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Top tips for young children who stammer
Remain calm and don’t let your child pick up on your anxiety. Don’t make your child repeat what they have said, repeat back what they have said...
Stammering in preschool children
Click here to link to the British Stammering Association advice for Pre-School...
Glue Ear – a guide for Teachers
This factsheet has been produced to help teachers understand the medical condition, glue ear, and offer appropriate support to children who have...
What is Glue Ear?
My Child Has Glue Ear... How Will this Affect Their Talking? If you put your fingers in your ears, this is what the world sounds like to your...
Drooling Information
‘Drooling’ and ‘dribbling’ are different names for the same thing, which is when saliva, drool or dribble escapes from the mouth usually as a...
Supporting Children with swallowing problems
Supporting infants, children and young people with feeding and swallowing difficulties. Please click here to download the fact...
Dysphagia: How does it affect children?
What difficulties does dysphagia lead to in infants, children and young people? Issues with the development of feeding skills Behavioural issues...
Developmental Language Disorder fact sheet
There are three things you need to know about DLD Developmental Language Disorder is when a child or adult has difficulties talking and/or...
What is Developmental Language Disorder?
I have heard of Developmental Language Disorder – but what exactly is it? Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a condition where children...
Raising Awareness of DLD
Find out more in this video by the Raising Awareness of DLD (RADLD) charity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ-s02HWLb0
Further links for biligualism
Click on a link below for further information and resources. on bilingualism: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en...
Top tips to support Bilingualism
Whether you are a parent or teacher there are many things you can do to help children. Children commonly learning an additional language often go...
Mixing Languages
Many bilingual children may mix up their two (or more) languages, this may be words or sentence structures. This is a very normal stage of...
The Role of the Speech and Language Therapist in ASC
Speech and Language Therapists working with children with ASC may aim to address areas such as Social understanding. Motivation to communicate....
What is autism?
Click on this video from the National Autistic Society to find out more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4G0HTIUBlI