I Don’t Like My Child’s Speech Therapist Written by: Guest Speech Pathologist Kim Smith Rowe Kim is a speech-language pathologist who mothers a spunky toddler, loves a great man, works with very special children and families, and blogs at Little Stories. But what if I don’t like my child’s speech therapist? [read more]
Enhancing your child’s vocabulary (word knowledge) in everyday activities As parents, we often want to be ‘teaching’ and ‘testing’ our children regularly, especially if there is some anxiety about a child’s language development. It is more effective, though, to provide lots of ‘input’ and opportunities for children to produce [read more]
Helping them to spell and read. Phonemic Awareness Training Phonemic awareness is the understanding that syllables and spoken words are made up of specific speech sounds. It is possible to “tease out”, isolate or “sound out” these sounds, which are known as phonemes, in order to help a child learn to spell or read. It [read more]
