Our School The Talk Shop is a remedial pre-school that caters for children who have Speech and Language difficulties as their primary concern. We offer a nurturing, multi-disciplinary approach whilst still following the mainstream curriculum. At The Talk Shop, we believe in offering your child a single solution to their academic and therapy needs, and […]
Sleep
The Importance of Sleep. Research has indicated that it is not the number of brain cells that are important for a child’s potential or ability to learn but rather the number of connections each nerve makes within the brain. We call these connections dendrites and they are extremely important for … [Read More...]
Phonological Awareness
Phonological Awareness. When children start school they face the biggest challenge of their lives – that of learning to read. Emergent literacy is a developmental period that is receiving much … [Read More...]
Early Intervention
There are many reasons why early intervention gives a child the best chance of future success and this article will help to explore some of these reasons and develop a cogent argument for early … [Read More...]
Dyspraxia
Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia (DVD) has many different names that might be confusing to parents: motor planning speech disorder apraxia dyspraxia apraxia of speech sequencing … [Read More...]
Discourse – Using Storytelling
In order to promote narrative discourse, children need to have an understanding of sequence so that they understand that news and stories have a beginning, a middle and an end. Story telling is a … [Read More...]