Identifying and Treating Difficulties Eating
March is when The Energy Source celebrates National Swallowing Awareness. The mouth and throat are used for both speaking and eating. We have a team of speech language therapists with …
Speech & Language
What parents should know about phonological processes
Children learn to speak by imitating the sounds they hear, and typically, they’ll make mistakes along the way. For example, you may hear a child saying “tat” instead of “cat” …
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What parents should know about Childhood Apraxia of Speech
My son Arif, who has autism, was non-verbal for the first five years of his life. And when he did start to speak, sometimes it was difficult for me to …
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Help! My child is picking up bad words!
As parents, we get excited when our child adds new words to their vocabulary and learns how to use them in the right context. This is especially true when our …
Recasting to help speech and language development
If you’d like to help your child learn language and develop their speech, try ‘recasting.’ It’s a form of modelling that’s considered one of the easiest and most effective strategies …
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Challenges with Functional Communication
What is functional communication? The purpose of communication is to be included with others and to learn. Usually, we don’t stop to think about how crucial clear and effective communication …
Why parents should not “Wait and See”
“My first one didn’t talk until he was 4 and he’s fine now!” “My husband is a quiet person, I think my child is just taking after him.” “We went …
6 commonly asked questions about speech therapy
If your child isn’t meeting their developmental milestones, your paediatrician might refer your child to a speech therapist to have them evaluated. Many parents often show up to the appointment …
Supporting speech & language development at home
Speech and language therapists are often asked by parents for toy recommendations or things that they can buy for their child to help develop their communication. However, different toys appeal …
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