How to help our secondary teachers support teenagers with language disorders at school
To look at the way public speech pathology services are funded, you’d think language disorders happen to a small group of toddlers and pre-schoolers and…
How to help your school-age child learn new words – the nuts and bolts of how I actually do it in therapy
Many school-age children have problems learning new words. In particular, children with language delays and disorders often struggle with vocabulary (e.g. Haynes, 1992). So how…
6 strategies to improve your child’s reading comprehension and how to put them into practice
Reading experts are forever encouraging teachers and parents to teach students “a variety of strategies” to understand and to remember what they read. But what are…
Is your child ready for school? Focusing on what matters most
School readiness is a controversial concept. In Australia, Commonwealth and State governments expect children to be ready for school at around 5 years of age –…
Mark Pagel – how language transformed humanity
Mark Pagel is an evolutionary biologist based in the United Kingdom. We’re attracted to his conviction and the humanism on which his theory appears to…