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The Impact of Mental Health and Speech and Language Issues on School Attendance
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Top-tips to start using Makaton signing in your classroom
As a speech and language therapist and qualified early years teacher, if I were to choose a communication tool that enhanced the learning environment for all children, it would be..
Could poor communication skills be holding students back in maths?
With hundreds of pupils starting school with poor speech and language skills and even more children struggling with basic social skills, there is no wonder we are seeing the..
‘Building a Bully-Free Classroom’ an interview with Professor Peter.K.Smith
We interview the writer of the new Academy course : Professor Peter K Smith To promote anti-bullying week we’re releasing a free module from our CPD course ‘Building a Bully-Free..
Supporting students with the second Covid lockdown
Just as we’re settling into the ‘new normal’, news of the second lockdown means our day-to-day lives have been disrupted once again. As adults it’s disappointing, but we’ve seen..
Introducing the Mable Canvas
Breaking down therapeutic barriers Why did we make the Canvas? Before joining Mable Therapy I’d always worked in schools and colleges, counselling children face-to-face. I loved..
What speech sounds should my child be using?
Children start to use different speech sounds in words at varying rates depending on the child, so one child may be using all the speech sounds needed in all word positions by the..
Why is my child so angry? The lockdown effect.
Are you at home in lockdown and wondering how on earth other families you know on social media are spending their days blissfully baking cakes, colouring rainbows and smiling in..
How to help your child develop their speech and language skills
When your child’s speech or communication skills are not developing at the same rate as other children their age it can be a concern. Mable Therapy provides Adult-Child..
Schools Guide to Online Speech & Language Services
Why do we need this guide? Several weeks into our third lockdown and from what I have heard from parents you are doing an amazing job shifting from the classroom to an online..