Practice Tip: How to assess and support students with reading and speech sound difficulties
A school-aged child with a history of a speech sound disorder is at a significantly increased risk of reading difficulties. About 25-30% of children with…
My child’s speech is hard to understand. Which therapy approach is appropriate?
Speech sound disorders are some of the most common communication disorders for preschoolers. Having a speech sound disorder increases risks for later difficulties with school…
Lifting the lid on speech therapy: How we assess and treat children with unclear speech – and why
We work with many children who have unclear speech. For some families, speech therapy can be mysterious, confusing, tedious, or even intimidating. It shouldn’t be any…
Complex Cluster Targets for use with a Cycles Approach, Complexity Approach or Contrastive Approach
Traditional articulation and developmentally-based phonological approaches to therapy work. But they can be slow going! When working with students with significant speech sound problems, we…
Banter Evidence Snapshots: bite-sized speech, language, literacy and stuttering resources for busy families
Over the last five years, we’ve written hundreds of articles summarising some of the most interesting research published about speech, language, literacy, stuttering, and voice. …