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Listening to sounds Learning to listen and sort speech sounds is helpful for children who find listening or saying sounds hard. It is important that your child is able to hear the difference between sounds. It will help them to know when to use the sounds in which words. In speech and language...

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Why do some children struggle to move on to lumpy food? There are a number of reasons why children struggle to accept lumpy or textured food. These include: Development This means they are just not ready. Children need to be offered food which is appropriate for their level of general development....

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Saying or signing ‘more’ allows your child to use their words to ask for things they want. You can say or sign ‘more’ in lots of different situations. For example, with food, toys or peekaboo. Top Tips

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Strategies to support unclear speech You can try some of the following strategies to help children who are producing most or all of their speech sounds as expected but whose conversational speech is unclear or hard to understand. These children may be speaking too quietly or too fast. They may leave...

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Ready, steady, go games: Play with cars down a ramp Bubbles A tickling game Remember to pause before you say go to see if your child says ‘go’ or reaches or looks at you to ask for more. Enjoy playing this game with your child. If your child gets bored, stop and try again another…...

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Your child is now ready to practice saying their target sounds in sentences. Here are some ideas for games and activities you can play while working with your child at home. Your speech and language therapist will provide you with the picture cards. 1. Go Fish You will need two sets of pictures....

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What is cued articulation? Cued articulation is a set of hand signs that can help children with their sounds. It is a system designed and developed by Jane Passy. There is one hand sign for each speech sound. The signs give clues about where the sounds are made. Cued articulation signs can help...

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Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) may have difficulties understanding spoken and written language. It’s often hidden and sometimes harder to identify than a difficulty with talking, but it is important to recognise as it affects a child’s learning and development. What do...

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What is normalising sensation? A normalising sensation programme helps children who have not been ready to eat and drink. It helps children to feel relaxed about their face being touched. This can help them to get ready for eating and drinking in future. It will also help with keeping their mouth...

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From Speech and Language UK Here is how you can support students with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) in the classroom. Did you know that DLD affects approximately 7.6% of all children (two children in every average primary class of 30) in the UK? Developed in partnership with NASEN and Whole...

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What is generalisation of speech sounds? When a child learns a new speech sound, they need to practise using it in everyday situations. Your child may be able to make their speech sound during a structured activity, when they are focused on their speech, but have difficulty remembering to use the...

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This supportive tool has been designed by the Department for Education (DfE) to promote consideration of the four Preparing for Adulthood (PfA) outcomes as part of Education Health Care (EHC) planning across the age range. This includes consideration of aspirations, activity and provision that can...

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Children love singing and it helps them to learn words and link words with actions.  

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What are Blank Levels? Your child or young person needs support to develop the ability to reason beyond what is seen heard or said. They need to develop the ability to draw on past experiences, make parallels, examine cause and likely effects as well as justify the decision made, for example, infer,...

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What are Blank Levels? Your child needs support to develop the ability to re-tell an event or narrative. They need to develop the ability to identify what a character or person is thinking and feeling and use their understanding of what has happened to predict what will happen. They need to be able...

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What are Blank Levels? Your child is developing their understanding at Blank Level 2 which means that they are learning to apply vocabulary and language to things in their environment (naming and describing). They need to develop the ability to select what to attend to, for example, which element of...

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Why is giving choices useful? Giving choices can be a really helpful strategy to help children learn to make requests, and give them a little bit of control over their daily routine. It also gives us the opportunity to model some spoken language and for your child to link the language with the real...

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When using an alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) system, there are some things to think about.

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What is core vocabulary? Core words make up most of the speech we all use. These words tend to be small words which are not specific to a topic or activity. Core vocabulary accounts for approximately 80 percent of words actually spoken by everyone, every day. Core words consist of all word types....

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Your child is developing their understanding at Blank Level 1 which means that they are learning to apply vocabulary and language to things in their environment (naming). Your child is not yet able to describe, talk about events or stories and problem solve, for example, infer, reason, and answer...

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Blank Levels 1-4 The Blank Levels of Questioning, sometimes known as the Language of Learning model, was developed by Blank, Rose and Berlin in 1978. The main aim is to develop children’s verbal reasoning and abstract language skills. There are 4 levels of questioning which move from simple...

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The Sheffield cleft lip and palate and resonance service works with the Trent regional cleft lip and palate service. We provide speech and language support for communication and if appropriate eating and drinking issues for people with cleft lip and palate or resonance issues in Sheffield. We also...

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Information for parents and carers of children with cleft palate produced by the Trent regional cleft lip and palate service – Nottingham University Hospitals Trust. This information leaflet can be provided in different languages and formats. For more information please contact: Specialist...

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