Help your child have better conversations with their friends

Making and keeping friends is complicated. You need to be able to communicate well with them. If your child has trouble expressing themselves or understanding social cues, they might have a harder tim …

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A Teacher's Guide to Supporting Pupils with Auditory Memory Problems

Auditory memory difficulties can have a significant impact on a pupil's education. This is often because auditory memory plays an important role in language processing and other cognitive skills. As a …

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Developing Oracy Skills at Key Stage 2 with Speech Therapy Strategies

This week Minister for school standards Robin Walker acknowledged phonics is crucial to reading development but ‘learning to decode words is just one element of becoming a fluent reader. Without a sol …

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Perfectionism: A Parents' Guide

Does your child struggle to cope with failure, or get really upset when things don’t go their way? Do they cope at school but have outbursts at home which are difficult to get to the bottom of? Are th …

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Self-Harm: A Parents' Guide

DISCLAIMER: THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT REPRESENT FORMAL MEDICAL ADVICE. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR CHILD’S SELF-HARM, CONTACT YOUR GP, NHS 111 OR, IN AN EMERGENCY, ATTEND YOUR LOCAL A&E. Finding out …

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Supporting your child with the death of a pet

Pets play an incredibly important part in our lives and especially in the lives of children and young people. For many, their pet is their best friend and an integral part of the family. The connectio …

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Understanding School Refusal: Supporting Students with School Phobia

Before we begin, it’s important to clarify that the term’ school refusal’ is not a helpful one. Usually, it is not a child’s conscious decision to ‘refuse’ to attend, but more that they simply feel un …

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My child mispronounces words – how can I help them?

Speech disorders affect a child’s ability to make themselves understood. Speech and Language Therapists refer to this as their intelligibility. We expect a typically developing child’s speech to be la …

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Cost-Effective Alternative to Traditional Speech and Language Therapy

Online Therapy from Mable is a More Cost-Effective Alternative to Traditional Speech and Language Therapy Budget is often the most crucial factor when deciding how to allocate your funds. For many sch …

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How to make speech and language homework fun

Home exercises for speech and language development can be a great way to help your child get the practice they need to improve their communication skills. Not only will they help your child to make pr …

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