Category: Therapy Tips
Therapeutic strategies: Modelling & recasting
Modelling and recasting are two effective therapeutic strategies we use at Abingdon House School to support children with speech or language difficulties. Rukhaiya Ebrahim, Therapy Lead & SaLT at our…
Speech and Language Disorders and Classroom Performance
What do we know? The impact of speech, language, and communication difficulties is wide-reaching. Language is considered to be the foundation for communication, and without a secure base in this…
Coordination
When we talk about coordination, we tend to divide coordination into 2 main types of coordination skills: Gross motor coordination Fine motor coordination In general, the Physiotherapist tends to work…
Word Finding Difficulties and the Importance of Vocabulary-Learning.
It happens to us all, ‘it’ll come to me in a minute’, ‘it’s on the tip of my tongue’, everybody has a degree of word finding difficulties sometimes. This can…
Getting Back Into Everyday Routines
The new year can be an exciting time, however for students with sensory integration or processing difficulties it can also be anxiety provoking as it brings its own challenges. Changes…
Encouraging Resilience in Children
As therapists and teachers, we regularly ask students to try things that they find tricky. An essential part of this is helping them to see mistakes as part of the…
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