Speech & Language

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 international training in the identification and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders and picky eating. If your child has mealtime difficulties, you may be wondering if […]

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” (substituting sounds) or “poon” instead of “spoon” (leaving out sounds). Sometimes, children may also shorten words to make them easier to pronounce, like “copter” for

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 understand what he was saying, or it may look like he’s trying to say something, but he couldn’t quite get it out. If you’ve noticed

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 child has a speech and language delay. Every new word counts. At times, however, children may pick up and use words that are unexpected or

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 for parents to apply. In recasting, when your child says an incorrect sentence, you recast or repeat what your child has said, but with more

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 is to functioning in daily life. Functional communication is how one spontaneously and independently communicates their wants and needs. This can happen through speech, gestures,

“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 to the doctor because of his delayed speech and the doctor told us to come back in 6 months if he’s still not talking.” If

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 not knowing what to expect. Here are answers to 6 questions you might have, prior to your visit: What does a speech and language therapist

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 to different children, and sometimes children love playing with things that are homemade just as much. This is also a chance to use and build