Being able to listen to what is being said to you is an important pre-cursor to language. Like most skills, this is one that develops over the early years of life from babies who can only focus on one thing for a few seconds to a child of 6-7 who can switch their attention between […]
As speech and language therapists, we work with a wide range of children, of different ages and with different needs. Some children love every game that you offer them, happily join in with most activities and are easy to keep focussed. Others take a little more creativity and get bored more easily! Some children (particularly, […]
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 […]
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 […]
I purchased my iPad last year “for work” and I love it and the children I work with love it. It rarely leaves my side. I don’t think it can replace real objects/ interactions and indeed it shouldn’t; but it is a useful addition to any therapy kit. Both Helen and I are trying to […]
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 […]
