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What is Functional reading? All of us use functional reading skills in our day to day lives. These are the common words that occur in...

Activities for biting and chewing in children Chewing exercises for toddlers For infants, learning how to bite and chew is a crucial stage of feeding development. At approximately 5-6 months of age, babies begin using their fingers and teethers for oral exploration using a bite and release pattern. The development of biting and chewing continues from this point on, with the baby refining the movements of the jaw, tongue, and lips. When infants miss a part of this development

DIY communication books for children communication books for children, Communication is a two way-process of receiving and expressing information involving speaking, listening and writing. Non-verbal communication, what you don’t say, is just as important as what you do say. Good communicators “understand and express ideas and information confidently and creatively in more than one language and a variety of modes of communication. They work effectively and willingly in collab

Speech-Language Activities for Adolescents with Autism Are you thinking it’s too late to teach speech-language skills to your teen with...

Sexual Safety of a Child with Special Needs – A Parental Guide Abuse in children Abuse in children is a widely discussed topic, so is abuse in children with disabilities. Review on the risk of violence against children with disability states that they are four times more likely to experience violence than their non disabled peers. Henceforth it becomes of prime importance for parent to teach on how they can ensure sexual safety their child. A review conducted on 2012 indicat

Apps aphasia, Stroke is the most common cause of aphasia. People who are affected by aphasia, have trouble with the four main ways that...

Tips & Tricks for Speaking “R” Can you try saying “R”? If you tried that now, how many of you got it right? If it’s a ‘yes’, cheers to you, yay! But many of us have experience with a child who has struggled with his or her /r/ sound. Clinicians in the field of speech-language pathology have considered this as the trickiest sound to correct. Never the less we are here to help you or your child to get the “R” produced correctly. On that note, I would like to share a few tips a

Aritculation Therapy : Teaching S and SH sounds Teaching S and SH sounds, Is your child finding it hard to get his/her /s/ and /sh/ speech sounds right? Did you know it is one of the most mispronounced speech sounds in all languages? Typically children learn to produce /s/ and /sh/ by 4 years of age and master it as they grow older. For a young child with co-occurring speech sound errors, producing /s/ and /sh/ poses an even bigger challenge. Click here to read the Articulat