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Posts Tagged ‘speech’ 21 & Co's logo I can’t quite believe that I haven’t put a post up about this charity before now. Considering we attended their excellent speech therapy sessions at the Langdon Down Centre (I think they have moved from there now) for a number of years when my son was younger. As they [...]  August 27th, 2010 |  Tags: carers, siblings, speech, support groups |  Categories: Caring & Carers, Speech & Language |  Leave a comment Symbol UK is an independent organisation, set up in 1998, that operates on a not-for-profit basis in the south east of England and further afield, working in partnership to provide service to children and adults with special needs and related communication difficulties. Working in a wide variety of locations, across the full spectrum [...] February 19th, 2010 | Tags: communication, speech | Categories: Development & Education, Speech & Language | Leave a comment Sonas aPc is a not-for-profit company and registered charity. History Sonas aPc was pioneered in 1990 by Sr Mary Threadgold, a Dublin-based Sister of Charity and speech and language therapist. She was concerned about the lack of stimulation for older people in residential care, particularly those with dementia. Drawing on her skills and experience as [...] February 13th, 2010 | Tags: communication, dementia, speech | Categories: Health & Wellbeing, Speech & Language | Leave a comment Suzanne and Tracy are the co-founders of Singing Hands. Our son (and daughter) have sung and signed with them on a number of occasions such as the Down syndrome Association Christmas Carol concert. My son always enjoys these occasions. I have taken the following (below the video) information from the Singing Hands website “About [...] February 13th, 2010 | Tags: communication, makaton, play, speech | Categories: Speech & Language | Leave a comment Portage is a home-visiting educational service for pre-school children with additional support needs and their families. We were put in touch with our local Portage service within a few weeks of our son’s birth – and we will be forever grateful for that! Origins The first such scheme was developed in Portage, Wisconsin, USA [...] February 9th, 2010 | Tags: communication, early intervention, portage, speech, teaching systems | Categories: Development & Education, Speech & Language | Leave a comment Makaton is a unique language programme offering a structured, multi-modal approach, using signs and symbols, for the teaching of communication, language and literacy skills for people with communication and learning difficulties. We started signing, using the Makaton system, when our son was just a few months old. It was amazing how quickly he [...] February 2nd, 2010 | Tags: communication, makaton, speech | Categories: Development & Education, Speech & Language | Leave a comment Learn Makaton is a great little website that teaches you how to do simple Makaton (through video clips) with sections such as: Who speaks my language?, My first words, Questions and Answers, Numbers and more. It also teaches Makaton in different languages. We used (and still use) the Makaton system with our son and thus [...] January 27th, 2010 | Tags: communication, makaton, speech | Categories: Development & Education, Speech & Language | Leave a comment |
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