School Success Literacy, Reading, Writing, Spelling & Social Skills

School Success Literacy, Reading, Writing, Spelling & Social Skills Blogs by Speech Therapist Dr Sandra McMahon PhD

9 Open ended questions to ask kids
Open ended questions "I dunno" "Fine" "Nothing" Open ended questions encourage your child to think about their answer and develop[...]
Chewing & Eating Problems Middle School & High School
Chewing and Eating Problems in Middle and High School.If a child has had a chewing and eating problem or won’t[...]
Educational Toys: Bop It Developing Speech & Language Through Play
Educational Toys: Bop It Developing Speech & Language Through PlayFocus: Bop It! Speech [...]
High School Students Struggling with Language Difficulties
High School Students Struggling with Language DifficultiesIs it too late to help struggling students with receptive language difficulties in the[...]
Signs of Language Difficulties in High School
Signs of Language Difficulties in High SchoolSigns of Receptive Language Difficulties or Higher-Level Understanding Problems in High School StudentsLanguage difficulties[...]
What is Speech Intelligibility?
What is Speech IntelligibilityIntelligibility of speech is the percentage of speech that a listener can understand. If you can only[...]
What is a Speech Disorder?
What is a Speech Disorder?A speech disorder is different to a speech delay. A speech disorder is more than a[...]
What is a lisp?
What is a lisp?A Lisp is a term people use when the /s/ and /z/ sounds are said incorrectly. Other[...]
Speech Impediment: What are Speech Impediments in Children
Speech Impediment: What are Speech Impediments in Children?Speech Impediment is a broad term used to describe the huge range of[...]
Speech Delay in Children
SPEECH DELAY IN CHILDRENSpeech delay refers to when a child’s speech is developing slower than their same aged peers. This[...]
Reading books to Children: Storytelling Tips
Reading books to children In this Reading Books to Children blog we will look at reading books in Primary School[...]
Primary School Books, Educational books Online, ebook
Primary School Books Free Attention Skills Checklist ADD TO CART Primary School books are wide and variedWhy? Because primary school[...]
Autism in Teenagers
Autism in Teenagers Autism in Teenagers and Older Children. All teenagers are going through changes. The ability to adapt and change[...]
Autistic Kids In Primary School
Autistic Kids In Primary SchoolWhen “Autistic kids” reach primary school age a whole new range of questions and decisions for[...]
Autism Diagnosis The 5 Criteria needed
Autism Diagnosis based on the DSM-V Autism Diagnosis is formally based on 5 criteria on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual[...]
Fun Ways to learn spelling words
Let's Make Spelling FunLet's make weekly spelling lists a fun challenge & not a Chore - children love to "win"!This[...]
Spelling list helper
ARRGHHH!! Weekly Spelling Lists - A Blog series on how to HELP with Spelling and NOT just memorising skills [tcb-noscript]<img[...]
Prep Readiness Assessments and Groups
PREP is the Foundation Year - Prep Readiness Assessments and Groups WHY WORRY? IT's only Prep!The Prep curriculum is referred[...]
First Grade Readiness – What skills are expected by the end of Prep?
GRADE 1 is looming – What skills are expected by the end of Prep? Our checklist lists 10 key skills[...]

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