Attention and listening skills are incredibly important as they underpin all learning. If you aren’t listening, you won’t hear all the words and you may not get the whole message. If you aren’t paying attention it also makes learning very hard. We have written about how speech therapists talk about attention and listening skills in […]
In this week’s blog we thought we would talk a little about our jobs. We both feel privileged to work with children and their families and hopefully help and give useful guidance. But the job entails much more than the face to face time spent with the children and as with any job there are […]
A few days ago, we took our daughter to see a health professional for an initial assessment. As someone who sees families regularly to take a case history and assess a child, it was interesting being on the other side of the process. I should point out before I start that we were really happy […]
Play is a really important skill that children need to learn and practise. It helps with language and vocabulary development, sequencing, creative thinking, attention and listening skills, social skills, turn taking – I could go on! You can help your child’s play develop, whatever their age. You don’t need hundreds of expensive toys; you just […]
This topic came up twice last week, once with me as the patient at the dentist and again with a parent of a child I see – what should you ask and when. I would like to say that my dentist was brilliant, considering it was the first time we had met and I am […]
You might hear lots of different words and terminology being used; stammering, stuttering, dysfluency or even normal non-fluency. They are all referring to the repetition of sounds, syllables, words and sometimes phrases when someone talks. Sometimes the sound can be elongated or exaggerated rather than repeated and sometimes the person may not be able […]
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 […]
As we have mentioned before, looking at an everyday toy or game and thinking of lots of different ways to use it in therapy is an important skill. I also like to show parents that you don’t need specialist equipment; you just need to think about what you are targeting. One of my latest finds […]
Many children have difficulty saying certain sounds clearly. Sometimes, it is a normal developmental stage and will improve on its own; at other times they may require some direct help from a Speech Therapist. Parents often ask what they can do at home to help. Eating Talking and eating use many of the same muscles, […]
Attention and listening is a big issue for many children with language problems and one which can affect them hugely in the classroom. It can also get them into trouble in school sometimes if the difficulty means that they find it hard to sit still or can’t stop calling out. Sometimes it can be one […]
