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How to be a terrific TA!
One of the parts of my job that I really enjoy is working with a range of different people, in different settings and of different professions. I truly believe that multidisciplinary working is the way...
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Narrative Therapy: What happened?!
So here is the next in our series on Narrative Therapy. If you haven’t seen the others it might be an idea to have a look first! You can read about the introduction, who/character, where and when....
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Top 10 games for a travelling therapist
I work with children between the ages of 2 and 11 years old and we work on a range of targets. I may see an eleven year old and work on higher level language skills and inferencing, my next child may...
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Narrative – The whole story!
Helen and I have been writing a series of posts about using narrative therapy. If you haven’t read those yet I recommend that you go and have a look first. Today I am going to write about bringing...
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Is it making a difference? Is my child making progress?
If your child is receiving therapy, or you have been practising something at home, how do you know if it’s working? It can be hard when you are with your child every day to notice the small changes...
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Top 10 apps for 4-7 year olds
This post is in response to a question I have been asked quite frequently by schools recently. “We have bought some iPads for the school (or SEN department). What apps should we get that we can use...
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Speech sound therapy
Helen’s post last week talked about which sounds your child should be saying and when. If you haven’t seen that post you can read it here. So today, I am going to talk about what we actually do to...
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How to teach before and after
Many children find the temporal concepts of before and after hard. They are tricky as they change depending on where in the sentence they are, making the rules harder to learn. You will also often...
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How to use Dinosaurs in Speech Therapy!
Roar! I love dinosaurs and so do many of the children I work with! I was excited when they were included in the Key Stage 1 curriculum – what a great engaging topic! It never ceases to amaze me, the...
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Rhyme – advice and ideas
Phonological awareness is a key skill in developing a child’s speech and reading skills. Check out Helen’s post about it here. As Helen said, phonological awareness includes a range of skills,...
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Supporting children with unclear speech
Unfortunately, due to a very high volume of enquiries, we are not able to send details to any more enquirers. If you have already received an application form, please do return it. Otherwise, we are...
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listening to sounds in words
We have written a series of posts about phonological awareness. This is the ability to hear and tell the difference between sounds both in isolation and in words. You can read our other posts about...
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Speech sound therapy
Helen’s post last week talked about which sounds your child should be saying and when. If you haven’t seen that post you can read it here. So today, I am going to talk about what we actually do to...
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How to teach before and after
Many children find the temporal concepts of before and after hard. They are tricky as they change depending on where in the sentence they are, making the rules harder to learn. You will also often...
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How to use Dinosaurs in Speech Therapy!
Roar! I love dinosaurs and so do many of the children I work with! I was excited when they were included in the Key Stage 1 curriculum – what a great engaging topic! It never ceases to amaze me, the...
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Rhyme – advice and ideas
Phonological awareness is a key skill in developing a child’s speech and reading skills. Check out Helen’s post about it here. As Helen said, phonological awareness includes a range of skills,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Supporting children with unclear speech
Unfortunately, due to a very high volume of enquiries, we are not able to send details to any more enquirers. If you have already received an application form, please do return it. Otherwise, we are...
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listening to sounds in words
We have written a series of posts about phonological awareness. This is the ability to hear and tell the difference between sounds both in isolation and in words. You can read our other posts about...
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How to have conversations with children with unclear speech
Before I get into the subject of the post today, I just wanted to let you know that we have created a new free e-book called “How to support a child with speech sound difficulties”. To get it, you...
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Irregular past tense verbs – Ideas on how to teach them
Before Christmas, Helen wrote a post about teaching children to use the regular past tense. Once the child has mastered this, the next fun step is all the irregular verbs! As with nearly all...
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