What is a Speech Disorder or Speech Impairment? The most typical types of developmental delay include language delays. One out of every five kids will develop their language skills later than other kids their age. Some kids struggle with behaviour because they feel irritated with not being able to articulate their needs or wants. Speech …
How is Sleep Related to Development? Sleep Related to speech Development, Sleep is vital to health for everyone but most importantly for children in who are constantly growing and developing. It is estimated that children should sleep for approximately 50% of the day. This is essential to the development of a child as their behavior, …
Playdates For Children With Special Needs Playdates are vital for all children to hone critical social skills on which future relationships will be built. But with special needs children, scheduling a playdate can feel a bit overwhelming. Special needs children tend to have a difficult time interacting with their peers. As a parent, you want to …
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 …
Articulation Therapy: A Beginner’s Guide Misarticulation or the lack of correct pronunciation of sounds can hinder good communication. Sounds are learnt developmentally and hence as the child grows, sounds would typically become clearer and more adult-like. However, at times, such clarity is not reached. [Click here to read more about typical development of articulation] The …
Behavior Management for Children with Delays Parenting a special child comes with special challenges and requires greater attention to lots of areas of your child’s life. One of the main aspects that parents need to focus on is the behavior management. Autism Spectrum comes with numerous behavior issues like anger, tantrums, mood swings etc. Sometimes …
Gene linked to speech disorder May be while talking about a good looking mother and daughter, or a brainy dad and son, or a family of obese parents & kids. These hereditary blocks that pass traits from parents to offsprings and further down the ladder are called genes! The most typical types of developmental delay …
What is differently abled children? I’m a Speech Language Pathologist and one of the perks of my profession has been meeting various children who are different. Differently Abled Children are different than your kids. Different than the families they are born in. These amazing children have surpassed the urge to survive! They are born fighters …