Nothing is more frustrating for a speech therapist than spending hours preparing for an activity, only for the child to zip off after spending a grand total of… 5 seconds. In such situations, we might have tried yelling for the child to “Come back!”, or threaten them with a “Do Read more…
You are doing everything you can to get eye contact from your child. You put your face right in front of his little face. You wave and clap. But when he finally glances up, he seems to look right through you. Sounds familiar? Why Eye Contact is Difficult Children on Read more…
An article on Straits Times reported that one in 150 children in Singapore has autism. Likewise, speech therapists around the world are seeing an increase in ASD caseloads. According to Autismspeak, children with autism are often characterised by deficits in social skills including an inconsistent response to their names, lack of Read more…