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Activities for pre-school kids with special needs
Activities for pre-school kids with special needs This blog talks about activities for pre-school kids with special needs. Pre-school activities not only have learning value. They also consist of a wealth of skill development. They promote learning through play. It also aims at the child’s holistic development. 1. Simon Says – All of us have played Simon Says while growing up. This game is easy and fun. It improves focused attention. This works on the child’s ability to comp
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ADIP Scheme for Hearing Impairment
Hearing loss is the most common sensory deficit in humans today. The major percentage of the population of India suffers from milder...
Laxme Janardhanan
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Cleft Lip and Palate Operation: Causes, Treatment and Care in India
A cleft lip or cleft palate is a gap in the upper lip, the roof of the mouth, or both, present from birth. If your baby has been diagnosed, or a scan has raised the possibility, you are probably asking three things: what happens next, when the operation is done, and how to find good care without losing months to confusion or cost. This guide explains what clefts are, how they are classified, what is known about causes, how a cleft lip and palate operation works and when it is
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Spectrum of Hope – Ms. Sarah Scott
In today’s interview series, we bring to you an incredible journey of Ms. Sarah Scott. Ms. Sarah Scott shares her life with Aphasia...
Ayesha Anjum
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Voice Therapy to Deepen Voice: How It Works, Techniques, and Timeline
Picture a 24-year-old who is mistaken for a teenager every time he answers a work call, or a student whose voice leaps upward whenever he gets nervous. For people like this, a high speaking pitch is more than a small annoyance. It can decide whether they speak up in meetings, pick up the phone, or put their hand up for a presentation. Voice therapy to deepen voice is the usual first step, because it works on the habits behind the pitch instead of covering them up. Quick answe
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Speech Therapy Progress: What to Expect?
Speech Therapy Progress: What to Expect? When your child began speech therapy, the speech-language pathologist (SLP) would have explained...
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Top 5 AAC activities
Top 5 AAC activities Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) activities are an amazing way for your child to learn language. Not only the child but also the family members can join in and participate in the activities. These activities promote not only language development, but also social interaction, turn-taking, and communication. Every activity is an opportunity to model language to the child. This blog post will help you with some top fun-filled activities to im
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Avaz AAC for Communication
AAC stands for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. In this blog, we will tell you about Avaz AAC for Communication. Further, these are devices and tools that help communication. Furthermore, few children and people who have speech difficulties greatly benefit from AAC tools and devices. Here is a link to what is AAC: https://1specialplace.com/product/my-child-and-aac/ Avaz is a picture and text-based speech application. It is available on all smart devices on the Goo
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5 Brain Games for Persons with Aphasia
Exercising the brain is as important as physical exercise for all people. This article is here to share our top 5 brain games for Persons with Aphasia. Persons with Aphasia do not only face difficulty in communicating or walking but also in day-to-day mental activities. Hence, they must exercise their brains to keep it active. 5 Brain Games for Persons with Aphasia Chunking and Recall: We need to remember numbers, addresses, words, and objects we see in our daily lives. The c
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Speech Activities for Father’s Day
Speech Activities for Father’s Day Father’s day is celebrated worldwide on the third Sunday in June. It is a great bonding moment for children as they are usually very excited to celebrate this day. We have seen many children planning this day well in advance. Children use their creativity and imagination so beautifully that we can even think of it. This special day can be taken as a great opportunity for speech and language stimulation. We Speech and Language Pathologists us
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Speech tips for Muscular Dystrophy
Speech tips for Muscular Dystrophy A muscular dystrophy is a group of diseases that runs in families. This blog is on Speech tips for Muscular Dystrophy. This disease damages and weakens the muscles. These changes happen over time slowly. This weakness is due to the lack of protein “dystrophin”. Muscle issues lead to difficulty in motor functions. For example, walking, speaking, swallowing, etc. There is no known cure for Muscular Dystrophy. Speech tips for Muscular Dystroph
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Smash Mats for Speech and Language development
Smash Mats for Speech and Language development Smash mats are considered to be an interactive way to teach virtually the speech and language concepts. They are very flexible because you can use them for targeting many speech and language goals. It’s easy to get responses from the child by asking them to place the play dough or candy on the target picture/ word or colour the target word/ picture with board markers or sketch pens or placing the board game coins on the target pi
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