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How to Boost your baby’s Speech and Language Development

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019

Boosting Baby’s Speech and Language Development Speech and language are the skills we use to communicate with others. We form these skills during the first years of life. Language is made up of socially shared rules that include: What words… Read More »

Baby’s brain development

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019

Before the first word New research in infants shows that speech sounds stimulate areas of the brain that plan speech, long before a baby’s first words are actually spoken. A newborn baby’s brain contains over 100 billion brain cells, or… Read More »

What is the Difference Between Speech & Language Therapy?

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019

What Is Language? What Is Speech? Margaret’s 4-year-old daughter, Samantha, has speech and language problems. Friends and family have a difficult time understanding what she is saying. She speaks softly, and her sounds are not clear. Kevin is a 5-year-old… Read More »

Promoting Speech & Language Development in Everyday Activities

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019

Through simple daily interactions and experiences, you can help your toddler acquire new speech and language skills. Speech and Language Therapist, Carianne Vermeulen, shows us how easy it is to create learning opportunities from everyday activities. Language is important because… Read More »

Should My Baby use a Dummy?

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019

Dummies… in or out? Dummies can be useful in helping babies comfort themselves, settle off to sleep, and can also give parents a little piece and quiet – nothing wrong with that, right? In fact, dummies can help some babies… Read More »

What does a Speech & Language Therapist Do?

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019

Speech and language therapists (SLTs) use child-centred, play based activities to assess and treat communication difficulties (as well as feeding difficulties), a toddler or child may present with. As communication skills are crucial for intellectual, educational, social and emotional development,… Read More »

How Music Makes Learning More Meaningful

February 17, 2019February 27, 2019

How Music Makes Learning More Meaningful Music offers a special way to interact with your baby and toddler, as children often communicate and connect during music long before they can actually say any words. If you change the way you… Read More »

Speech Therapy for Adults – Stroke

February 17, 2019February 27, 2019

Stroke (CVA) A Stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) can be a very debilitating event in an individual’s life. Some individuals make a complete recovery, others only have minor difficulties and their communication is unaffected. However, for some, their speech and… Read More »

Language and Speech Development in a Child 5 Years and Older

February 17, 2019February 27, 2019

What speech and language development can you expect to see at this age? Your child recognizes letters and begins to match letters and their sounds Recognizes some words by sight Identifies and writes uppercase and lowercase letters Begins to write letters… Read More »

Language and Speech Development in a Child 4-5 Years

February 17, 2019February 27, 2019

What speech and language development can you expect to see at this age? Your child understands yesterday, today and tomorrow Follows three-step instructions without cues Speech is 75-90% intelligible Your child has an expressive vocabulary of 1500-1600 words Tells simple… Read More »

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