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Issue 12, Page 8-9: 5 Ways to support active engagement in your classroom… ‘Getting children addicted to learning!’

For many years, educators have spoken about how structuring activities to foster ‘engagement’ results in learners becoming self-motivated to interact with the content of lessons...

Issue 12, Page 11: Ask a Therapist

QUESTION: Have you got any advice for a pupil who does not listen or pay attention in their language group? Answer: This can be very frustrating...

Issue 12, Page 6: From One TA to Another: When the Worst Happens – A Case Study

Every 20 minutes a parent of dependent children dies in the UK (org) 42% of marriages in England and Wales end in divorce Over...

Issue 12, Page 4-5: Speech & Language Tips For Working With Children With A Cleft

Around 1 in 700 children in the UK are born with a cleft lip and/ or cleft palate. This happens when the two sides of...

Issue 12, Page 3: Selective Mutism vs. Reluctant Talker

It is important to differentiate between these two terms. Reluctance to talk is not a milder form of selective mutism (SM), on a continuum with...

Issue 14, Page 10: From One TA to Another: “I DON’T GET IT!”

Sound familiar? Here are my tips for helping all children get to grips with grammar. OK – so there are 70 different grammar terms in the...

Issue 11, Page 9: SLCN Glossary: Standard Scores and Percentiles – What are they?

In order to target help where it is needed, it is useful to be able to compare a child’s score on a language assessment with...

Issue 11, Page 12: Ask a Therapist

QUESTION: “In school I work with several children with speech sound difficulties, who all need a different speech sound programme. How can I save time...

Issue 11, Page 10-11: Supporting Children With Cerebral Palsy to flourish in the classroom and beyond

Whenever I talk to professional colleagues about my work, I start with the following quote from the late American psychologist Carl Rogers, “If I accept...