WonderSpeech Therapy Centre

26/12/2024

So touched by the warm greetings and wishes~
Dear all, Merry Christmas and best wishes for a healthy, happy, and peaceful new year!

01/10/2024

31/12/2023

Moving forward to 2024, a warm farewell to all these little warriors who had attended ST with me for 2 to 5 years!

13/09/2023

First words usually aren’t clear- but they still count!!

Learn With Chatterboxes

28/08/2023

Love!!!

Learn With Chatterboxes

10/08/2023

【 #当今南特第三季刊】

📘 #自闭症孩子的治疗 #我做对了吗？ 👩🏻‍💼 #陈碧华儿童发展专科医生著

自闭症谱系障碍是先天的脑神经发展障碍。从怀疑孩子的情况到孩子确诊，几乎所有家长最关注的其中一个事项就是“怎么改善孩子的情况？”及“孩子需要什么治疗？”。此文的目的在于给家长一个参考，避免在帮助孩子安排治疗方案时陷入盲点及误区，并找到合适的治疗模式。

阅读链接🔗，请看留言处一楼

#当今南特

22/06/2023

13/06/2023

【 #当今南特第二季刊】

📘 #爱上社交小组治疗 👩🏻‍💼 #黄诗绣职能治疗师著

文章主要陈述针对特殊需求孩子的治疗模式，不只是局限于传统的一对一治疗模式，并且只在治疗室里一对一的模式也会局限治疗效果的张力，也会让这种治疗模式面对瓶颈。通过进行社交小组治疗，可以改善社交技巧以及社交场合里的情绪调节能力。

让社交小组治疗的活动融入生活和社区，特需孩子也可以类化 (generalisation) 所学社交技巧，让孩子在面对现实生活中的社交情境时能更有灵活性地处理各种状况。

阅读文章完整版，请查阅：🔗 https://anyflip.com/wocbi/tjat/

#当今南特

30/05/2023

What kind of books are suitable for shared storybook reading?

Shared storybook reading is known to greatly benefit children’s language development. However, it is not just the reading frequency, but also the quality of parent-child interactions during this activity that influence children’s language development. During this activity, input such as interactions, and the linguistic content of their parent’s speech (eg; exposure to more complex and diverse forms of language), work to boost children’s language development. A group of researchers were interested in how parents’ language use and reading strategies during shared book reading differ based on the types of books used.

36 parent-child pairs participated in this study. Children were between 3.5 to 5.5 years old. Each pair was given either a wordless book or book with text, which both followed the same storyline. Parents were also given an audio recorder, and instructed to share the book at home with their child as usual, while recording the interaction. Experimenters later categorized parents’ verbal contributions during the activity into either narrative (eg; reading the book’s text, or constructing the book’s storyline) or dialogic utterances. Dialogic utterances consisted of prompts, which were further coded for how cognitively demanding they were for children, and responsive utterances, like responses to children’s questions. Children’s verbal contributions were categorized as comments, questions, and responses to questions.

The study found that book format did influence parents’ reading strategies during shared book reading: parents sharing the wordless book prompted their child significantly more, and produced more responsive utterances. Children also contributed more verbally when sharing a wordless book than a book with text – they responded and initiated comments more, and contributed to a larger proportion of verbal contributions. These contributions were associated with higher rates of parental prompts and responses across both book formats, suggesting that both parent and child responded to each other’s contributions. Interestingly, the study also suggested that narration while reading the book with text exposed children to more complicated grammar and diverse vocabulary compared to the wordless book.

These findings suggest that different book formats inspire various types of verbal interactions. While wordless books may naturally lead parents to engage their child in forming a narrative together supported by parental scaffolding, books with text also expose children to more complex language. Including a variety of books in shared parent-child reading routines would thus provide chances for various types of input and interactions that work together to facilitate child language development as a whole.

If you would like to read this article in full, you can access the following link: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305000921000763

10/05/2023

May is better hearing and speech month and I love this graphic by highlighting what SLPs do!

28/03/2023

【关爱星星的孩子 正确了解自闭症】
世界自闭症醒觉日特别讲座

📅 日期：2023年4月2日（天）
🕗 时间：2pm
🎤 讲师：黄小嫣博士
🎬 直播： 新山天使心家族 FB 主页

#获得即时直播通知：
请点击以下链接，进入 FB 活动页面后，点击 “Join/参加” 即可。
🔗 https://fb.me/e/ur9HggA7

💡💡💡
星星的孩子，看似成长的轨道和大众认为的行为表现不一，但却有自己独特的长处。 您的接纳，同理以及因才施教的教育模式是给予他们学习与成长的机会。

配合4月份自闭症醒觉月，黄小嫣博士将会分享关于自闭症的特征， 父母与大众对自闭症的觉察和应对的策略。

今年醒觉月的主题是 “点燃蓝色“。 我们希望透过专业的知识分享能让父母与社会大众了解他们的需要，给予他们独立学习的机会。

四月二日约定你，一同了解自闭症， 让爱与鼓励传递出去。

欢迎大家参与直播，一起学习，让社会变得更美好。

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28/03/2023