Issue 19, Pages 14-15: The power of rhythmic awareness for language and literacy learning
Research indicates that the ability to coordinate and time our movements impacts upon awareness and rapid naming in school-age children children’s ability to learn language,...
Read moreIssue 25, Page 4-5: Language and autism: A journey of going from strength-to-strength
Joy is a boy with autism and a beautiful heart, whose name has been changed in the following article for ethical purposes. The first time...
Read moreIssue 21, Page 4-5: Catching up on language
"My kids are slowly losing the ability to talk to other people." That’s what one parent said about the COVID lockdown period. As a result, we are...
Read moreIssue 14, Page 14-19: Language or Behaviour? How do you know?
Understanding and using language is fundamental to being included in today’s service industry society, with access to the jobs market increasingly dependent on strong communication...
Read moreIs 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...
Read moreSpeech 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...
Read moreThe 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...
Read moreDon’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...
Read moreSpeak 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...
Read moreDo 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…...
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