Susie, a first-year speech and language therapy student from the University of Essex, has been on placement in clinic with Anita for the last 8 weeks. Here, she shares some of her experiences and tips for future students on placement. Which client group...
In this month’s Toy Tuesday blog, Natalie is sharing lots of great ideas for incorporating Pop Up Pirate into therapy! Pop Up Pirate is a classic family favourite game that is played by children all around the world. Using this fun and engaging...
This month's Toy Tuesday blog is written by Dawn, who is a big fan of using LEGO in her therapy sessions! LEGO is of course known worldwide, and even in an age of iPads it is the number one toy among children today....
According to The British Stammering Association, 1% of the adult population stammers. Stammering is not a disability and you may be very surprised to find out that these high-flying celebrities all have a stammer, and they have never let it hold them...
According to The British Stammering Association, at least 5% of children under the age of five will go through a phase of stammering, and up to a quarter of these children are at risk of developing persistent stammering if they do not...
Natalie Bollu, Speech and Language Therapist, BA (Hons) PG Dip MRCSLT Natalie qualified from City University London in 2016 and she has a specialist interest in working with those who stammer. Natalie is passionate about working with children and adolescents to not only improve and...
Our latest Toy Tuesday blog is brought to you by Lizzie! She has chosen another firm favourite among our therapists and clients - My Busy Books. My Busy Books are published by Phidal and comprise of a highly durable hardback book, play mat...
‘More than 10% of children and young people have communication difficulties and too many are not getting the support they need’ Bercow Ten Years On, 2018 In light of this shocking statistic, C&D Independent Speech Therapy and Colchester Teacher Training Consortium (CTTC) have joined...
Welcome to our second Toy Tuesday blog! This time we’ll be taking a look at the excellent ‘Shopping List’ game from Orchard Toys, which is another favourite in our speech therapy sessions. Orchard Toys is a leading manufacturer of educational games and puzzles and they...
In October, Anita attended Talk Boost KS1 Licensee training at I CAN’s headquarters in London. She is now able to train and support staff with delivering the Talk Boost KS1 intervention programme in schools. Read on to find out more about Talk...
