In my last blog, I discussed one of the most common therapy hierarchies used when treating articulation disorders known as Van Riper’s model and how homework can be completed within the first stage of the hierarchy, which is working on sounds in isolation. Van Riper’s model is a framework used to structure speech therapy. AS […]
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Articulation Therapy – Working at the right level
To the untrained eye, articulation therapy can look like one big conversation mixed in with a game or two here and there. Unless you are familiar with the components and the structure of therapy, it can make it hard to know if you are correctly following through with home practise. Throughout this blog series I […]
What is Hyperlexia?
What is Hyperlexia? Hyperlexia is a term used for children who are able to read written words at a very young age, before they are expected to and without explicit instruction on how to decode the letters within words. It is a syndrome often diagnosed as part of other developmental disorder such as Autism Spectrum […]
The Beginning of Spoken Language
While there is no certain information about the origins of language, the progression of science has allowed us to determine some information to help us piece together this complicated puzzle. It is unlikely that language exist 6 millions years ago. We shared common ancestors with chimpanzees at this point and we know that they do […]
An Update on the Lee Silverman Voice Therapy
Having recently completed the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment Program online recertification course, I thought I would share some of the new research as well as some helpful information for people considering LSVT as a treatment program to help improve Parkinson’s Voice. Here are a few key topics: LSVTX LSVTX is an alternate way of delivering […]
Normal Speech Development
There are a number of factors that underpin a child’s speech sound development. It all depends on how quickly a child is able to: Identify and differentiate a new sound Understand that words are made up of individual sounds Manipulate their tongue to make each sound When it comes to the fine and gross motor […]
