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Funtastic Play Ideas: UNO
In each article of this series, five different ways of playing with a toy will be discussed. Let’s begin to explore the games and enjoy...
sharad367
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Shereen Idiculla on a Roll with Oral Placement Therapy
Shereen Idiculla on a Roll with Oral Placement Therapy Shereen Idiculla 14 years of practice, India’s First Speech Language Therapist to...
Pratiksha Gupta
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Articulation Therapy: Teaching T and D sounds
Articulation Therapy: Teaching T and D sounds The sounds /t/ (as in tomato) and /d/ (as in dig) are lingua-alveolar plosives . The name ‘plosives’ comes from the way the sounds expel air when being said. And ‘lingua-alveolar’ is descriptive of the position of the tongue when the sounds are produced. A plan for therapy is drawn out based on the assessment results and thereafter Articulation therapy is undertaken. When saying each slowly, think about where your lips and tongu
sharad367
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Music in Speech therapy: 8 Amazing Action Songs
Music in Speech therapy: 8 Amazing Action Songs Music and movement bring a lot of fun to a session. The power of music is wonderful in exciting, calming and engaging children. A speech therapist can effectively use action rhymes to build speech and language skills. Repetition of movements, sounds, and words within the songs gives the child ample opportunities to learn and thereafter imitate actions and (many times) speech. Here are 8 fun songs that bring in movement and mus
sharad367
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Using Music in Speech Therapy
Using Music in Speech Therapy Speech therapists can assume various roles- of an artist, a teacher or even a singer! Yes, you read that...
sharad367
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Neha Tiwari on Creating Awareness for Speech & Hearing Difficulties!
Neha Tiwari – Wall of Fame – Feb 2018: Neha Tiwari, Speech Language Pathologist cum Audiologist In a vast country like India where more...
Pratiksha Gupta
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Articulation Therapy: Teaching P and B sounds
Articulation Therapy: Teaching P and B sounds Articulation therapy : The sounds P and B are bilabial plosives . The name ‘plosives’ comes from the way the sounds expel air when being said. ‘ Bilabials’ refers to the fact that the lips are used when the sounds are said. If these sounds are misarticulated, a speech therapist will assist in bringing an understanding of how the sounds are made and sound, then establishing them, followed by strengthening and generalizing them.
sharad367
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Autism Series VII: Parental Participation in Intervention
How Parental Participation in Intervention Autism Series? Intervention for a child with Autism or ASD should focus on his /her core...
sharad367
6 min read
Stress-busting hobbies for mommies
Stress-busting hobbies for mommies – Being mom is hard. It is a battlefield for mothers everywhere. It doesn’t matter if you’re a working...
Sayee Deshpande
4 min read
Top 10 Non-Toys used in Speech Therapy
A speech therapist’s magical tool to engage a child in a session is …(*drumroll*)… PLAY! Through play, relevant skills can be taught to a...
sharad367
3 min read
Pragmatic Language Impairment
Pragmatic Language Impairment Pragmatic Language Impairment- Pragmatics is the corpus of rules that govern the use of language in various social situations, i.e. the social skills of language (when, where, with whom, and how language is used). These skills are important for social, educational, and career success. Social norms have expectations for proper pragmatic usage in language, such as topic maintenance, turn-taking in conversation, eye contact, and providing the list
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Learning To Talk With Sensory Books
Learning To Talk With Sensory Books When it comes to promoting speech development in children, multisensory stimulation works wonderfully. These days multi-sensory books are very popular among parents and Speech Therapists alike. Be it pop up books, sliding books, touch and feel books, sound books, game books or digital books, all serve as fantastic tools to work on a child’s language and listening skills. A relatively new and exciting series of books called Sensory Books o
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