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3 min read The Thriving Threes! What communication and feeding milestones should your three year old be meeting? Three years ago, your child was probably only months, weeks or even days old. Time has flown, and you shouldn’t only be amazed at your little one, but you should also be amazed and proud of yourself…
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3 min read School Readiness: What skills should your child have in their ‘School Tool Belt’ before stepping out of the kinder gates for the last time? In a click of the fingers, the year has flown! Your little one will soon be stepping out of those kinder gates for the last time. Hopefully you’re…
3 min read From Mouse to Lion: How Speech Therapy Can Turn Your Child into a Chatterbox! ***Please note that all clients’ names have been changed according to confidentiality. Nearly three years ago, when Sarah was bringing her newborn Ella in to SpeechEase, Sarah had began questioning Ella’s older brother, Harry’s, language development. Harry…
2 min read Don’t teachers teach kids to read? How an SLP can help your child get a grasp on reading and spelling School is an environment that aims to challenge its pupils, and mould our littlest members of the community to achieve their utmost potential. There will always be children who thrive and who…
3 min read 5 of the best toys and activities to support your child’s development that won’t break the bank! With anything you do in life, motivation is key. We need motivation to exercise, we need motivation to work, and our little ones certainly need motivation for their speech homework! Evidence shows that children’s…
2 min read How a Speech Pathologist Can Help with Life After a Brain Injury Did you know that 1 in 45 Australian adults have an acquired brain injury (ABI) that restricts their participation in everyday life and involvement in activities that they love doing? An ABI can be caused by accidents, stroke, lack of…
2 min read The Flowering Fives – The school journey is just beginning! Half way to ten! Can you believe it? You have watched your youngster blossom into a personality and a self that is unlike any other. Your child should now be stating his or her opinions, thoughts and feelings on various topics -…
Most of us stumble over our words sometimes. Our speech is made through a series of coordinated movements in our throat, palate, tongue and lips, so it’s fair enough that things can sometimes misfire.
But while the occasional speech disfluency is normal, if it happens a lot, it may be due to a stutter.