Talk the Talk - Speech and Language Therapy

Talk the Talk - Speech and Language Therapy Qualified Speech and Language Therapist, CORU Registered, HCPC Registered, Member of the RCSLT. Tal

Learning New Words 🗯️💭
25/09/2023

Learning New Words 🗯️💭

Screen Time 📺
22/09/2023

Screen Time 📺

People Games
20/09/2023

People Games

Some simple tips to try with your little ones 💭
05/12/2022

Some simple tips to try with your little ones 💭

The Communication Tree 🗣🌳This image illustrates how communication develops. Skills at the bottom (roots) are essential f...
07/11/2022

The Communication Tree 🗣🌳

This image illustrates how communication develops. Skills at the bottom (roots) are essential for developing the skills above (the trunk)!

The Roots
Like a tree we need strong communication roots to further develop our language. At the roots of communication are the fundamental skills required including shared attention, listening skills, play, interaction and turn taking.

The Trunk 🪵
At the trunk of the tree we have receptive language which is our ability to understand language. This includes our ability to understand vocabulary, questions and follow instructions.

The Branches
At the branches of the tree is expressive language who's is our ability to use language to convey messages. We might express our messages verbally (using words and sentences) or non verbally (using gestures, symbols,body language, facial expression etc.)

The Leaves 🍁
The final part of the communication tree to develop is our speech skills (how we pronounce words); our fluency skills (being able to communicate fluently reducing stammering) and our voice skills (using an appropriate tone, pitch, loudness etc)

***Time to Build***Blocks are a great toy that can be used to create lots of opportunities to work on speech and languag...
06/02/2021

***Time to Build***

Blocks are a great toy that can be used to create lots of opportunities to work on speech and language skills.

Some skills to work on while playing with blocks include:

Encouraging language use - ‘up, up, up’; ‘fall down’; ‘crash’.

Following instructions – Put a red block on top of a green block.

Concepts – big, little, top, bottom

Learning colours and shapes

Turn taking.

Play and interaction skills.

This set of wooden blocks is from

Get building! 👷‍♂️👷‍♀️🧱



*** Baking is Therapy ***🧁🍰👩‍🍳 Weekends are for baking! And while you’re at it you may as well target some speech and la...
30/01/2021

*** Baking is Therapy ***

🧁🍰👩‍🍳 

Weekends are for baking! And while you’re at it you may as well target some speech and language skills. See below some easy targets to work on while baking with your child:

Labelling – name the ingredients, the utensils used, use different adjectives (colours, size, taste)

 

Verbs – mix, open, close, stir, pour, roll, squeeze, pick.

 

Prepositions - in, out, beside, in front, behind, on top, off.

 

Following Directions – mix it up, pour the milk in, get the sugar, put it in the tin.

 

Requesting – turn on, more please, help please, I want to pour, all done.

 

Turn Taking – your turn to roll, my turn to mix, mammy/daddy’s turn to pour.

**Final Part**Try these out 🗯️🗨️🗣️
26/01/2021

**Final Part**

Try these out 🗯️🗨️🗣️

⭐ Part Three 🌟Try them out and get chatting 🗯️🗣️🙌
21/01/2021

⭐ Part Three 🌟

Try them out and get chatting 🗯️🗣️🙌

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