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Many children struggle with learning handwriting. Handwriting is a skill that is important throughout school. Younger students face the challenge of learning letter shapes, while older students face the challenge of writing quickly enough to keep up with the workload … Continue reading
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Home practice is an essential part of any therapy program. Without practice at home children often take longer to acquire new skills. Practising your child’s speech, language or occupational therapy work at home means that therapy is much more effective. … Continue reading
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Written assignments can be challenging for students with language and literacy difficulties or other special needs. Here are some ways to help plan and produce a written assignment. Share these ideas and strategies with older primary and secondary students: … Continue reading
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Our last post looked at visuals for younger children but visuals are great for school aged children too, especially those on the autism spectrum. Visuals can help school aged children with daily activities, learning, behaviour and social skills. Why … Continue reading
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Speech pathologists usually begin working with a child by doing an assessment before planning a program and beginning therapy. Sometimes parents ask why this is necessary. Why not just jump in and get going with "fixing things". Communication is a … Continue reading
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Starting school is a big and exciting step for our children, one that we as parents and educators hope will be a positive and rewarding one. The team of speech pathologists at Talking Matters work hard to help their families … Continue reading
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Do mild and moderate speech and language difficulties matter? Many public services tell parents that their child is not eligible to receive speech pathology support because they have only mild or moderate difficulties. This is because services are tightly stretched … Continue reading
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Christmas is over but there is still lots of school holiday time left. Are you looking for some ways to keep the kids busy over the next few weeks until school goes back? Today's blog has some great fun, learning … Continue reading
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With the summer holidays here families spend lots of time in the car, whether for a day trip to the beach or park or on a longer adventure. Time spent in the car can mean lots of arguing and complaining … Continue reading
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Talking Matters would like to wish all their families and colleagues a safe and happy Christmas. We would also like to say farewell to our favourite Christmas elf Jess, and thank her for the sparkle that she has brought to … Continue reading