Instagram,School Readiness Programme,Speech Therapy
Welcome back HeadStarters! What a year it has been! As we usher a new year in the Lunar calendar, it is but apt to be thankful for everything that we went through in the year of the Rat. We entered an
2 years ago by Jona 3 minutes
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Welcome back HeadStart for Life readers! In my past blog entries, I’ve talked a lot more about evidence-based practices for parents and educators to help differently-abled children improve their com
3 years ago by Jona 3 minutes
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Welcome back HeadStart Beyond Therapy readers! Communication is hard for every one – for adults, kids, and sometimes even for pets. And for most parents, especially parents who have children wit
4 years ago by Jona 3 minutes
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Welcome back to HeadStart for Life: Beyond Therapy blog! As a speech therapist, one of our main responsibilities is to support and encourage all parents to be their child’s “best speech therapistâ
4 years ago by Jona 4 minutes
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Hola! Welcome back Headstart readers! In my previous blog we talked about the different ways to manage problematic behaviours of our children during feeding. In case you missed it, you can find the li
5 years ago by Jona 2 minutes
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Welcome back readers! At Headstart for Life, we believe in a holistic approach to paediatric intervention. In our previous posts, we’ve talked about play, executive functioning, social skills,
5 years ago by Jona 4 minutes
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Hey there readers! Great to see you back at HeadStart for Life’s blog, Beyond Therapy! This time we are going to talk about Executive Functioning. Have you ever gone on a road trip without a map
6 years ago by Jona 2 minutes
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“Are you listening?” “Are you paying attention?” “Remember what I said?” How many times have we asked this question to our children? 5? 20? 50? 100? We may have use
6 years ago by Jona 2 minutes
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Social Skills Training,Speech Therapy
Children with special needs almost always have issues in their play. During initial assessment in speech – language therapy, play is the first thing we observe. As Plato once said: “You can discov
6 years ago by Jona 3 minutes
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In our previous posts, we have highlighted the importance of play in the development of our children. For children with special needs, especially children with autism, play does not come naturally. Th
7 years ago by Jona 2 minutes
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Social Skills Training,Speech Therapy
The rise of technology over the last few years has changed the way our children learn immensely. Most children nowadays know how to use basic mobile devices and tablets with a flick of their finger. I
7 years ago by Jona 3 minutes
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Social Skills Training,Speech Therapy
As a Speech Therapist, one of the areas that we look into when we see a child for assessment is their level of play. Play is often dismissed as having no academic value. However, research has found t
7 years ago by Jona 3 minutes
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Occupational Therapy,Social Skills Training,Speech Therapy
Our society has evolved from using stones to build houses to using stones as decorations in our houses. And since the stone-age, we have made so much progress that we have become a world with all of
7 years ago by Jona 3 minutes
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According to American Speech- Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), speech is the verbal means of communicating. It consists of the following: Articulation – how speech sounds are made (e.g., c
7 years ago by Jona 2 minutes
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