Children’s literacy development begins in early childhood, and encouraging young children to read and play with books from an early age helps to lay positive foundations for later language and literacy skills. Here are 5 tips for reading books with young children that you can share with caregivers today. As Speech and Language Therapists, we …
Have you heard of ChatGPT? – it’s the AI (artificial intelligence) chat bot that has taken the world by storm. ChatGPT is set to revolutionise many fields. I was curious, as you might be as to how ChatGPT might impact Speech Therapy delivery, and how we can use ChatGPT to our advantage as EI SLPs. …
As Speech and Language Therapists we have a lot of knowledge about many aspects of child development. But we can often take that knowledge for granted, and we aren’t always aware of what families do and don’t know when it comes to speech and language development. Here’s 6 things Kim from Activity Tailor unexpectedly learned …
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This is a guest blog post from Kim Lewis, M.Ed., CCC-SLP (Aka. Activity Tailor). Kim is sharing all about her top tips for increasing preschool attention spans. Time after time, I have families come to see with a toddler/preschooler with concerns about a language delay, but additional concerns about attention. Some of these families have …
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Routines-based interventions are an effective approach to use in Early Intervention. In this blog post (part two of the guest blog post series from Rebecca at @Connect.Explore.Enrich), you’ll learn all about how to embed routines-based intervention into your parent-coaching sessions. Check out part-one of this mini-series here. Tip 1- Be clear about how routines-based intervention …
Today I’m excited to share the first post in a 2-part guest blog post series from Rebecca at @Connect.Explore.Enrich all about the importance of daily routines when working in Early Intervention. Now, over to Rebecca… Routines play a key role in a child’s development As an Early Intervention Specialist, I spend most of my days …
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As Speech and Language Therapists in Early Intervention, we know that introducing signing can have a positive impact on children’s communication skills. But some parents/caregivers may be reluctant to introduce baby signs with their child due to concerns about it stopping them talking. Today I’m sharing a guest blog post by Laura Black, a paediatric …
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As Speech and Language Therapists working in Early Intervention, parents and caregivers often ask how they can support their child to engage in independent play at home. Today I’m sharing a guest blog post by Kerry from @the_play_planner and she’s sharing 7 tips for supporting and improving a child’s independent play skills. Independent play time …
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Books are a fantastic way to help young children begin to explore, process, and understand their feelings and emotions. In this post you’ll learn about my 10 favourite children’s books all about emotions. These books are suitable for preschoolers and older. Emotions books recommended from our personal book collection I’ve gathered together a list of …
Books are a fantastic way to introduce and model vocabulary in your Speech Therapy sessions and at home. These 15 food themed books are a great addition to your food themed Speech Therapy sessions in early intervention and preschool. My favourite food themed books for Speech Therapy I’ve gathered together a list of my favourite …
