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,...
‘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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
