Building Vocabulary: an SLT case study
Harry and Tami were both in Year 3, and needed a bit of extra support building their vocabulary. They knew plenty of basic words, the...
Read moreIssue 9, Page 11: From One TA to Another – Tips of the Trade
Question: What do you call an individual who understands how children develop, is flexible and creative, works as a part of a team, rarely has...
Read moreIssue 9, Page 6: Making Literacy Fun for the Child with SLCN
Prompted by a chance meeting with a teenager who admitted that reading was a major struggle because, as she said, 'The words just don't go...
Read moreIssue 9, Page 3: SLCN Glossary
Stammer versus Stutter People often ask speech and language therapists the difference between stammering, stuttering and dysfluency. The answer is ... there is no difference. The...
Read moreIssue 9, Page 14: School News
Using Language Link Interventions Successfully By Christine Goode and Amanda Stait, Gladstone Primary School, Barry Here at Gladstone School we pride ourselves on helping our children achieve...
Read moreIssue 9, Page 12-13: Guarding the mental and emotional health of children with SLCN
There has recently been an increase in coverage within the media about the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children, and with good reason. Recent...
Read moreLearning to read and reading to learn: an interview with author Cathy Farr
Cathy Farr, author and founder of Bite Publishing, coined the wonderful phrase of 'bridging the gap between learning to read and reading to learn'. Inspired by...
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