How common are language impairments? What does a language impairment actually look like in conversation? How do language impairments affect children and adults at school and at work? Where can people get help to find a diagnosis and treatment? What are some practical strategies and tips teachers and parents can employ to help kids with…
Spelling is hard. Lots of things can go wrong. To help students, you need to be able to spot, sort, and address their spelling error patterns. There are five types of knowledge needed for spelling, and 15 main error types: 1. Phonological (speech sound-related) errors, include: Read more about common developmental phonological processes here. 2….
The goal is clear. You wouldn’t know it from Twitter, but literacy researchers, teachers, speech-language pathologists, education psychologists, and reading tutors all want the same thing when working with someone who can’t read. We want them to be able to read. More specifically, we want them to understand what they read. What we disagree about is…
By the authors of the “Think Then Write” workbook series School Holiday Writing Programs January 2027 holidays Find the right writing program for your child Enrol Now → Intensive small-group. Explicit teaching of writing skills. Taught by experienced speech-language pathologists, the profession that specialises in language. The problem Students are being asked to write more…
A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from a worried dad about his son’s reading progress at school. The school had administered a standardised reading assessment, and then emailed dad a one-page, automated report. The report was full of standard scores, graphs, percentile ranks, confidence intervals, and age equivalents. It was clear that…
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