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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

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

What does Sequencing mean? Sequencing  is an important skill in children and this article holds key tips to improve verbal language sequencing skill in children. Sequencing is the process of combining things in a particular order; a following of one thing after another. In the context of speech and language, sequencing refers to a skill that we use to discover the components of an event and break it down into simple steps such as the beginning, middle and end of an event. I

An understanding of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) has been an evolving one for the last few decades. Researchers and practitioners have...

Online search – There is no denying that the internet holds tremendous amounts of information across a variety of topics. In this...

Bedtime Talk : Building Your Child’s Creative Language Building Your Child’s Creative Language, We all know that having routines for the day can be very helpful for your child to predict, plan and communicate more effectively. Finding opportunities to talk with your child is crucial for his language development. Be it the morning rush hour of getting dressed for school or the winding down calm at bedtime, every part of your child’s routine gives you plenty of opportunities to

This article describes common terms related to Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) . These terms are used often while reading...

Create VERBAL ROUTINES and get your toddler talking! VERBAL ROUTINES consist of words that are repeated at a predictable time during an activity. A verbal routine occurs any time a person says the same words, in the same way, for the same things, every time a specific activity occurs. Introducing Verbal routines in your daily set of activities can be a great way to promote speech and language skills of your young child in his everyday life. A common Verbal routine that all mo