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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...
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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
- 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...
NSP Team
- Jun 15, 2019
- 2 min
How Can We Make Reading Time More Engaging?
There’s a difference between simply reading words off a page to your child, and engaging them in the story. What is interactive reading?...
NSP Team
- Jun 6, 2019
- 4 min
Why Your Child Might Find it Hard to Self-Regulate
What does ‘self regulation’ mean? Every child is unique. Some children can get overwhelmed easily, and others remain calm. In the same...
NSP Team
- Jun 1, 2019
- 2 min
What On Earth Is Decontextualised Language, and Why Is It So Important?
Early on, a child’s language is mainly based around their current environment. Conversations are usually focused on topics such as daily...
NSP Team
- Mar 9, 2019
- 2 min
Why should we be encouraging our children in their imaginative play?
Have you ever noticed how young children begin to play imaginatively? Early on, they will pretend to feed a teddy, or make a plane fly...
NSP Team
- Feb 8, 2019
- 3 min
10 Tips For A Healthy Lunch Box
Written by Suzie Garmeister of Branch and Vine Nutrition – Fd. Dip Nutrition & Holistic Health Feeling overwhelmed about how to feed your...
NSP Team
- Nov 5, 2018
- 4 min
Help! My child is really hard to understand.
‘Help! My child is really hard to understand.’ We hear this sentence a lot as Speech Pathologists. Join us this month as we talk about...
NSP Team
- Oct 2, 2018
- 3 min
Spring Has Sprung!
Spring is here and as we welcome the longer days and warmer weather, there seems to be a new energy buzzing as we shake of the winter...
NSP Team
- Sep 25, 2018
- 2 min
The Emerging Art of Conversation
Can you recall a great conversation that you have recently had? Chances are that you remember it because you were actively involved. Your...
NSP Team
- Sep 19, 2018
- 3 min
What are you Doing? Developing Action-Word Vocabulary
Week 1: Play-Doh Cooking Verbs are words which describe actions, or describe what someone is doing. Words like, ‘run’, ‘push’ and ‘live’....
NSP Team
- Jul 21, 2018
- 2 min
L.O.V.E. Are we communicating it clearly?
I love a good Romcom. There’s always a bit of tension and angst between the lead characters, usually fuelled by miscommunication. They...
NSP Team
- Apr 11, 2018
- 2 min
What to do if your little one starts stuttering
Last week in our blog, we talked about some of the symptoms of stuttering (also known as stammering or dysfluency). This week we will...
NSP Team
- Apr 11, 2018
- 2 min
Symptoms of Stuttering
Have you ever found yourself stuck in the middle of a sentence, perhaps repeating the last word you said over and over again while you...
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