Parents: are we being too hard on ourselves?
My oldest son starts high school tomorrow. Yikes! Like most parents, I’m proud of my kids. But I also worry. Have I done enough –…
“Huh?!” The many benefits of using Blank’s Language Levels framework to help your kids to understand language for school
Some researchers think that up to 15% of young school kids don’t have the language comprehension skills to cope fully with the demands of school…
Following instructions: why so many of us struggle with more than one step
‘Pick up the yellow pencil and put it into the green pencil case.’ ‘If there is a green square on the top row, touch the…
Parents: teach categories to your kids to ignite language development
To succeed in life – especially in the Information Age – we need to sort out and organise all the information around us. So how…
For struggling school kids, what’s the difference between seeing a speech pathologist and a tutor?
Over the years, parents have asked me this a few times. I’ve also been asked why speech pathologists are allied health workers; whereas most tutors come…