Language blog at The Children’s Place: practical tips, activities, and expert advice to build children’s vocabulary, grammar, and everyday communication.

BPD or Autism? Understanding the Similarities

2025-12-16T04:32:56+00:00November 26th, 2025|

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) create diagnostic puzzles that confuse even experienced clinicians. Emotional intensity? Present in both. Social struggles? Absolutely. Relationship difficulties? Check on both sides. Because the symptoms overlap substantially, distinguishing between these conditions becomes extremely challenging. But here's the critical issue - getting the diagnosis right determines [...]

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Autism Diagnosis Guide: DSM-5 Criteria Overview

2025-12-16T04:23:17+00:00November 22nd, 2025|

Parents notice something different. A toddler won't look up when you call their name. Playing with other kids at the park seems harder for your child than for others. Maybe conversations feel one-sided, or tiny changes in routine trigger big reactions. These moments often send families looking for answers, which brings them to autism [...]

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ASD Severity Levels Explained

2025-12-16T04:13:12+00:00November 18th, 2025|

Autism looks different in every child. Some speak in full sentences, hold down jobs, and live independently. Others never develop verbal language and need assistance with everything from getting dressed to staying safe. The gap between these experiences is enormous, which is exactly why the DSM-5 introduced three levels of autism back in 2013. [...]

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Let Your Child Lead!

2025-11-25T00:14:36+00:00June 10th, 2019|

Often times, parents will ask how to engage their little one in activities that promote speech and language development. Parents may pull lots of toys and games off the shelves and ask their child to “say this” or “look at this.” This can be overwhelming for an early learner, and cause them confusion as [...]

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Is Your Child Ready to Embark on a Social Thinking Adventure?

2025-11-25T00:15:39+00:00January 10th, 2019|

This Scribble blog post was written by Hollie Gillespie, Occupational Therapist Does your child find it tricky in social situations? Sometimes get stuck on their own ideas and find it hard to be flexible when things don’t go to plan? Follow their own plan without regard for their peers? Struggle relating to their peers’ [...]

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TCPs Ultimate Christmas Toy List: Part II

2026-01-07T06:50:56+00:00December 3rd, 2018|

One of the most common questions we get asked at the clinic is to share recommendations for gifts, activities, and games parents can get for their children for the holidays. There are so many options that can not only be fun but also help your child achieve their therapy goals. Last year, our therapists [...]

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Building Social Skills with Lego Therapy

2025-11-11T00:06:57+00:00March 28th, 2018|

This Scribble was scribbled by Amna  (Speech and Language Therapist at TCP) The Children’s Place had the privilege of hosting a fantastic training on LEGO® Therapy by the deeply experienced Dr Gina Gomez de la Cuesta, the first person to bring this approach to the UK. LEGO® Based Therapy is a collaborative play therapy [...]

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Work Hard, Play Hard: Why we play with your kids… and why you should too!

2025-12-23T07:47:29+00:00February 2nd, 2018|

This Scribble was scribbled by Krysta Leong Poi (Speech and Language Therapist at TCP) One of the best parts about being a speech and language therapist is that I get to play… all day long! Of course, there are times when I’m sat a table with picture cards and worksheets but play is usually [...]

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TCP’s Ultimate Christmas Toy List

2025-12-23T07:47:27+00:00December 2nd, 2017|

It's that time of year again! Santa's elves are busy gathering toys for all of the children! One of the most frequently asked questions that we get at TCP at this time of year is whether we have any toy suggestions that are fun while also helping to target speech, language, and motor development. [...]

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Imitate!

2025-11-12T00:03:01+00:00August 11th, 2017|

This Scribble was Scribbled by Trisha Pranjivan (Speech and Language Therapist at TCP) A couple of months ago we posted a Scribble about the Hanen More Than Words program. It’s an evidence-based programme developed by expert speech and language therapists for parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and social communication difficulties. If [...]

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