This Scribble was penciled by Nicole Reynolds, Founder and Managing Director of The Children's Place. WHAT IS CHATTY TOTS EARLY INTERVENTION? Chatty Tots Early Intervention (Chatty Tots EI) is a centre-based interdisciplinary therapy programme for 2 to 4-year-olds who may have or is suspected to have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Could this be for [...]
This Scribble was penciled by Abbey Flesner, Speech & Language Therapist at The Children's Place. Expose Your Little One It has been found that children as young as 2 years old use race to reason about people's behaviours (Hirschfiel, 2008). Therefore, it is important to start providing your little one with positive information about the world early on. Exposing [...]
This Scribble was penciled by Nicole Reynolds, Founder and Managing Director of The Children's Place. WE ARE NOT WAITING, WE ARE ADVENTURING FORWARD We are not going to sit here waiting for COVID-19 to be over. Just because the world has dramatically changed, the amount of children and families that need our support has not. We are [...]
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 [...]
Understanding Dyslexia What is Dyslexia? Dyslexia is a difficulty with words: ‘dys’ means ‘difficulty’ and ‘lexis’ means language. Dyslexia is more common than you might think: it is thought that it affects up to 10% of the population, and it affects as many females as males. It has strong familial link, so if there is [...]
This Scribble blog post was written by Emily Grant, Occupational Therapist. How can you help your child develop a growth mindset? Does your child often give up quickly when faced with a new challenge? Have you ever heard them say “I can’t do this” or do they ask you to finish tasks for them? A [...]
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’ thoughts [...]
