Helen and I have started this series of post to show how you can use everyday toys in therapy. Although there are some fantastic speech therapy specific resources and toys out there, you don’t need to spend lots of money to support your child’s speech and language skills. You just need to keep in mind […]
We are delighted to have Rachel Sambrooks from Chatterblocks writing for us this week. Rachel talks about her experiences of trying to get help for her daughter who has a Specific Language Impairment (SLI). Unfortunately, Rachel is not alone in her experiences and I have heard many similar ones over the years. We all need […]
Helen has already reviewed the fantastic new Colour Match game from Orchard Toys this week. You can read her review here. I had another new one – Catch and Count game, very kindly sent to us from Orchard toys. This game is designed for children aged 3 and over and for 2-4 players. It is […]
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 […]
With Easter just around the corner and some fantastic ideas out there, we thought we would have an Easter therapy ideas round up this week! Colour matching eggs I found this idea via pinterest from pink and green mama. A simple idea that can target both comprehension and expression of colours and at a simpler […]
Helen and I have been very fortunate and have some great resources and apps to review. So now it’s the Easter holidays and people may even have a little money to spend with the new tax year, we thought we would blog about some of them! Helen recently reviewed one of Orchard toys new games […]
A few weeks ago, my daughter wanted to play “teaching children to talk”! She had one of her teddies and said that he couldn’t talk and what could we do. I suggested teaching him to sign, but she said “don’t be silly mummy. Get my doctor’s set and I’ll give him some medicine!” If she […]
When Speech and Language Therapists assess younger children’s understanding of language, we often refer to ‘Key words’ or ‘Information Carrying Words – ICW’s’. ICW’s is a term originally used by the Derbyshire Language Scheme, 1982, Knowles, W and Masidlover, M. Both of these terms refer to the number of words you need to understand to […]
Both Helen and I have written before about being a Speech and Language Therapist, how we ended up in this profession, the bits we love and the bits that aren’t so great. However after a rather random email between myself and the mother of one of the children I am seeing about the child’s inability […]
It that time again! It’s Jenna’s linky over at Speech Room News. Helen and I had a good chat about these and wanted to come up with some UK resources – so hopefully these will be new to American bloggers. 1. Black Sheep Press This is a fantastic company that make resources for Speech and […]
