (not necessarily the same ones). We thought, since we share this blog, that it would be interesting for us to […]
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 […]
Understanding your child’s speech and language therapy report – Part ...
Are you listening….. Then I’ll begin – by Elizabeth Last week Helen started writing about the terminology we use when writing reports. Although we all try hard to explain ourselves as clearly as we can, we still have to use a certain amount of technical vocabulary, and things that make perfect sense to us may […]