Archive for January, 2015

Speech and Language therapists in Singapore are often asked to provide tips on how to improve children’s listening skills. The following article, written by Amanda Baxter, an I CAN Communication Advisor, provides some top tips. (…) Top tips for developing a child’s listening skills Make sure you speak to your…

Speech and language therapists in Singapore are often asked about how multilingual children settle in at school, especially when the language used at school is different from the language (s) used at home. The following article provides information around this subject: (…) In this article written for Colorín Colorado, Dr. Lindsey…

A very interesting take on language and maths from here. (…) Results – Example Participant Quotes “Students are excited about building their vocabulary! They love demonstrating new concepts and what they have learned…” “This child comes from a home where English is never spoken and yet he spent over half…

(…) Strategies to Support Language Development and Learning Recognize the capacities of infants and toddlers to understand language and communicate using gestures, facial expressions, sounds, and words. Identify language delay early in a child’s life so that the child and family receive support in developing language skills. Follow DeHouwer’s (1999)…

(…) Treatment Techniques When individualizing a treatment plan based on a child’s needs and strengths, any of a number of treatment techniques that incorporate the principles of motor learning can be used in order to try to elicit “correct” speech movement gestures. Some traditional approaches are modified for children with…

The Hanen Centre’s article about reading materials is informative and packed with strategies that are loved and much used by our speech and language therapists in Singapore.   Treetop Speech and Language therapy, Singapore.

A wonderful resource in Singapore, endorsed by our speech and language therapists at Treetop.     Treetop Speech and Language therapy, Singapore.