Do’s and Don’ts of talking to your children Whether your child is typically growing or a late talker or has speech-language delay, the basics of communicating remain the same. Here are some very simple do’s and don’ts of talking to your children, which will benefit them now and in the long run. Your child may …
Understanding The Disability Certificate In a country where 2.21% of the total population have some form of disability, India also needs to provide means to ‘include’ them meaningfully into society. The Government is working towards this through a variety of Laws, Schemes etc. drawn out and implemented by the Centre and States. Keeping this in …
1SpecialPlace Bags SPECIAL PRIZE at Amazon Alexa Hackathon Amazon Alexa Hackathon Prize, 1SpecialPlace is India’s first health-tech startup company in the area of Tele Speech & Mental Healthcare. Leading from the front, the team at 1SpecialPlace recently participated in HackerEarth’s Amazon Alexa Hackathon. The competition was held in April-May 2018. Hundreds of engineers and designers …
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Echolalia, What is it? What can you do? Echolalia is where in a child repeats or imitates what he/she hears. It is a form of verbal imitation. For example, when asked, “do you want water?”, the child says “want water” instead of “yes/no”. Sometimes children may immediately repeat what they hear, but in some instances …
Everyday Items as Awesome Toys: TOOTHBRUSH Toothbrush activities – The awesomeness of common items in play should not go unnoticed! In this series, we will explore one such common item each time and discuss five different ways to play with it. This article is exploring the everyday item: TOOTHBRUSH Toothbrushes are an essential part of …
How to Improve Eye Contact in Children with Autism? Improve Eye Contact in Children with Autism, We get a huge chunk of our information about the world from what we see. If you want your child to learn faster, then you have to help your child look more. Speech, social skills, potty training—everything goes faster …
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Autism Series XII: What You Should Know About Stims A self-stimulatory or stimming behavior (which are often called as ‘Stims’) are specific, repetitive behaviors of the body – an action, movement or sound. Individuals within the Autism spectrum disorder often stim. Other disorders in which stimming would be seen include – anxiety disorders, Tourette’s, Obsessive …
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Funtastic Play Ideas: DOMINOES In each article of this series, five different ways of playing with a toy will be discussed. Let’s begin to explore the games and enjoy ourselves! This article explores play with: DOMINOES. A classic game, that is super fun to play with but requires some amount of skill. The domino tiles …
Everyday Items as Awesome Toys: POST IT As parents, we often feel the need to buy the latest and greatest toys for our children. It’s amazing how kids can find joy in the simplest things, and as parents or caregivers, we can encourage this creativity by providing them with a variety of everyday items to play …
Articulation Therapy: Teaching K and G sounds Articulation Therapy- The sounds /k/ and /g/ are velar stops. Velars refer to place where the air is constricted and momentarily blocked to say the sound – which is the back of the mouth. The sounds require air to be shortly ‘stopped’ and then released by producing a …