Recovery and progress in aphasia therapy Introduction Aphasia is a language disorder. In other words, parts of the brain for language have a deficit. Further, there is trouble speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. This is caused due to a stroke most often. Other neuro disorders can also cause a stroke. Click here to read more …
Blank Comics to Boost your Child’s Language Conversation and talking are all about the exchange of information, ideas, feelings, beliefs, and thoughts. Here are some great ideas for using blank comics to boost language skills in your little ones. Why would blank comics be interesting? Illustrations tend to grab a child’s attention almost immediately. The …
Online Special Education This blog talks about online special education. COVID 19 has changed our lives in many ways. The way we teach and learn has completely adapted. Everyone has now moved on to learning in virtual set-ups. Special education is no different. Online special education has become the need of the hour. What is …
Choosing the Best Therapist for Your Child Every parent is worried when they know their child needs help. Hence, during this stage., parents try to find answers. Further, there are many reasons why therapy is needed. Furthermore, choosing the best therapist for a child is a big decision. First it is essential to know what …
Learning to Play with OT Activities Play is a very important tool to learn various skills for a child and have a positive influence. It is the main occupation of a growing child. Play provides stimulation to learn, grow and refine many different skills. Play also provides opportunities for social interaction, stimulates social behavior and …
Rewards v/s Bribes: What works better? When managing difficult behavior in children there are lots of parenting strategies one may employ. However, there is one sure shot strategy that all of us as parents have resorted to every now and then and it has often worked. That strategy is rewarding good behavior. This strategy is …
“Wh’s” of Neurogenic Stuttering What is Neurogenic Stuttering? Neurogenic stuttering is a rare type of fluency disorder. A person with stuttering finds it difficult to maintain smooth speech while performing speech tasks. Neurogenic stuttering usually presents after some injury to the central nervous system. The injuries include: Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Cerebrovascular Accidents (CVA)/ Stroke …
Articulation Therapy: Teaching “TH” & “DH” Sound Pronouncing the /TH DH/ sounds can be a bit tricky for young children. And it is also a very commonly occurring sound in speech. If you are worried or concerned about your child’s pronunciation of the “TH” and “DH” sounds, this blog can help you with teaching these …
Picture Scene Activities for Adults What are Picture Scene activities? Picture scenes are nothing but scenes of various situations represented in a pictorial form. It can be a simple picture of a playroom to something as complex as a large playground. Children and adults use picture scenes to improve speech-language and cognitive-linguistic skills. Yes, you …
Articulation Therapy- Teaching ch and j sounds The articulation therapy for /ch/ and /j/ sounds involves teaching the correct placement of the articulators (i.e, the oral structures and other structures involved in speech production) through various techniques and stages. Children usually develop the /ch/ and /j/ sounds a bit later, starting at around age four. …