What is school readiness? School readiness is an important part of every child’s development. It is a process of developing skills, attitudes, and behaviours that will help children succeed in school. Moreover, school readiness is a state in which children are prepared for the challenges and demands of school. It includes children’s social, emotional, physical, …
Baby Sign Language Baby sign language is when a baby uses their hands and body gestures to communicate. It helps babies learn early communication skills. Baby sign language does not help your infant communicate before they speak, but it also helps in the language, social, emotional, and cognitive development of your baby. Communicating using baby …
Summer Speech Activities for Children Children love summer. Adults love summer. Everyone loves summer. We do various activities during the summer season. As speech-language pathologists, we use a lot of summer activities during speech therapy sessions. And now, so can you! Here is an amazing list of summer speech activities for children that you can …
How to choose Vocabulary for AAC Is your child a new AAC (Augmentative Alternative and Communication) user? Are you unsure of how to start using your child’s Vocabulary for AAC? If you have answered ‘Yes’ to any of these questions then you have come to the right place. When you start using an AAC device, …
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AAC activities to teach pronouns Pronouns are one of the most taught grammatical aspects in children. Children start using pronouns at 12-16 months of age. According to Lanza & Flahive (2008), the pronoun development is as follows: 12-26 months – I, It 27-30 months – My, Me, Mine, You 31-34 months – Your, She, He, …
Articulation Therapy: Teaching /S/ blends The /s/ speech sound is one of the late sounds that develop in children. Children usually acquire the /s/ blends by 7 years of age. Often, children with speech sound disorders have difficulty in producing the /s/ blends correctly. The /s/ sound alone can be a difficult sound to learn, …
What are the /l/ blends? Here is a list: The /l/ blends are made by combining a consonant with /l/. Children usually acquire the /l/ blends between 5 and 7 years of age. Often, children with speech sound disorders have difficulty in producing the /l/ blends correctly. This blog will cover activities and steps to …
Teaching the /L/ Speech Sound The /l/ speech sound is an alveolar sound. This means that the sound is produced by touching the tongue tip to the alveolar ridge. Children usually acquire the /l/ sound by 4 years of age. Often, children with speech sound disorders have difficulty producing the /l/ sound correctly. This blog …
What is Aphasia? Aphasia is an acquired language disorder. It is the inability to comprehend or express language. Aphasia usually occurs in adults after cerebrovascular accidents such as strokes. It can also result from a brain tumor, head injury, or significant damage to the left hemisphere. Almost 25-40% of stroke survivors present with Aphasia and …