Supporting A Young Child with Possible Learning Differences : How Is Alfie Doing in School?
Mary Mountstephen MA (SEN) MA (RES) https://www.marymountstephen.com When you ask about your child’s progress in school, the last thing...
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katieSLT
- Feb 22, 2021
- 4 min
Literacy, Dyslexia and Speech and Language Therapy
Literacy is a child’s ability to read and write, correct? Well, it is a lot more diverse than this. Literacy is so much more than just...
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aynsley6
- Feb 5, 2021
- 4 min
Why is Bilateral Coordination so Important for Accessing Learning and Academics?
If you have had experience working with an Occupational Therapist you will know that we emphasize and support bilateral coordination in...
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katieSLT
- Jan 24, 2021
- 4 min
Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
As always if you want more information about PECS, have concerns about a child’s communication or want to introduce PECS please seek the...
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demelza45
- Jan 20, 2021
- 1 min
What are SEMH needs? (social, emotional, and mental health needs)
SEMH needs are a type of special educational need where a child communicates through behaviour in response to unmet social, emotional, or...
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katieSLT
- Jan 5, 2021
- 3 min
Makaton - what is it, and how can it help speech development?
Makaton is a language programme using different sign and some symbol forms of communication. Speech is ALWAYS used alongside Makaton...
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demelza45
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2 min
Growth Mindset Entering 2021
As we begin to enter 2021, it is the perfect time to reflect on both the positives and the challenges faced this year and therefore what...
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aynsley6
- Dec 23, 2020
- 3 min
What is Executive Functioning Development
The first time you hear that your 7-year-old child is weak in “executive functions” it sounds like a joke. No kidding—that’s why they are...
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demelza45
- Dec 9, 2020
- 2 min
Separation anxiety in children
Separation Anxiety Disorder It is normal for children to sometimes feel anxious when separated from their parents/carers. This anxiety...
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katieSLT
- Nov 23, 2020
- 2 min
What is a Learning Mentor?
LM (Learning Mentor) Learning Mentor. An LM is supports an individual child in their school environment, but may also work with this...
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- Nov 20, 2020
- 4 min
How can Occupational Therapy (OT) support my child’s development?
When kids show delays in developing skills, OTs are often the first called in. In my experience (working in various countries and now in...
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demelza45
- Nov 11, 2020
- 2 min
What is Theraplay?
Working as a social and emotional and behavioural specialist, I would like to share in more detail the areas of my expertise. For...
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katieSLT
- Nov 2, 2020
- 2 min
Indirect or direct? That is the question...
What is indirect therapy? Therapy not delivered by a qualified therapist is pointless, right? Indirect speech and language therapy or...
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- Oct 30, 2020
- 3 min
Breath: The role breathing plays in our child’s learning capacity
Before we continue reading, lets take a moment to practice controlled breath. This exercise called square breathing is one of my...
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demelza45
- Oct 21, 2020
- 1 min
How can we nurture our child’s mental health?
Language shapes our worldview. The narratives we hear around us influence our perceptions and understandings of ourselves and the world...
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katieSLT
- Oct 5, 2020
- 3 min
It’s on the tip of my tongue....
Word Finding Difficulties is something that we all experience occasionally - You know that “tip of the tongue” feeling that you get...
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- Oct 2, 2020
- 3 min
BILATERAL COORDINATION: ITS ROLE IN YOUR CHILDS SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC GROWTH
Sensory and Movement experiences play an important role in our child’s development. As we can see on the brain ladder diagram, sensory...
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demelza45
- Sep 24, 2020
- 2 min
The "Happy/Love Hormone": Do we get enough of it?
Humans are born with a need for connection. We long to feel safe and secure and to build close relationships that make us feel special....
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katieSLT
- Sep 14, 2020
- 2 min
Visuals - seeing is believing
Now, when I say visuals most people think of devices for communication or speech. They are thinking about things where the child might...
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demelza45
- Sep 4, 2020
- 3 min
Back to the new normal
The end of summer term can ignite a variety of emotions for children. Some children will be delighted by the thought of being back to the...
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