Parents: are we being too hard on ourselves?
My oldest son starts high school tomorrow. Yikes! Like most parents, I’m proud of my kids. But I also worry....
“Huh?!” The many benefits of using Blank’s Language Levels framework to help your kids to understand language for school
Some researchers think that up to 15% of young school kids don’t have the language comprehension skills to cope fully...
Following instructions: why so many of us struggle with more than one step
“Pick up the yellow pencil and put it into the green pencil case.” “If there is a green square on...
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Banter Speech & Language is open for 2019! Call us on (02) 87573838 if you’d like to...
Parents: teach categories to your kids to ignite language development
To succeed in life – especially in the Information Age – we need to sort out and organise all the...
For struggling school kids, what’s the difference between seeing a speech pathologist and a tutor?
Over the years, parents have asked me this a few times. I’ve also been asked why speech pathologists are allied health...