Articles by tag: language

Is language the problem?

This is Ben* who is not having a good start to this term. His teacher reports that he is not the same quiet, compliant lad...

Speech and Language in the Garden

I have a beautiful climbing rose in the garden that my brother bought for me a few years ago. Over the last few weeks, I have...

The language of the holidays

The great thing about language is that it is all around us, in virtually everything we do. With every season, every event and every experience...

Don’t Exclude Me: Behaviour is Communication

BBC 2’s recent ‘Don’t Exclude Me’ series provided a thought-provoking insight into the behaviour difficulties children, their teachers and school staff experience daily in primary...

Speak up with Speech and Language Link

What a week of focus on children and young people’s speech, language and communication skills! Last week saw the publishing of an important report looking at...

Do exclusions represent our subconscious bias?

During lockdown, while working from home, I listened to a brilliant podcast from the SENDcast talking about exclusion in our schools. The question being asked…...

What do we mean by speech and language?

Here at Speech Link Multimedia Ltd our focus is good communication and we are mindful that sometimes speech and language therapists can be guilty of...

Behaviour problem? Or is it a language issue?

All children (and adults) will have their ‘off’ days where their behaviour may be slightly out of character, fractious or downright obnoxious! This is normal,...