Developing Oracy Skills at Key Stage 2 with Speech Therapy Strategies
This week Minister for school standards Robin Walker acknowledged phonics is crucial to reading development but 鈥榣earning to decode words is just one element of becoming a fluent reader. Without a sol 鈥�
Could poor communication skills be holding students back in maths?
With hundreds of pupils starting school with poor speech and language skills and even more children struggling with basic social skills, there is no wonder we are seeing the impact this has on other a 鈥�
5 things teachers ask me about Auditory Memory
Difficulties with Auditory memory can have a significant impact on a pupil鈥檚 ability to attend and learn at the same rate as the rest of their class. I have worked as a speech and language therapist f 鈥�
How do you measure the impact of speech and language therapy?
When 鈥渉e鈥檚 doing really well鈥� just doesn鈥檛 cut the mustard. Here鈥檚 the thing, without evaluation, it is impossible to know whether an intervention is having a positive impact on learning. It can be te 鈥�
