I do a lot of work with junior age children (age 7-11 for anyone not in the UK) with comprehension and expressive language problems. It’s always a challenge to find materials at the right level and targeting the right skills. I find that the way things look at this age is really important – the […]
I love finding new apps that I can use with the kids I see. Like technology or hate it, there are few things that motivate as well as a really good app! I can’t take the credit for finding this one though – I did a joint session with another SLT recently and she had […]
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 […]
Many children with language problems struggle with learning new words. And it’s something that they are constantly expected to do in every school subject, as well as in everyday life – even many out of school activities will use words which may be confusing for a child who finds it hard to remember words. For […]
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 […]
Last week my son had been invited to a friend’s 6th birthday party. It was an organised affair at a local sports centre. First, all the children were linedup and skilfully ushered down to the bowling alley, by some very enthusiastic 18 year olds, who for the most part had every child listening. All the […]
One of the questions I often get asked is “my child can say a particular sound in sentences when I remind him, but he still doesn’t use it while he’s talking. Why?” There can be several reasons for this. First of all, he might not really hear or recognise his own errors when he’s talking, […]
Working with children never gets boring! They say some of the funniest, most random things and I love it! Christmas always provokes some great insights and comments. Here are a few of my favourites. One young man, of about 6 had been learning about the birth of Jesus and the story of the nativity. He had […]
