Nursery rhymes sung with an Australian accent
When sitting in traffic with Sons 1 and 2 – usually on route to Nippers or Soccer – I put on an audio-book or CD…
Test Scores: What do they mean?
Test Scores: What do they mean? 2022 update. Unless you have a background in statistics, interpreting your child’s language or speech test results can be…
FAQ: What’s the difference between speech and language?
A mum (not my own) asked me this question recently. She wanted to know why I’m called a Speech-Language Pathologist. ‘Isn’t that redundant?,’ she asked. …
Speech Talk 2: Patricia Kuhl – the linguistic genius of babies
Dr Patricia Kuhl has more accolades and titles than Queen Victoria. Among her many achievements and roles, she is a co-director at the Institute for…
“But he holded it and broked it and then he goed away!” Why do some children speak this way?
A direct quote from Son 2, when he was aged about 3. I think his brother had seized and re-modelled one of Son 2’s precious…