We have put quite a few app reviews on this blog, and many of them are really great apps which I love. If you have an iPad which you ever use in therapy, make sure you read this review as we both absolutely love this app! Elizabeth and I were lucky enough to be contacted […]
Since it’s half-term this week, we thought it was time to post some more reviews of products we love. This is the first of three reviews this week of products we have been lucky enough to be sent to review. Today, the Colour Match puzzles by Orchard Toys. This is a very simple set of […]
So, you have just received a set of targets from your Speech Therapist. The chances are there are words on there you don’t use everyday, although hopefully the therapist has explained them! We often talk about semantics, concepts, irregular tenses etc and how to help your child understand and use them. Prepositions are another target […]
Over the past few weeks, I have been into several schools/nurseries to observe children. It’s something speech and language therapists often do, especially at the assessment stage, but I can understand that it probably seems like a strange thing to spend a session doing, sitting and watching! So I thought today I’d write about what […]
It often surprises people that I am a huge advocate of signing with children. People often think that, since speech therapists are trying to encourage children to talk, we think baby signing and similar approaches will hold back verbal language. Actually, nothing could be further from the truth! Of course, children with hearing difficulties may […]
This is part three of our series on understanding your child’s speech and language therapy report – if you missed the first two, you can check them out here and here . Today I’m going to focus on comprehension (understanding). This is a big area, but I’m going to try and give you an overview […]
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 […]
Something that has come up a few times this week with the parents and teaching assistants I have spoken to revolves around what children can and can’t do. For example I was talking about the concepts of hard versus soft and the TA said he couldn’t do it. So the first question I ask is […]
Happy Easter weekend everyone! Most schools here only finished yesterday for the holidays, so Easter seems to have come around very suddenly this year and I found myself last minute shopping for Easter eggs yesterday morning! As I looked at all the shelves and the different sizes and colours of eggs, I realised how much […]
I’ve recently rediscovered barrier games as a great way of developing language skills with children. I already knew about them, I just hadn’t used them so much for a while. First of all, let me explain exactly what I mean by a barrier game. These can be done individually or with a group of children. […]
