Some ideas to encourage communication
Look to see what exciting ideas we’ve thought about for the holidays: easy to implement activities that can be adapted to your child’s age and stage of development.
Four reasons to continue Speech and Language Therapy during the summer
Have a look at this blog post where we take you through good reasons why you shouldn’t ignore Speech and Language Therapy sessions this summer.
Speech sounds: Expectations vs reality
Read Sonja’s latest blog on hearing the difference between sounds to develop speech sounds production. Check her top tips.
How to use Attention Autism to develop language and communication
In this blog Sonja presents stage two of the Attention Autism approach, “the attention builder”. She gives three activities ideas.
Discover how Attention Autism can support your Autistic child’s communication
In this blog post Sonja explores stage one of the attention autism approach.
Discover nine ways to support literacy in autistic children
We look at how you can support your autistic child’s literacy skills and how together we can provide a scaffold to them becoming independent learners.
Let’s relax about making EYE CONTACT already…
I often reflect on this question ‘Should we make eye contact as a goal?’ In this blog I show how you can encourage it without demand.
Why imitation is a powerful strategy to support social communication
Imitation refers to the simple act of copying. Has your child difficulties in areas of social communication? Learn how imitation is a powerful tool.
Five ways to increase confidence and reduce frustration in children with speech and language and communication difficulties
Let’s help your child with speech and language difficulties gain confidence, increase their participation in school and fully engage with their peers.
Discover speech and language regression in autistic children and how you can support your child
Around 30% of autistic children have speech and language regression. Learn how you can help yours.
Explore seven activities to encourage speech development in school-aged children
“What do I need to buy so I can support speech skills at home?” I give you ideas so you can adapt what you have at home.
Discover seven activities to support young children with word-finding difficulties
You watch your child struggle to find the right words in conversation. You’ve noticed that they describe what they mean (e.g., it lives in the trees outside, has wings to fly and squawks) but cannot think of the correct word…