Building both receptive and expressive language skills for preschool age children seems most often natural and can be a lot of fun. We instinctively know that the best way to build a child’s vocabulary is to engaged and immerse them in language. However, when one is asked to teach ESL, or English as a second ...
As a parent, you may be confused by the fact that your child’s school has determined your child needs speech and language therapy, or speech and language related services. For many parents, the news comes as a surprise, not because the child does not demonstrate speech or language delays, but because parents and grandparents typically ...
With Autism in the news in abundance today, it is becoming a household name. Although we still have so many more questions about Autism, we know a great deal more than we did even ten years ago. In my line of work in the field of Early Intervention, I provide play therapy to delayed and ...
What is theme teaching? Theme teaching is a method of teaching concepts and skills through activities that revolve around topics that are naturally exciting to kids, like dinosaurs or transportation, as well as topics that are important for kids like health or safety that can also be made exciting through creative lesson planning. Theme teaching ...
Communicating with toddlers is a skill that is difficult to develop, and almost impossible to master. I have worked specifically with this population of children over the past several years, studied the development of these children, and also have personal experience communicating with my own toddlers. Prolonged experience with this age group of children (through ...
Research has proven that augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices can serve as a very useful means of communication for those unable to do so through the natural method of speaking or writing. Although many people use such devices, no two are going to be identical, because every AAC device is catered to fit each ...
You may have heard of “tongue-tie,” or anchored tongue which is when the frenulum under the tongue is abnormal and restricts the movement of the tongue (Tonguetie.net). But an extended upper lip frenulum is different. An extended upper lip frenulum can cause different issues for infants, babies and children. In some cases the upper lip ...
Maria Montessori developed new ideas and methods for teaching children as a result of her scientific training as an engineer and doctor. She realized that children have an absorbent mind that learns within sensitive periods. The role of the educator is to harness the power of this absorbent mind during each of these sensitive periods, ...
If he could produce a stream of words, he would. My husband, a 5-year stroke-survivor, has Broca’s aphasia. Aphasia is a language disorder that interrupts language. In my husband’s case, it’s an expressive language disruption. He can take language in, but getting language out is difficult. Learn how aphasia affects communication, and read how my ...