Articles related to speech and language in children with special needs.
Rudoph and Link in 2002 found that feeding disorders occur in 25-35% of developmentally normal children and 40-70% of children with developmental disabilities and/or chronic medical conditions. Looking at this study, it is obvious that feeding disorders are more common that we think. Here are some questions we get asked Read more…
Music and rhythm have been shown to activate the whole brain, and not just the right hemisphere, as originally thought. In 2011, researchers from the Academy of Finland developed a ground-breaking new method that allows to study how the brain processes different aspects of music, such as rhythm, tonality and Read more…
The brain is the main beneficiary of any kind of aerobic activity. There is a strong brain-body connection. Hence, it is important to remember that learning doesn’t happen from the neck up, but from the feet up! (Michael Kuczala, TEDxAshburn). Movement helps the brain in a variety of ways: It Read more…
Play has often been called the “work of children” (American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007). Is there anything that sounds more joyful than the sound of kids at play? The happiness on their faces and the sound of bliss in their voices show how much kids enjoy being able to play Read more…
This blog helps you to relate feeding and speech to muscle tone. Thus it gives better idea
about your child’s needs and help them using the right approach.
Oral-motor skills refer to the movement of the muscles of the face (e.g., jaw, tongue, and lips). These skills develop rapidly during the first three years.
Why do we need to know how to stimulate language in a child? Won’t they learn it naturally? Sometimes they don’t, in this post learn what we can do to help
Movement Based Interventions – What Are Its Benefits? Movement based interventions are of different types. Research shows that multiple movement therapies can be used successfully for individuals with ASD but not every individual will experience the same benefits. Individuals with ASD are all different, creating a variety of positive and Read more…
Today’s blog is all about AAC!! Read on to find out about different types of AAC, PlayTalk and how to use AAC for better communication… What is AAC? We all use different forms of AAC everyday like facial expressions, gestures, writing notes and passing it to a person etc. We Read more…
In this article, Shereen Idiculla explains Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), how to help children suffering from CAS and Playstreet’s approach to helping children with CAS