Enhancing Social and Emotional Language Development in Young Children: The Collaboration of Speech Pathology and Psychology In the lead up to Speech Pathology week later this month, we thought it would...
Key Word Sign: A Simple Tool for Better Communication at Home In our busy, everyday lives, clear and effective communication with our children helps things run smoother! But trying to understand...
Celebrating Speech Pathology Australia Week (25/8-31/8): Communicate Your Way As we celebrate Speech Pathology Australia Week, running from August 25th to 31st, 2024, it’s an opportune time to shine a spotlight...
What is Bullying? Bullying is when someone deliberately and repeatedly hurts another person emotionally and/or physically. Some examples of “overt bullying” include teasing, saying mean things, name calling, pushing, hitting and...
Why is it important to involve parents and caregivers in child psychology appointments? Parents play a central role in child therapy and parent participation in therapy can be important for...
Listening can be highly effective. However, it’s not easy because parents have to actively “do nothing”. Listening can be very effective for helping children who are feeling nervous and/or worried...
Listening is a skill. Listening can be highly effective. However, it’s not easy because parents have to actively “do nothing”. Listening can be very effective for helping children who are feeling...
When your child is nervous and/or worried, it is often parents’ first instinct to try to fix the problem – and why wouldn’t you? You love your child, and that’s...
The anticipation, excitement, nervousness and bittersweet feelings that arise when children start school for the first time! Here are some things to think about for this process. Attending to practicalities is...
As we roll into December, this month brings blogs and vlogs on Christmas and the holiday season. I’ll be talking about tips to make Christmas more meaningful for you and...