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How can I use singing to support communication? Lots of children love singing and listening to singing. We can bring that into our every day play and routines. This can support their communication development. Singing and visual support By adding some kind of visual support, we can help children to...

What is the responsibility of the school? This information has been written for teachers and school. It has been compiled with advice from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and the government’s fire risk means of escape for disabled people. Under current fire safety legislation, those who have...

Many children and teenagers find organising themselves, their thoughts, and their equipment a challenge. If this is you, you may find some of the ideas in this list helpful. If a strategy is working keep practising until it becomes part of your daily routine. Strategies for home When you get home,...

What is imitation? Imitation is copying other people. It can include copying their: Actions, using objects, for example, shaking a maraca, rolling a ball Gestures and body movements, for example, clapping, waving Sounds and words Children use imitation right from being a tiny baby, throughout early...

What are fun words? We all use short fun words that are great for getting a child’s attention. They are easy to say while you are playing together. You can even create extra opportunities to use the words lots and lots. Fun words usually have a nice sing-song melody. This is particularly good for...

Some children use phrases that seem out of context, but they might be using it to show a link between something. If we can do ‘the detective work’, and find out where a phrase has come from, it can help us understand what a child means. Gestalt are connected to emotion or an experience...

Here are some strategies that we can use for all gestalt language processors (GLPs). You can use for them for GLP children at any stage. Affirm what your child is saying, even if you do not understand Some children might use a string of language that we cannot understand, but that seems to mean...

What is gestalt language processing? There are 2 ways that children can learn language. These are analytic language processing (ALP) and gestalt language processing (GLP). Some children use a mix of both types of language learning. We call the chunks of language that children learn “gestalts”,...

There are 6 stages of gestalt language development. This webpage looks at stage 1 and 2. Stage 1 At stage 1, children use scripts that they have copied from other people or places. These are often linked to times when they were feeling big emotions like excitement or frustration. They might echo...

There are 6 stages of gestalt language development. This webpage looks at stage 3 and 4. Stage 3 Children at stage 3 are starting to pull out single words from longer gestalts. They also start to make new 2 word combinations. This can sound like they are going backwards, because at stage 1 they...

How can we help children to learn more gestalts? We can support children who are gestalt language processors (GLPs) by modelling phrases. We can do this during play and everyday activities together. To increase the number of scripts a child knows, adults should: Model phrases that are functional....

The Zones of Regulation framework and curriculum was developed by Leah Kuypers. It is a structured approach used in many schools and settings to help children to develop their vocabulary and awareness of emotions and to build skills in emotional regulation. Some settings in Sheffield use a...

What can I do when someone wants to tackle their restricted diet? When children get older, they can become more socially motivated to challenge the way they eat. This is often when they start to feel that their restricted diet is getting in the way of doing things they want to do, like going...

What is overfilling? When some children eat, they may put too much food in their mouth. This can include putting another mouthful or bite in before they have finished the last one. It can include putting the whole of a food in their mouth, like a whole cake bar. This can increase their risk...

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Why do we use a Doidy or flexi cup? When children drink from a cup they have to learn lots of new things such as: how to move liquid from the front to the back of their mouth how much to tip the cup how much liquid is enough but not too much Doidy cups… Continue Reading Doidy cups and flexi...

Narcolepsy is a chronic condition that effects the sleep-wake cycles. Sleep is crucial for physical, emotional wellbeing and cognitive functioning, so narcolepsy impacts many parts of a persons life. Narcolepsy significantly impacts on the quality of night-time sleep leading to excessive daytime...

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This series of videos explains why we use shapes and colours to support children’s spoken language and literacy development in the Speech and Language Therapy Service in Sheffield. The videos below demonstrate how to use the Sheffield shapes and colours system and have been created by Jaime...

Information for Parents and Carers Who are we? We are a team of Speech and Language Therapists and Assistants who see children and young people in specialist schools and integrated resources (IRs). What do we do? We help children and young people with: Speech, language and communication needs...

A series of posters created by Abed Ahmed, Mr ST @stammer_teacher, on what stammering is and what you can do to support young people who stammer. Abed is a teacher with a stammer who helps young people who stammer. Abed has given us permission to share these posters on the Sheffield...

A training video that outlines the role of everyone who is involved in ensuring safe, nutritive, and quality mealtimes for children and young people. This advice is for teaching staff in specialist provision – specialist schools and integrated resources. Delivered by Sally Twigg (Speech and...

A training video that will help to familiarise you with the written feeding plan, known as a mealtime mat. Delivered by Rachel Ward (Speech and Language Therapist) Time: 2:30

A training video that explains the IDDSI (International Dysphagia Diet Standardization Initiative) levels and uses practical examples of how you can ensure foods and liquids are the correct texture. Delivered by Larissa Naylor and Rachel Nunn (Speech and Language Therapist) Time: 34:00 IDDSI Level 0...