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Balloons are a piece of kit that is always in my therapy bag. They are a really fun activity that captures attention and creates a motivating opportunity for children to practise some key words.
Balloons are a piece of kit that is always in my therapy bag. They are a really fun activity that captures attention and creates a motivating opportunity for children to practise some key words.
I had the pleasure of attending a Social Thinking conference on the subject of social emotional learning and the role that Speech and Language Therapists can play in this.
If you're considering teaching your little one some baby signing or Makaton, you might be wondering if signing will stop your child speaking. Sometimes there's the worry that signing will be so easy that your child won't bother learning to speak!
Developmental Language Disorder is a common but hidden disability affecting a surprising number of children and adults. In this video I share a little more about DLD and the one thing we can all do to help.
For every therapy session there’s plenty of additional work that goes on behind the scenes.
Would you describe your school as a ‘thinking school': one that highlights the importance of critical thinking as an essential part of learning?
All children take time to learn how to speak clearly. They go through typical periods of sounding unclear, or 'simplifying' difficult sounds. You might be wondering if your child is making the right sounds for their age.
A large part of my role involves helping you as a parent to better understand how your child is learning to talk and how you can help them with this.
You know that classic moment, when someone turns to you and says "So, what do you do then?"
I invariably make a scruffy entrance to a conference. As I choose to travel by bike rather than Tube I have to deal with helmet hair and a quick outfit change in the loo before collecting my delegate’s name badge.
When I was about nine years old I had piano lessons. I went to visit a lady in a lovely old house down a long gravel drive.
Sharing books with your child is a fantastic way to boost their language and social understanding. Children who are read to when they are young are more likely to grow into confident independent readers.