Miss Speechie. Yana Baldacchino. Speech Language Therapy - Malta

New Resources from Edusell Malta. Can’t wait to use with the kiddos 😃

Always model and add to your child’s language

Get your children to help around the house whilst also encouraging them to follow instructions and understand the language.

Early intervention is 🔑. If you have any doubts about your child’s language and communication speak to a speech language pathologist

Here are some toys that you can buy for your baby that help promote speech and language development

When buying toys for your children keep these tips in mind

SPLD library opening hours

Announcement : new SpLD Service library opening times.
Please note that you need a Malta Libraries card in order to borrow books from our library. Feel free to contact us if you have any queries.

Babbling! This is a very important stage in children's language development. Babbling is required before children start to say their first words. Here is an explanation of the progression of babbling and how this can be encouraged.

Focus on targeting functional words and core words such as ‘more’ and ‘finish’rather than academic words such as colours.

Make it a point to read to your children from a young age.

Adding verbal routines helps to increase your child’s communication. Below are a few simple examples that you can use.

Here are the 6 stages of language acquisition. Each new stage building on the previous one. The child must achieve the basic stages first in order to reach the top.

Imitation skills are part of the basic skills (pre-verbal skills) needed for language development. The below picture shows the 3 simple steps for encouraging imitation skills. 🗣👶🏻

Always speak at your child’s level. Look at the below examples. 🗣👶🏻

Try the following strategies when modeling language to your little ones 👶🏻

Here is another post about choosing toys for your kids that help with the development of speech and language 👶🏻👧🏻🧒🏼🗣

Here are some red flags for communication development between 6 and 36 months. If you have any questions, always ask a professional so that you will have proper guidance.

Encouraging 2 word phrases

Tips to keep in mind when reading to your children

It's not easy for parents to be given a diagnosis about their child. These are some comments that parents should keep in mind when going through this difficult time.

Children need a lot of repetition to learn new words.

Receptive Language Milestones from birth till 12 months

Phrases that can be used instead of saying “no”.

Reasons to rotate your child’s toys

Many parents aks us how long should a child’s attention span be. This gives an indication of attention span depending on child’s age.

Using cars to work on communication skills