Speech Central Taupō

17/09/2025

Great advice

01/05/2023

Online opportunity for parents of Autistic children

Opportunity for parents with autistic children between the ages of two and three and a half years.

27/07/2022

Baby talk = communicating with melody to highlight words and maintain baby's attention.
Baby talk like this helps language development.
Researchers found us kiwis are pretty good at it 🙌

'Baby talk' is an international language, according to a new study - and Kiwis are perhaps the biggest culprits.

06/07/2022

NZ Clever Kids Camp (2 night weekend camp) to help children with dyslexia focus on developing positive coping strategies, resilience, and self-esteem.
For any 8-13 year olds who would benefit from meeting other kids with similar learning challenges.
For more details please contact voon@skillbuildersslt.com

Registrations open August 1st.

10/04/2022

"We're quite excited about the fact it's sinking in … as he learns to be able to decode or read more words," Mac's mother Vanessa Morris says.

17/03/2022

🧐 Are you a parent or teacher of a child learning to read? Are you supporting someone with dyslexia? New Zealand has an *incredible* new resource in 𝕕𝕖𝕓: 𝕕𝕪𝕤𝕝𝕖𝕩𝕚𝕒 𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕓𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕕 -
📌 deb.co.nz - brought to life by the mighty dyslexia & Structured Literacy advocate Scurr 💕👏🏼 Written to provide reliable, accessible information about research-based ways to assess and support the development of reading and writing. No snake oil here! 🚫🐍 I'm proud to have written just one of the huge array of informative pages you'll find on the deb, about oral language, which you can find here: 📌 deb.co.nz/dyslexia/getting-started/what-is-oral-language/
If you haven't already joined, you can find a thriving, helpful community in the deb FB group, here: 📌 facebook.com/groups/507284090091631

19/01/2022

Great tips for book reading with your children 📚

28/10/2021

👂Grommets 👂
Have you heard of them? If your child has experienced Otitis Media or glue ear, you'll know all about grommets.
Glue ear can have a huge impact on communication as it frequently occurs at crucial phases of a child's speech and language development.
This is a great video of how grommets are inserted, and a fascinating look at just how thick that "glue" is inside, like "rubber cement glue".
Imagine trying to hear through all that glue.

Thanks for sharing Auditory Processing Disorder - APD Support

23/10/2021

International Stuttering Awareness Day 🌸
Stuttering is okay! If you stutter, or get stuck while speaking, or have difficulty with speaking easily, then you're still valid because WHAT you say matters and not HOW you say it!
You stutter loudly, stutter proudly!

Approximately 1% of the population stutters. In New Zealand that means around 45,000 people, with a male to female ratio of 4:1.

Advice to others when talking to a person with stuttering: 🌸
Listen to what they say and don't interrupt them!
Don't finish their sentences!
Don't ask them if they forgot how to speak!
Be patient and don't make a face!
Be kind and be respectful ♥️

For resources and information about stuttering in New Zealand, visit www.stuttering.co.nz
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15/10/2021

18/08/2021

What a great reminder to use what you have in the house during lockdown, read all the favourite books, make it work. There is comfort in the familiar and the favourite.
Stay safe Aotearoa. We can do this ❤

Feeling unprepared for this lockdown? Same! Did you know that 'making do' with the books, toys and resources you have at home actually has educational benefits? When we repeat the same stories children have more opportunities to embed what they learn and more opportunities to take a turn. The more familiar they are with the material - the easier it is for them to link the ideas to their own lives.

Even the pamphlets you receive in the post can be interesting to pēpi - and great for big kids to cut up and make a collage.

Telling the same stories is good for pēpi and tamariki. Kia kaha Aotearoa. We've got this!

10/06/2021

Ever wondered what its like to have a stutter?

Have a look at this wonderful short video giving insight into the experience of stuttering from the leading experts on stuttering in NZ - Thanks Stuttering Treatment And Research Trust for this informative video.