Bumble Bee Speech and Language Therapy

06/12/2024

11/08/2024

I’m very lucky to be able to say I love my job. This little bundle is beautiful, I shall miss working with a very inspirational young lady xx

08/07/2024

I’ll be making some brownies tomorrow, lovely activity to share with a little chocolate fan! I’ll mix in some sequencing language too…first, then, next 🍫

it’s World Chocolate Day today? 🍫 ✨

To celebrate, why not check out a very special recipe from none other than Tom Kerridge himself, for the perfect fudgy chocolate brownie! With symbol-supported recipes to follow, it’s a great excuse for budding cooks of all ages to get busy in the kitchen. 🧑‍🍳 Download the recipe sheets free this way:

https://www.widgit.com/resources/lifeskills/food/tomkerridge/index.htm

02/04/2024

Awareness Leads to Education. Education Leads to Understanding. Understanding Leads to Compassion. Compassion Leads to Respect. Respect Leads to Acceptance. Acceptance Leads to Inclusion. All of it’s led by Hope. ❤️

16/01/2024

Do you follow the 5-second rule with your toddler? No, not the rule you use when deciding if that fishy cracker that hit the floor is okay to eat... I'm talking about the 5-second rule that supports a toddler's language development.

Those 5 seconds can make a world of difference.

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10/01/2024

Respect accordingly.

27/10/2023

Being non-judgemental is all we need to be 🥰

16/10/2023

The Ace Centre have amazing free resources! Check out the communication board for pumpkin carving 🎃

Ace Centre is a charity specialising in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and Assistive Technology (AT). Free Advice Line 0800 080 3115

20/09/2023

Having fun with rhymes helps to develop awareness of the sounds within speech. Love this! I’ll be using chop chop lollipop in the mornings!

19/09/2023

We have to feel regulated ourselves before we can help our children regulate 🤗

If our friend was upset, our instinct would be to offer support. We all need it. Why then do some people think that we should ignore children who are overwhelmed by emotions? We all need co-regulation.

Co-regulation is a term that we use to describe the interaction between a child and another person (not necessarily a parent) where the adult shares their calm when the child is losing it or "dysregulated". We co-regulate by offering a warm, calm response. This response should provide support, coaching and modeling. In this safe place children can then learn to understand and express their feelings in a positive way. Simple to say, not necessarily simple to do. Especially when a child is triggering you and the last thing you feel you can share is calm.

More information on my blog

https://www.thetherapistparent.com/post/co-regulating-with-children-of-all-ages

18/09/2023

The ideal ratio is to make 4 comments to every 1 question you ask 😄

From The Occuplaytional Therapist & Lindsay Braman - Therapist & Psychoeducator 💕💕

"How was your day at school?" "Fine"
"What did you guys do?" "I dunno"
"Who did you play with?" "Nobody"

Do you have a kid who answers after-school questions like this?

It can be really frustrating, because what you're trying to say is, "I love you and I was thinking about you today!" and maybe even, "I was wondering how your test went" or "I was feeling so empathetic with you about the friendship issues you're going through" or even "I knew you'd be encountering something new, and I just want to hear it went well."

I can all but guarantee you that -- well, with language modified to be child-appropriate -- any of those statements in the previous paragraph will go over better than the questions will. It's okay to question *yourself* instead, figure out what is at the root of your feeling. And then make a statement.

Statements are less demanding. They don't require response of a child, but they invite it if it's wanted.

This isn't a "trick" to fool kids into answering questions they don't want to. This is a genuine discussion about a means of connection. So that means that for some kids -- you'll make an open-ended statement and they'll still say, "Yeah." or "No." or nothing.

That's okay too. The point isn't to try to make your kid someone they're not.
And some kids just need time to mentally unwind from school before they can even begin to process out loud what it is that they did all day. Sometimes they're quiet for hours and then suddenly start talking at bedtime!

It's all okay. This is just a tool in your tool belt. 😊

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