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Running a Social Skills Lunch Bunch in Australian Primary Schools

Lunch bunch programs are a familiar part of speech-language pathology practice, and they can be particularly powerful in primary settings where children are…

Building a Summer Homework Packet That Stops Skills From Sliding

When Term 4 wraps up at Australian primary schools and the long summer stretch kicks in, the question on every speech-language pathologist's desk is the same:…

Teaching social inferencing with short video clips in middle school

Middle schoolers in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth arrive at speech therapy sessions carrying phones loaded with TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Instagram…

How SLPs Support Children With Hearing Aids in the Classroom

When a child wears hearing aids, classroom learning looks very different to what their teacher might expect. Speech sounds can blur together when the…

Practising S and Z Sounds at the Word Level With Printable Worksheets

Moving a child from sound practice in isolation or syllables to genuine word-level use is where many therapy plans begin to stall. The /s/ and /z/ pair is…

Weaving Language Building Into Everyday Chores With Parents

For speech-language pathologists working with families across Australia, one of the most powerful therapy settings is also the most ordinary. The kitchen bench…

The SLP’s checklist for completing a stuttering assessment

A thorough stuttering assessment does more than count disfluencies. It builds a picture of how a person communicates across settings, how they feel about…

Building Toddler Vocabulary Through Repetitive Storybooks

Books with repeated phrases give toddlers a familiar pathway into language. Each reading offers another chance to hear, recognise and use the same words in a…

How to Structure a Push-In Speech Therapy Session Teachers Appreciate

A successful push-in speech therapy session should feel like useful classroom support rather than an interruption. When the speech pathologist joins the class…

Snack Time Language Opportunities for Young Children

Snack time is a small routine with rich communication potential. A child can request a preferred food, reject an unwanted item, comment on taste, notice what a…

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