How Psychology can help children with social skills issues
Why social skills important for children? Children can commonly have difficulties with interacting with their peers and forming relationships. Social skills are integral to a child’s development as making and keeping friends often advances a child’s confidence,...
Psychology and Anxiety in Children
Anxiety and children Anxiety is a very common psychological and emotional experience seen in children and adults. Anxiety is quite “normal” for people to feel when they are worried, nervous or afraid, and the body often responds with physical symptoms such as...
Speech therapy and social language skills
What are social language skills Social (or pragmatic) language/communication skills involve how people communicate through language. These skills are comprised of three main types of skills; how we use language to communicate in various ways (e.g. greetings, making...
How OT can help children with learning difficulties
What are learning difficulties Learning difficulties are associated with serious problems in the areas of reasoning, speaking and listening, writing, reading or mathematics. Learning disorders are believed to be caused by maladjustments in the nervous system, and...
Speech therapy with non-verbal children
Speech therapy with non-verbal children Speech and language is a major part of how we communicate and engage with others. However, some medical conditions, such as autism, stroke, brain injury or intellectual disability, prevent individuals from being able to verbally...
How Psychology can assist children with behavioural difficulties
How Psychology can help children with behavioural difficulties Psychologists can help children to diagnose disorders or help clarify behavioural or emotional difficulties. Often, children with intense challenging behaviours can have underlying causes such as...
Speech therapy and expressive language with children
What is a speech therapist? A speech therapist is an allied health professional that helps people with speech and communication disorders or difficulties. The concept of expressive language is how we use words and language, as well as writing and gestures to relay...
Speech therapy and stuttering
How speech therapy helps improve stutteringRegularly, speech therapy purposes to rectify stuttering by amending the person’s emotions, speech behaviours and general outlook on communication in general, particularly talking. Stuttering is a common invention amongst...