10 strategies to support children with ...
Today is DLD Awareness day. I’m sure there will be people reading this who don’t know what DLD is, and that’s why we need an awareness day! It stands for Developmental Language Disorder, and it is when children have a specific difficulty with language processing, which affects their understanding of what is said to them […]
How to use Mr. Potato head in speech ther...
We have written a few posts in this series, explaining how we use ‘normal’ toys to target specific speech and language skills. You can read our posts about using dinosaurs, toy animals, Lego, and Nerf guns. Many younger children find Mr. Potato head very motivating. They also now make a whole range of extra parts […]
Developing speech and language skills through so...
“Where words fail, music speaks” – Hans Christian Andersen Songs are powerful – for many of us they evoke memories and express emotions. However, perhaps most of all, they can be fun! Children are no different. Many children love music and singing – and they usually don’t have the same inhibitions about doing it publicly […]
5 places to find online training for speech therapi...
I have been to some great training courses in person over the years that I have been a speech therapist. There is something really great about attending a course in person – you get totally immersed in the topic with no distractions, and you get to discuss the material with fellow attendees and with the […]
Attention and listening for school aged child...
Last week Helen wrote about attention and listening skills in younger, preschool children. You can read that post with some great ideas and strategies here. When children get older and start school, good listening skills are a key factor in academic progress. If you can’t listen to information and instructions, learning is much harder. By […]