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, […]
Our latest post is up on Special Needs Jungle. The topic is – Tips for expanding language at Christmas. The first half of the post gives tips and ideas for children who have difficulties with change and find Christmas difficult. The second half of the post gives tips for expanding language through Christmas activities. You […]
A couple of months ago, I was in my car on the way to a child’s Annual Review meeting when I switched the radio on and caught the end of a programme that really captured my attention. It was someone talking about autism. Someone not just describing how people with autism can behave, but someone […]
One thing that SLT’s become good at is looking at everyday children’s games and toys and thinking of multiple ingenious ways of using them! Everything you have in your therapy cupboard / bag needs to be fun and useful in a number of ways. In fact I love showing other SLT’s new resources and seeing […]
