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25 Jan App/Website Series: Using an app to model AAC use!

Posted at 16:31h in Speech and Language Therapy by Molly Beach

You may already be aware that Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) is the topic on our social media pages this month. There are SO MANY apps available to support AAC users, often the apps themselves are the means of communication, like proloquo2go....

27 Mar Teletherapy – a whole new world…

Posted at 14:52h in Private Speech Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Speech Therapy Essex by Naomi Davis

It has not been a typical week here at C&D! In light of the coronavirus situation, we have had to completely rethink our therapy structure. This is something very new and exciting for us, so we have all been learning to adapt,...

10 Oct Collaboration with Pickwick Teaching Alliance

Posted at 14:44h in Speech and Language Therapy by cdspeech_admin

‘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 frightening statistic, C&D and the Pickwick Learning Teaching Schools Alliance have joined forces...

30 Jul Toy Tuesday: Bubbles

Posted at 15:00h in Speech and Language Therapy, Toy Tuesday by cdspeech_admin

Our final Toy Tuesday comes from Gail, who shares her ideas for using one of our favourite activities - bubbles! Everyone enjoys playing with bubbles and they’re great for motivation and building rapport in speech and language therapy sessions. However, they can also...

11 Jul My Placement with C&D: Shannon

Posted at 09:58h in Speech and Language Therapy by cdspeech_admin

Shannon is a first year speech and language therapy student studying at the University of Essex, who has recently finished a placement with C&D therapist, Natalie. Shannon was on placement with fellow student, Alice, whose blog we shared yesterday. Here are some...

09 Jul My Placement with C&D: Alice

Posted at 17:09h in Speech and Language Therapy by cdspeech_admin

Alice, a first-year speech and language therapy student from the University of Essex, has just completed a placement with C&D therapist Natalie. Here, she shares some of her experiences, favourite moments and tips for future students. As this was a paired placement,...

24 Jun Toy Tuesday: Fishing

Posted at 18:21h in Toy Tuesday by cdspeech_admin

This month, Sara shows us how to incorporate a fishing game when working on speech and language targets. Fishing games are wonderfully useful and versatile for use in speech and language therapy. Children find them really fun and engaging and they can be...

05 Jun My placement with C&D: Molly

Posted at 13:44h in Speech and Language Therapy by cdspeech_admin

Molly, a first-year speech and language therapy student from the University of Essex, has been on placement with Lizzie in the south west this term. Here, she shares some of her experiences and tips for future students on placement. Did you have any rewarding...

28 May Toy Tuesday: Guess Who + AAC

Posted at 11:35h in Speech and Language Therapy, Toy Tuesday by cdspeech_admin

In this month's Toy Tuesday, Helen shows us how to use Guess Who to model core language in low-tech, symbol based paper AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication). Communication Matters defines Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) as the term that describes various methods of...

30 Apr Toy Tuesday: Hedbanz

Posted at 07:30h in Speech and Language Therapy, Toy Tuesday by cdspeech_admin

This month Toy Tuesday comes from Emily, who shares her favourite ways to use Hedbanz with speech and language therapy targets. Hedbanz is great fun for school-aged children and perfect for speech and language sessions as there’s very little preparation required and the game...