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Choosing a Speech Therapist
Choosing a Speech Therapist Congratulations on making the decision to improve your child’s life. It’s no exaggeration to say that choosing a speech therapist can be profound, life changing decision. To help, we’ve pulled together a bit of a guide based on our experiences and from talking to some of the families we work with. […]
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The Lidcombe Programme For Stuttering
What is the Lidcombe Program?/Who delivers it? The program is a behavioural approach for the treatment of stutters in children under 6 years of age. Parents and caregivers deliver the treatment and are monitored by Speech Pathologists. Parents do the program by encouraging children during everyday situations to speak without stuttering, and measuring their stuttering […]
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Parent – Teacher Interviews
We’re really good at supporting you to get the help your child needs at school. Because we work in schools and interact with teachers all the time, we’ve put together some helpful tips for talking to your child’s teacher. Understand the limitations of the teaching model. There are lots of children of differing ability […]
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Delayed Language – What is it?
What is Delayed Language? Your child is two and not talking, you compare them to your older children, or other children you meet. You see them putting sentences together and using their words to ask for things, get help and show people things and you might worry that your child is getting left behind. […]
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What is Apraxia of Speech?
Apraxia, or dyspraxia is a motor speech problem. The brain puts together instructions to move tongue lips and so on to make sounds, but either the instructions are jumbled up when the brain makes them, or they get jumbled up on the way to the muscles. Typically the muscles and nerves are all fine, it’s […]
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Talk Everywhere, Everyday
A routine is an activity you normally do with your child that tends to occur the same way every time. A routine has a theme (getting dressed, going to bed, etc.), predictable steps (pants on first, then shirt, etc.). It has clearly defined roles which can be swapped between you and your child. It’s not […]
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Literacy Tips – Blending
Reading. We love literacy here at ChatBox. It’s one of the most profound ways we can improve a child’s future. Not many other things we do can open up a whole new world of imagination, self education and success.
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Delayed Language – Follow Their Lead
If your child has delayed language, this can be a difficult things for a parent to learn. When your child has delayed language sometimes it might feel like you always have to be doing something, except the times when you’re doing the best work to improve your child’s language, it will look and feel like […]
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How is Prep Different to Kindy?
The school environment is different to childcare in the sense that there is much greater expectation on your child. Your child is now expected to do more independently and to show their ability without assistance.
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