Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) What is AAC? Augmentative and Alternative Communication (or AAC) are the different ways to...
Archive: January 2015
The Benefits of Talking to Your Baby
The newspaper says: “It’s already been proven that cooing at a newborn baby is a vital part of teaching them to speak. Now, scientists...
January – A day in the life of a mainstream SENCO
Previously having worked in a school with a speech and language provision attached, my drive within my present school is to ensure...
The Magic of Reading
The BBC has reported on a story that details how researchers used Harry Potter to reveal that magic that happens inside our brain as we...
Talking to Your Baby Creates the Foundations for Learning
Science Daily has reported on this topic. America’s preoccupation with the “word gap”– the idea that parents in...
Communication is vital
Fortunately, most children do learn to communicate. Children develop communication skills from birth. They rely on speech, language and...
What is SLCN?
 Every child is different. Their needs depend on different factors, including:  Which areas of speech, language and communication they...
International Mother Language Day
The National Awareness Days website says that the day was established in 1999 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
What is a Language-Based Learning Disability?
Signs and symptoms of a language-based learning disability? Dyslexia has been used to refer to the specific learning problem of reading....
What is selective mutism?
Signs and symptoms of selective mutism. consistent failure to speak in specific social situations (in which there is an expectation for...
