Say it first!

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How many times do kids hear "You can't have it until you say it first!". This strategy is often used by parents to help kids "use their words". Depending how it is done "withholding" can be an effective strategy to … Continue reading

Home practice

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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

Tackling assignments

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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

Strategies for ASD

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To continue with our focus on autism for autism awareness month, here is a recap of some of our past blogs on strategies for working with kids on the autism spectrum. The right strategies can make a huge difference to … Continue reading

ASD and visuals

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For autism awareness month we are reporting some of our most popular posts on autism. This one looks at using visuals, one of the best ways to support kids with ASD in so many situations. Today the focus is on … Continue reading

Autism awareness day

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Today is Autism Awareness day so it seems a good time to repost our recent blog on autism awareness. As autism is a spectrum disorder even knowing "one person with autism" does not mean you "know viagra without prescription autism" as people … Continue reading

Speech development

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Sometimes it is hard to know when to be concerned about a child's speech and when to "wait and see". Often parents are given different advice by well meaning people such as "boys are slower" or "all kids are different". … Continue reading

Calm, alert and learning

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Whether you are a parent, teacher, child care worker, support worker or therapist you want the children in your care to get as much learning from the time you spend together as possible.  Whether you are in a classroom, small … Continue reading

Baby play

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Children have an in-built need to play which begins when they are babies. Play is vital for developing language, thinking, motor skills and social skills. As children grow and develop the type of play they enjoy changes too. Providing the right kinds … Continue reading

Learning with music

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There was a lovely photo going around on Facebook this week of children's entertainer Peter Coombe singing to his new born grand-daughter.  My children grew up with Peter's wonderful music. Music is a great way of bonding with children, helping … Continue reading