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Helping Your Child Cope with Change: 5 Effective Strategies to support their transition to school
Change is an inevitable part of life, and for children, alterations in daily routines can be particularly challenging, often sparking a...
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Alison McDonald
- Jul 6, 2023
- 3 min
5 Ways That Outdoor Play Helps Children Develop Language
Several years ago, a lovely friend of mine took a challenge. She decided that every day, she and her children would spend at least 3...
Alison McDonald
- Aug 16, 2022
- 3 min
Socially Speaking Babies
Photo: Maree Vesseur Did you know that our social skills start developing from the moment we’re born? Babies learn very quickly how to...
Alison McDonald
- Aug 15, 2022
- 3 min
Socially Speaking
Photo by Jessica Da Rosa on Unsplash Social skills are the skills we use daily to interact and get along with others. They are the ways...
Alison McDonald
- Jun 13, 2022
- 2 min
AA What?
Everything you need to know to get started with AAC: systems for supporting communication Photo by Tony Sebastian on Unsplash What is...
Alison McDonald
- Jan 27, 2022
- 3 min
Why I do what I do
In the middle of this year (June 2022), I will have been a speech pathologist for 28 years. I’ve had breaks at various times to travel...
Alison McDonald
- Jul 20, 2021
- 3 min
What can I do if my child is falling behind at school?
As parents, we all want to see our children succeed in life. Of course, we want them to become the unique individuals they’ve been...
Alison McDonald
- Jul 5, 2021
- 4 min
Concepts, Does Your Child Know the Basics?
In linguistic terms, basic concepts are the words that help us understand and describe the world around us. They are the words that...
NSP Team
- May 21, 2021
- 3 min
What is Telehealth and Why Should I Think About It?
In the past 12 months, we have all become used to the idea of communicating online. We now find that we are having conversations, meeting up
NSP Team
- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
10 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Speech Pathologist
It is important that you choose the right speech pathologist for YOU. The speech pathologist helping your friend’s child achieve significant
NSP Team
- Apr 7, 2021
- 3 min
What it takes to be a successful verbal communicator
If I were to ask you what ‘communication’ is, I’m sure you’d come up with a great answer. Communication is making yourself heard and underst
NSP Team
- Mar 2, 2021
- 3 min
5 Top Tips to Protect your Hearing
Hearing is something that we often take for granted until we start to lose it. As adults, we rely on our hearing to understand and stay...
Alison McDonald
- Feb 11, 2021
- 4 min
What to do when your child won’t talk
t’s been a great day. You’re heading to school to pick up the kids. You’re excited to hear about their new classes, new teachers...
NSP Team
- May 8, 2020
- 2 min
10 Tips for Communicating with People with Aphasia
Have you ever heard of the word ‘aphasia’, and wondered what it means? You’re not alone. Research shows that public awareness and...
NSP Team
- May 7, 2020
- 3 min
How To Read Dialogically With Your Child
Dialogic reading. Perhaps you’ve come across this word while reading through articles and websites and have wondered what it means. At...
NSP Team
- Apr 18, 2020
- 3 min
There Are Many Ways To Praise Our Kids!Â
We all know that words are powerful, and that it feels good to be encouraged. There’s a lot of research that points towards the...
NSP Team
- Apr 18, 2020
- 3 min
New to Online Therapy? Here’s what you need to know.
As you are no doubt well aware, the last month has seen massive changes in the way we go about our everyday lives. To prevent the spread...
NSP Team
- Apr 17, 2020
- 3 min
My Child is Anxious. How Can I Help?
My Child is Anxious. How Can I Help? Anxiety is increasingly common in today’s fast-paced world. Often, we can think of stress and...
NSP Team
- Feb 14, 2020
- 2 min
At What Age is a Child Considered To Be a ‘Late Talker’?
It’s easy to compare our kids’ development to others’. We see our friends whose kids are already initiating conversations and naming...
NSP Team
- Dec 5, 2019
- 1 min
What Does an Occupational Therapist Do?
We’ve written this blog post based on a video-series of interviews that our Director Alison conducted with Rhiannon from Ability Focus...
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