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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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Sensory Bin Activities for Autism
Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning. – Fred Rogers Firstly, sensory input is a very crucial part of every...
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Recognizing Dr. Prathibha Karanth’s Contributions
In today’s “Wall of Fame” series, we recognize the exemplary contributions of Dr. Prathibha Karanth’s. Dr. Karanth is the Founder...
Ayesha Anjum
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The Homework Struggle – A short story
The Homework Struggle – A short story First, “Finish your reading worksheets Neel”, said mom. Next, “No”, replied Neel curtly. Further,...
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Working Memory Activities for Aphasia
Verbal information when we communicate with one another is stored in the form of working memory. It is a temporary storage area with...
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In Conversation with “Nayi Disha”
Conversation with “Nayi Disha”. In this month’s Wall of Fame series, we are delighted to interview with the team “Nayi Disha”. “Nayi...
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“I Spy” Speech Activities for Kids
“I Spy” Speech Activities for Kids Are you running out of speech and language activities for your kids at home? Today, we bring to you this fun “I Spy” Speech Activities for Kids. “I Spy” Games can be played anywhere and in many ways. It is a fun way to teach many speech and language concepts. So, let’s get started! Activity 1: Building Vocabulary The “I Spy” car game is a fun activity for vocabulary building and thinking skills. You can play when you’re traveling or in a car
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