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Apple Tree Speech Pathology

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 407 970 793

Address: 109 Conyngham St, Frewville 5063 Adelaide, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.appletreespeech.com.au

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25.01.2022 The brain's "control centre" is important for completing work, being organised and managing everyday tasks. This link describes how problems with "Executive Functioning" can impact on a person's every day life.... https://www.understood.org//a-day-in-the-life-of-a-child-w

25.01.2022 Phonological Awareness (awareness of the sound patterns in words) is an important foundation for learning to read and spell. It develops in the preschool years through the normal experiences of hearing patterns in speech. Many wonderful children's books, rhymes and games give children these skills without parents even realising it! https://www.understood.org//phonological-awareness-what-it

25.01.2022 This website has excellent guides for secondary students on how to write essays. http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au//eng/english-tips/reading

24.01.2022 Should you introduce solids at 4 months or wait until 6 months. Well..... It depends. http://scienceofmom.com//starting-solids-4-months-6-month/

23.01.2022 Here are some strategies for children with executive function difficulties. Executive function in a nutshell is the ability to organise yourself. These suggestions include how to help kids get ready in the morning and manage projects and homework. http://www.childmind.org//2012-8-20-helping-kids-executive

23.01.2022 Almost all children can learn to read with systematic teaching....

23.01.2022 This video shows how one speech pathologist helps to enhance a child's communication using picture symbols or AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77SOrr1qSA8&feature=youtu.be

23.01.2022 Here is a fun song for when you are teaching children to say "hi". http://youtu.be/unRyU6OFVvs

22.01.2022 Dr. Tanya Serry reassures parents that children don't need to know how to read before they start school. Sharing books with your child, talking together and having the opportunity to play builds the foundation skills so children are ready to learn to read when they get to school. https://au.tv.yahoo.com///34320365/how-to-raise-a-reader/

21.01.2022 If your toddler is not yet talking and you're wondering if you need to see a speech pathologist, this guide from the Hanen Centre might help you to know when to seek help..... http://www.hanen.org//When-You-Are-Conc/Warning-Signs.aspx

19.01.2022 Here's an excerpt from a book by Barry Prizant called "Uniquely Human - A Different Way of Seeing Autism". The author talks about how making sense of the sensory and communication challenges can help us make things better. http://www.salon.com//we_have_autism_all_wrong_the_radica/

19.01.2022 This segment from The Project raises awareness of selective mutism which can be puzzling for families and teachers but can be resolved with the right support. https://m.facebook.com/story.php

19.01.2022 If you are planning to go to the movies in the holidays, here is a review of the new Pixar movie "Inside Out" by a Child Psychologist https://theconversation.com/does-inside-out-accurately-capt

16.01.2022 Sesame Street has just launched a new website. You can meet Sesame Street's newest muppet, Julia, who has autism and there are some really wonderful videos to raise awareness of autism as well as some lovely resources for children, families and the community. http://autism.sesamestreet.org

16.01.2022 A lovely poster from the "I Can" charity which works to help children with communication challenges. http://www.ican.org.uk///Downloads/First-words-poster.ashx

15.01.2022 See the link below for information that relates to some children who are mouth breathers, suck their thumbs or fingers, have tongue thrusts or lisp. "Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy is an interdisciplinary practice that works with the muscles of the lips, tongue, cheeks and face and their related functions (such as breathing,... sucking, chewing, swallowing, and some aspects of speech). It acts in the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of people who may have these functions compromised or altered. It can also act in improving facial aesthetics. In this area, the Specialist in Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy can work in partnership with other professionals such as dentists, doctors, physical therapists, occupational therapists, nutritionists, nurses and psychologists. As an emerging field, questions are quite common when we talk about Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy. Below are some answers of frequently asked questions." https://aomtinfo.org/wp-cont/uploads//02/AOMT-brochure.pdf

13.01.2022 via Melissa Saliba This information is really useful for parents of toddlers. If you can't go in person, there is a webcast. See the poster for more information.

13.01.2022 AUSPELD have just made available their guide for parents on learning difficulties: "This Guide has been designed and produced to provide parents and carers with current information about the nature of learning disabilities in children, and to offer practical guidance on the most appropriate identification, intervention and support." http://uldforparents.com/

11.01.2022 Thanks Sue Larkey for sharing this blog post about how to best support friends and families with autism. https://www.psychologytoday.com//10-things-you-can-do-help

11.01.2022 Phonological Awareness skills are very important for learning to read. Here's a video explaining these important skills. A good reading program will include teaching and practising phonological awareness skills. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iIoZoh7EpGo

09.01.2022 Autism Navigator is a free online tool that can help parents and professionals identify the early signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder in toddlers. http://autismnavigator.com/resources-and-tools/#about

09.01.2022 I've just ordered two new books that offer a different view of autism spectrum disorder and reject the "deficits model". "Uniquely Human" is by Dr. Barry Prizant who co-developed the SCERTS Model and "Neurotribes" is by Steve Silberman, a writer for Wired and other magazines. Can't wait to read them.

08.01.2022 April is Autism Month!

08.01.2022 All ready for articulation therapy ........ #speechtherapyonsaturday

07.01.2022 The Adelaide Zoo and Monarto have free entry for Mums on Mothers Day this Sunday 8 May. Happy Mothers Day to all the Mums out there http://playandgo.com.au/index.php/new-post-2-10/

07.01.2022 Some children have difficulty breathing when sleeping and this can be related to a forward tongue position which also results in speech and eating problems. A check is very important because poor sleep impacts on behaviour and learning.

06.01.2022 Congratulations to the winning authors and illustrators of the 2015 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards. Click on the link below to see the books that won in each category. http://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au//BoTY_2015_post

06.01.2022 "The Foot Book" by the wonderful Dr. Suess is a great book for children who are learning the "f" sound in little phrases. Here is part of the book arranged into a little song. http://youtu.be/7q7wMlobA-Q

05.01.2022 Good breathing during sleep is really important for the growing child's health and development....... http://www.cbsnews.com//snoring-mouth-breathing-tots-more/

05.01.2022 Teachers need to understand best practice and reading research so they are not influenced by ineffective methods, expensive educational fads, and meaningless ja...rgon like neuroplasticity. The Australian Education Union appears to be under such influence. The AEU Victoria is hosting and promoting an event with Barbara Arrowsmith, the Woman Who Changed her Brain and, some say, her bank balance. The Arrowsmith program claims to address specific learning difficulties through strenuous written, visual, auditory, computer and cognitive exercises, or brain training. Unfortunately research has shown that brain training skills do not generalise to other situations, even if they are similar. Alarmingly the Arrowsmith program has been around for over three decades, and has no published, independent empirical data to support its effectiveness. Public and private schools alike have been seduced by its claims, and are using their education funding to buy an Arrowsmith license, and then charge parents thousands in additional fees for their children to participate. Billions of dollars in increased funding over 10 years has seen little improvement in Australias literacy performance, yet still unions demand more money for schools. If unions, schools, and teachers can be taken in by expensive programs that lack evidence to support its claims, its no wonder we are not getting bang for our educational buck. However, we can dramatically improve Australias literacy performance if we utilise the years of scientific reading research that has consistently found systematic phonics instruction is highly effective in helping to prevent reading difficulties amongst at-risk learners, and in helping to remediate reading difficulties in disabled readers. Phonics is a vital key to early literacy instruction and must be explicitly taught alongside phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Unlike the Arrowsmith program, the proposed phonics check is based on sound research on reading, it has been tested for validity and reliability, is quick to administer and cost effective. Teachers have an essential role in identifying students who may struggle with reading and offer appropriate intervention early when it is most effective. Preventing reading failure saves money, saves teachers time and energy but most importantly saves students from potentially devastating lifelong effects of illiteracy. Immediately after Federal Education Minister announced the members of an expert advisory panel to help drive the governments educational reforms including the phonics check the AEU criticised the check by essentially saying schools need more money, not a test. Before the Federal Government commits funds, they need to know that it is going to be invested wisely in resources that will produce much needed results, and not on, what Professor Pam Snow refers to as educational neuroflapdoodle. https://www.cis.org.au//art/forget-the-fads-and-flapdoodle

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