Speech and language while you shop?
Damian Hinds, in a speech last summer, promised to tackle the ‘last taboo’ in education by addressing the home learning environment and the ‘persistent scandal’ that many young children...
Read more“For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head.” – Benjamin Franklin
Training is essential to ensure we have the skills and knowledge needed to carry out our role as effectively as possible. Our schools need to...
Read more7 Things to Learn from Social Thinking®
Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking® is a series of concepts, treatment frameworks and strategies for supporting and teaching children with social learning difficulties, including those...
Read moreWhat’s all the fuss about Lego® Therapy?
Lego® Therapy has risen in popularity over the last few years as an intervention for children with social communication difficulties. The therapy was devised by...
Read moreHow can we support bereaved children with SLCN?
It is estimated that more than one million children in the United Kingdom have a form of speech language and communication need. (Source - I...
Read moreAutism and me
An interview with a teen-aged girl with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). What does Autism mean to you? It’s something you’re born with and it affects your ability...
Read moreBehaviour 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,...
Read moreNovember is National Epilepsy Awareness Month
The NHS defines Epilepsy as a common condition that affects the brain and causes frequent seizures. Seizures are bursts of electrical activity in the brain...
Read moreClosing the Attainment Gap
You may have heard reference to the ‘word gap’ in the news several times this year. Oxford University Press produced the ‘Oxford Language Report’ earlier...
Read moreAre You Talking About Who I’m Talking About?
This year International Developmental Language Disorder Day falls on 19th October 2018. Raising awareness is all about making sure the topic is always in circulation...
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