For reading, school and life success, which words should we teach our kids? How should we do it?
To do well at school and in life, kids and adults need to know and to use lots of words. The words we know and…
More verb-charged books to ignite your child’s language development
Dear readers: I have a confession to make. I’m a monomaniac: I have an obsessive preoccupation with one thing: Verbs. As a parent and speech…
Hyperlexia: FAQs
1. Hyperlexia*: what is it? Hyperlexia is a condition where a person – often a young child – has word-reading skills that are far above…
Defrazzle Time to improve your child’s behaviour and language skills
I’ve been reading about how to help kids with behaviour problems like defiance. Interestingly, some of the evidence-based behaviour management strategies overlap with techniques we…
Your right to know: long-term social effects of language disorders
We speech pathologists need to talk more about some of the long-term, negative effects of developmental language disorders. We need to explain why getting help…