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Does your child have difficulties following instructions or understanding a routine?

This can be quite common, particularly for children with language difficulties.

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Practice is essential to the uptake, maintenance and generalisation of any skill you are trying to learn. Practice = Progress. When speech practice occurs at home, the skill learnt in your sessions begin to ‘stick’.

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Most parents lead and direct the interaction with their child without giving them an opportunity to initiate or share their interests. It seems easier to take the lead and initiate the interaction.  

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Music and language have an important similarity: they are both used to communicate. From when we are babies, some of the first things we hear and say are sounds and singing. Children have always responded more to their mother’s singing than to her talking. 

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Learning a new skill is not easy. It takes practice, practice and more practice. Each step can be a huge challenge and can bring upon intense emotions, disappointment, discouragement, and frustration. 

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Visuals are all around us (e.g. calendars, toilet signs, shopping lists). Visual strategies can be used to help children, especially children with language difficulties, to understand what we are telling them. 

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Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

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Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

Does it ever seem like your child is well-behaved in certain places, but never at home? Have you ever returned from your child’s therapy session where they were well-behaved and communicated successfully – but at home you couldn’t even keep them seated for more than a few minutes?

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Written expression can be a challenging and stressful experience for any student. Difficulties with generating ideas for a narrative, troubles responding to key questions (‘who’, ‘what’, ‘when’, ‘where’)..

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Take time to observe, wait and listen to your child. When you are asking your child too many questions, you might not be able to know when your child is trying to communicate with you

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