Executive Function
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Attention and listening skills are the foundation for communication and essential throughout a person’s life. Try the games below for some fun practice with attention and listening skills in the classroom, or adapt these games for use at home! 1.… Read more
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The warm weather has meant the bananas in our fruit bowl have gone brown faster than we can eat them, so last week my son decided to make banana bread with the ‘bad’ bananas. As a speech, language and feeding… Read more
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Children experience big emotions and sometimes these emotions exacerbate communication and feeding challenges. Learning breathing and relaxation strategies can help children feel calmer and better equipped to navigate challenging communication and feeding situations. How Does Relaxation Work? When we feel… Read more
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What are Visual Schedules? A visual schedule uses pictures, symbols, objects and/or words to give a child information about what is happening, the sequence of events, what changes are upcoming, and when it is time to move on to another… Read more
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The word ‘assessment’ can make many of us feel nervous, however a speech and language assessment should be a positive time for you and your child’s Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to work together to determine what areas of speech… Read more
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Does your toddler melt down because their socks feel ‘wrong,’ forget what you asked them to do halfway across the room, or insist on doing everything themselves but then can’t quite follow through? Does your school-age child sometimes stare at… Read more
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Looking for fun ways to support your child’s communication development at home or in the classroom? Try these activities and games! Attention Building and Turn-Taking Games for Baby Listening, Problem Solving, and Sound Play for Toddlers Speech and Language Play… Read more
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As a part of supporting children to develop a positive relationship with food and mealtimes, we regularly talk about creating opportunities for children to be actively involved in mealtimes. However, sometimes it can be challenging to involve children in the… Read more
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As children, my brother and I always baked Christmas cookies, and on Christmas Eve we would chose our favourites to leave out on a plate for Santa (next to some carrots for his reindeer of course!). Although there were several… Read more
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As the nights draw in and the trees lose their leaves, the distinct feeling of autumn is here. In my household, the excitement starts to build as the 31st of October approaches… what will the Halloween costume be this year,… Read more
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