by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Language Development
The most important gift you can give a young child is an expansive vocabulary. Within the joint statement of the International Reading Association and the National Association for the Education of Young Children is the assertion that, “the single most important...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Language Development
To develop children’s expressive and receptive language it is essential that they are read to on a regular basis. Ideally, they should not only be read to, but also actively engaged in discussions about the pictures and the story itself. There are four...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Speech Sounds
Phonological Awareness (P.A.) is referred to as awareness of one’s own thinking about the sound structures of language. P.A. refers to a person’s ability to attend to, discriminate and manipulate sounds at the phoneme (sound), word and sentence level. It also...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Language Development
School-aged children who are experiencing difficulties in school with expressive and receptive language benefit immensely with intervention targeting grammar. To make substantial change and progress in their language intensive intervention is necessary. Children who...
by Jenny Edgar | Jan 8, 2023 | Speech Sounds
What is Childhood Apraxia of Speech? Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is described as a speech condition that impairs a child’s ability to plan the motor movements of the lips, tongue and jaw, which are the parts of the mouth that are used to produce clear and...
