I was so busy sharing this post on Facebook and Twitter yesterday, that I forgot to blog about it! Our latest column on the Special Needs Jungle website went up yesterday morning. It’s about the importance of differentiation for children with SEN, in response to Liz Truss’ speech where she says differentiation is about having […]
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Lazy Spe...
I often hear people describe children’s speech as being “lazy”. I know why they do this – it can be difficult to describe exactly how a child’s speech sounds if you don’t know all the correct terminology or just know it doesn’t sound quite right. It is usually used to mean that speech sounds are […]
Keyword Understanding: App rev...
As Elizabeth mentioned on Monday, we have been fortunate enough to be sent quite a few things to review and we thought the school Easter holidays might be a good time to share them with you. Today, I’m going to tell you about the app Keyword Understanding by Aptus Speech and Language Therapy. This app […]
Top Tips for preparing for medical appointments by Elizab...
Our latest post on Special Needs Jungle is up today. Elizabeth has written about how to prepare for medical appointments and building good relationships between therapists and parents. You can check the post out here. There’s so much great information on the website generally – don’t forget to have a look around while you’re there!
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 […]
Special Needs Jungle regular colu...
Today we’re very excited to announce that we have been asked to be regular contributors to the fantastic Special Needs Jungle website! We did a two-part guest post earlier in the year (you can catch those here and here if you missed them) and were so excited to be asked to write a regular column. […]
Understanding your child’s speech and language therapy report: Part ...
A while ago, Elizabeth and I did two guest posts on the Special Needs Jungle website about how to get the most out of your child’s speech and language therapy assessment. You can read those posts here and here. Once your child has had an assessment, your speech and language therapist will probably write a […]