Coping with Aphasia: Caregiver’s guide Coping with Aphasia is not easy. It can be a very daunting task. Your loved one with aphasia isn’t the only person feeling sad and depressed. Caregivers get sad, too. In fact, some get downright depressed. Here are some tips that will guide you to help your loved one and …
Mealtime Speech Activities for Children Here are some mealtime speech activities. These are fun ways you can work on speech and language during meals and snacks that you have every day! Mealtime Speech Activities #1: Request Foods You can have your kid work on requesting objects by having them request all of the various foods …
Tips to Implement AAC at Home Get help from Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP) & AAC users. To use AAC at home, parents will often require guidance & training from speech therapists. Parent training is a very important part of an AAC implementation at home. The SLP’s help in training the parents with communication strategies that help …
AAC: Myths and Facts What is Augmentative and Alternative Communication? Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is a mode of communication wherein strategies, tools, and devices are used to supplement or replace spoken language. These devices are required for children & adults who have speech impairments. Some individuals prefer communicating by maintaining a notebook and them …
Holi Festival of Colours: Top Speech Activities Holi is a festival of colours. Children of all ages love to play Holi. It is one of the most loved festivals in our country. Once again, it is that exciting & special time of the year where we celebrate Holi Festival of Colours. With the festival of …
Tips to Teach Sound Imitation for Toddlers Have you ever wondered how children acquire language? It begins early during infancy when children begin imitating their parents & caregivers. Imitation for toddlers occurs as early development and is a crucial building block to language development. Imitation for toddlers is important for the development of language, …
Social Distancing Activities for Aphasia Social distancing to contain the spread of COVID-19 has been difficult for everyone. It is especially difficult for individuals with disabilities such as Persons with Aphasia (PWA). Many PWA have no option but to limit socialisation. And by limiting socialisation, we limit communication. It is advised for PWA to activities …
Building Speech-Language Skills at the Park How is language learned? Language is learned in different ways. Did you know that you could build on speech-language skills at a park? Yes, you can!! Language is best learned when done in a more natural way & when play is engaged. So how about a visit to the …
Functional Reading Ideas in Aphasia What is Functional reading? All of us use functional reading skills in our day to day lives. These are the common words that occur in one’s vocabulary. When we say the word “Hello”, it is not really us reading the word. This word is used so frequently in our lives …
Coping with Communication Anxiety in Persons with Stuttering Communication Anxiety is the fear associated with real or anticipated communication with people. Such individuals often feel that they are constantly under scrutiny or evaluation by others. People with Communication Anxiety have various feared situations such as: Speaking in public or to a group of people, Meeting …
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