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Ruby Brown Speech Therapy Bsc Speech Therapy (UCT)
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29/11/2022

Love Mollys ADHD mayhem

29/11/2022

Letter recognition/identification is when a person is able to look at a letter and recall it from previous experience. Recognition of letters occurs both in uppercase and lowercase form. This skill plays a HUGE role in literacy, handwriting, and overall learning. Additionally, there is a cursive letter recognition aspect as well.

Several areas are needed to develop letter recognition skills:

Object permanence
Form constancy
Visual discrimination
Visual figure ground
Working memory
Cognitive skills
Visual scanning skills
Visual attention and memory
Physical development

You can see that these components are founded in visual motor skills, perceptual skills, and working memory.

Before any of this can happen (and through the process), young children should be exposed to rhymes, songs, and singing the alphabet song.

This blog post covers cursive letter recognition skills:https://www.theottoolbox.com/developmental-tools-for-teaching-letter-recognition/

26/11/2022

VISUALS VISUALS VISUALS

When working on a speech sound, you will often see us making use of mirrors, speech cards and even our Mr Face and playdoh to concretely demonstrate the movement and placement of our speech helpers when saying the sound. This is vital to understanding the "recipe" for producing the sound.

26/11/2022

Credit Fighting for my Voice: My life with Verbal Apraxia

25/11/2022

It can be difficult for parents and teachers to know when a child would benefit from speech therapy once they begin speaking. But kids can talk, say all of their sounds correctly - and still need speech therapy, for language support!

Here are some common signs that it’s time for a speech and LANGUAGE evaluation to see if a child would benefit from support. ❤️

As a speech therapist, I use fun activities to encourage language practice and production, but you can also try some act...
25/11/2022

As a speech therapist, I use fun activities to encourage language practice and production, but you can also try some activities at home! Here are some ideas!

1. Hopscotch Word Fun!
Draw a hopscotch on the sidewalk or driveway and write target words in each box. Then have the player say the words out loud to practice speech sounds as they skip through the game.

This helps with PRONUNCIATION!

2. I Spy

One player chooses an item in the room that all players can see, then offers clues so that the other players can guess the item they are thinking of. The player who guesses correctly has to use the word in a sentence.

This helps with TURN TAKING AND SPEAKING FLUENCY!

3. The Alphabet Game

While driving in the car or walking around your neighborhood, have the player try to find all the letters of the alphabet on signs. Older players can record each letter they find on a piece of paper. See how long it takes to get all 26! For an added challenge, have them say a word that starts with each letter they find.

This helps with PRONUNCIATION!

4. Bury Objects or Picture Cards

Hide objects or picture cards and have the player find them. When they do, have them pronounce the object’s name or the word on the card. To add another element to this game, have them use the word in a sentence.

This helps with PRONUNCIATION AND SENTENCE FLUENCY!

5. Hide-and-Seek with Words

Have the player find word cards you place around the house. When they find a card, have them pronounce the word on the card. For those who can’t read, use cards with pictures.

This helps with PRONUNCIATION!

HAVE FUN AT HOME WHILE LEARNING! 🥳

Happy Friday everyone - we have made it through another week!
25/11/2022

Happy Friday everyone - we have made it through another week!

24/11/2022

Credit: Apraxia Story

24/11/2022

I love this quote as it’s a good reminder on those challenging days that we need to focus on all the things our students CAN do💫

Don’t forget to celebrate the daily progress steps - no matter how small!

22/11/2022

Credit The Forever Nest by Kathy Radigan

22/11/2022

As an occupational therapist, I always encourage play!

Whether children are very young, not even ready for preschool. Or perhaps they are middle school students, spent and ready to unwind at the end of a long school day.

Play serves many functions, such as building skills like thinking, planning, sequencing, initiating. Play also is self-calming and regulating. This is true for people of all ages, as seen in a game of tag or some red light, green light!

Often though, play looks different for autistic children, and can present as what used to be called "non-purposeful" or rote. An example of this might include lining up toys or cars. But let's reframe this using a neurodiversity-affirming perspective.

Lining up toys brings organization to what may be a messy bin of items and perhaps introduces order to an overwhelming world. In fact, this type of play may be extremely calming to an overwhelmed child; more time engaging in this occupation could mean the difference between having a meltdown during a long school day or feeling calm and self-regulated.

In addition to these potential benefits for this type of play, there are many skills that are being addressed as well, only some of which are even mentioned in this visual!

A supportive idea is to gently and respectfully join an autistic child as they engage in this type of play. Line up cars yourself. Determine your own criteria for what cars go where in your own row.

Imitating a child in this way validates their actions and lets them know that their ideas are valuable and respected, which in turn will increase an autistic child's self-confidence and feelings of worth!

Strokes and other brain injuries can affect our cognition - there are many aspects to this - let's explore some more!
09/11/2022

Strokes and other brain injuries can affect our cognition - there are many aspects to this - let's explore some more!

Our brain is a complex and interesting organ. Let's have a look at the wonderful things our brain controls!
09/11/2022

Our brain is a complex and interesting organ. Let's have a look at the wonderful things our brain controls!

Aphasia is an acquired neurogenic language disorder resulting from an injury to the brain—most typically, the left hemis...
09/11/2022

Aphasia is an acquired neurogenic language disorder resulting from an injury to the brain—most typically, the left hemisphere. Aphasia after stroke is more common for older adults than younger adults.

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