Rachel DarutyPaediatric Speech PathologistKids First Children’s Services 2014 Have you ever had a preschool or primary school teacher tell you that your child is having difficulty following directions? Perhaps your child copies the behaviours of other children...
Many parents consider sharing to be a fundamental part of their child’s development. As a result they spend a lot of their time encouraging their kids to share their favourite toy, food or person!It may be comforting for you to learn that sharing does not come easily...
Research tells us the most effective way to help a child achieve something difficult is to acknowledge their effort. This acknowledgement, together with praise and positive attention often combine to encourage children to repeat the preferred behaviour that parents...
Is your child refusing to give up a dummy? Adamant that monsters live in their room? Anxiously hanging on to a blanket or comfort toy that is well past its used by date? Unwilling to stay in their own bed all night? Kids First’s Child Psychologist Robyn Fallshaw has...
Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a very specific motor speech disorder that affects children’s ability to say the words they want to say. It is sometimes also known as developmental verbal dyspraxia. Children with CAS have difficulty planning and consistently...
