Activities to teach categorisation skills categorisation skills Categories are a group or class of items with shared characteristics. Working on categories is a great way to build and expand vocabulary. Learning new vocabulary by categories allows for better comprehension, retention and recall. When we teach vocabulary words in “groups”, you can create schema for your …
Activities for Kids with Auditory Processing Disorder Auditory processing activities for speech therapy, Have you ever wondered how quickly our nervous system and brain helps us to understand what we are perceiving and experiencing? Our ears and auditory nervous system involves in complex processing in order to make our listening easy. To name a few, …
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Building Speech-Language Skills at the Park How is language learned? Language is learned in different ways. Did you know that you could build on speech-language skills at a park? Yes, you can!! Language is best learned when done in a more natural way & when play is engaged. So how about a visit to the …
Tips to bring speech therapy into normal activities – promoting generalisation) One of the best ways to bring therapy into normal activities is called generalization. This is when, the parent or teacher, points out items or sounds learned in therapy sessions and uses them in normal conversation. For example, if your son has been learning the …
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Speech Ideas with Shaving Cream for Kids Shaving Cream for Kids is a favorite activity to improve kids’ pre-writing patterns, tactile intolerance, and visual-motor skills. Shaving cream is also an affordable, motivating, and exciting activity. It can be done at home to improve the child’s vocabulary too. Although it is a little messy it gets …
Fun Movement Activities for Speech Development Speech development activities, Motor movements including moving, crawling, sitting, standing are crucial parts of a child’s development. These skills help a child to explore his environment. This variety of movements in a child’s environment will help to grow. The American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007, explains, play is the “work …
All About Indian Sign Language Indian Sign Language is a well-structured and coded gesture. Every gesture has a fixed meaning to it. Sign Language is the only means of communication for deaf people. In the past years, there has been an increased interest among researchers in the field of sign language recognition. One of which …
Tips and Techniques to reduce drooling in children with CP What is Cerebral Palsy (CP)? Reduce drooling in children, Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to move and maintain balance and posture. CP is the most common motor disability in childhood. Cerebral means something in line with the …
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Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) The Picture Exchange Communication System is a systematic way to teach a child how to communicate with someone. This can be done by giving a picture of what the child wants to communicate. The program was originally designed for children with autism but can be used for other non-verbal children …
Speech Stimulation in Infants and Toddlers with Down Syndrome : A Guide for Parents Speech Stimulation in Infants, Down Syndrome is a developmental difficulty due to a chromosomal error (or a problem with genes). All children with Down Syndrome have some degree of learning disability and develop skills at a slower rate than other children. …
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