It has been a while since I popped up a Facebook post. I’ve fallen out of love with Facebook recently (with so many scams, scandals and subversive spying) and I just needed a good time away. I’m sure it’s not got any better with my absence, but I thought it is probably time to start recontributing again. There is a great deal of information out there relevant to speech pathology, and I do enjoy sharing that.

To start off, why not something about reading, language and speech pathology all rolled into one. Some food for thought:

How poor reading and writing feeds the school-to-prison pipeline

Our speech pathology and psychology clinic is located in Braddon, ACT, in Canberra’s CBD. Call us on 5117 4890 or email reception@inpositivehealth.com to get in touch.

In Positive Health, Canberra. Nel MacBean Speech Pathologist Canberra. Campbell MacBean Psychologist Canberra.

So many adolescents struggle to read for pleasure, and as a parent there is a lot you can do. The phenomenon is called ‘expired expectation’, according to Margaret Merga from Curtin University, where some teens think that once they have learned to read, they don’t need to continue.

“If we really want out teenagers to continue to read, we really need to be careful not to transmit the idea to them that once they know how to read it’s not something they need to do anymore,” says Dr Merga.

There are 5 helpful steps that parents can take to encourage their children to read. I quite like all of them!

Our speech pathology and psychology clinic is located in Braddon, ACT, in Canberra’s CBD. Call us on 5117 4890 or email reception@inpositivehealth.com to get in touch.

In Positive Health, Canberra. Nel MacBean Speech Pathologist Canberra. Campbell MacBean Psychologist Canberra.

“Vocabulary is the best single indicator of intellectual ability and an accurate predictor of success at school”.  W.B. Elley

Teaching vocabulary is important, both on the part of parent and teacher. This article is directed more at classroom teachers, but parents can benefit from reading it, too, and helping their children to develop a robust vocabulary (and thereby improve expressive language output and receptive language input). Vocabulary instruction shouldn’t just be limited to the classroom.

“We think with words, therefore to improve thinking, teach vocabulary”. A. Draper and G. Moeller

Our speech pathology and psychology clinic is located in Braddon, ACT, in Canberra’s CBD. Call us on 5117 4890 or email reception@inpositivehealth.com to get in touch.

In Positive Health, Canberra. Nel MacBean Speech Pathologist Canberra. Campbell MacBean Psychologist Canberra.

“Vocabulary is the best single indicator of intellectual ability and an accurate predictor of success at school”.  W.B. Elley

Teaching vocabulary is important, both on the part of parent and teacher. This article is directed more at classroom teachers, but parents can benefit from reading it, too, and helping their children to develop a robust vocabulary. Vocabulary instruction shouldn’t just be limited to the classroom.

“We think with words, therefore to improve thinking, teach vocabulary”. A. Draper and G. Moeller

Our speech pathology and psychology clinic is located in Braddon, ACT, in Canberra’s CBD. Call us on 5117 4890 or email reception@inpositivehealth.com to get in touch.

In Positive Health, Canberra. Nel MacBean Speech Pathologist Canberra. Campbell MacBean Psychologist Canberra.