by Jenny Edgar | Nov 7, 2025 | Dyslexia, Literacy
What Is Phonological Awareness? Phonological awareness is a foundational early literacy skill that helps children understand and work with the sounds in spoken language. Before a child learns to read or spell, they first learn to hear, recognise, and manipulate sound...
by Jenny Edgar | Nov 6, 2025 | Dyslexia, Literacy, Speech Therapy for Children
At Perth Speech Therapy, many of our therapists are trained in Sounds-Write, an evidence-based synthetic phonics program that helps children learn to read, spell and write with confidence. Sounds-Write teaches children how spoken sounds link to written letters,...
by Jenny Edgar | Oct 8, 2025 | Dyslexia
What Are Blending Skills? Blending is one of the most important early literacy skills for children learning to read. It means combining individual speech sounds (phonemes) to form whole words. For example, recognising that /c/ – /a/ – /t/ blends into “cat.” This skill...
by Jenny Edgar | Sep 11, 2025 | Dyslexia, Literacy
Does your child struggle to recognise letters, match sounds to words, or avoid reading altogether? 📚If they get frustrated with homework or show low confidence in writing tasks, they may be experiencing early literacy difficulties. Literacy is more than reading and...
by Jenny Edgar | Jul 1, 2025 | Dyslexia, Language Development
Title: Why Expressive Language Can Be a Challenge for Children with Dyslexia — And How a Speech Pathologist Can Help When most people think of dyslexia, reading and spelling struggles are usually the first things that come to mind. But what’s less commonly known is...
by Jenny Edgar | Nov 27, 2024 | Dyslexia
Helping children with dyslexia learn to read requires a thoughtful, supportive approach, combining structured reading strategies with patient, positive reinforcement. Dyslexia is a language-based learning difficulty that primarily affects the ability to decode words,...
