What You need to Know about Stammering
Episode 3: What is Stuttering/Stammering? Stammering is considered a disorder affecting the fluency of speech. It begins in childhood, and in some cases, lasts throughout life. Stammering and stuttering refer to exactly the same condition. The difference in name is dependent on where you are. Like in Kenya, it’s referred to as stammering whereas in […]
How to Potty-Train the Difficult to Train Child
Episode 6: My Opinion about Potty Training the Difficult to Train Child Today’s ‘My Opinion about…’ series tackles potty or toilet training and how to train the difficult to train child. That’s a mouth-full! Any parent for whom the toilet-training process is feeling frustrating, would understand who a difficult to toilet-train child is. In my […]
What You need to know about Hearing Tests
Episode 2: What are Important Facts about Hearing Tests? In today’s ‘What is…series’, I will tackle what you need to know about hearing tests. I must start by saying that most parents I have encountered at my clinic seem unsure about the necessity of having their child’s hearing tested. I will usually recommend a hearing […]
Do You know what Speech Therapy Is?
Speech-language therapy is one of the allied health professions. Allied health is a term used to refer to a broad range of health professionals who are not doctors, nurses or dentists. Speech- language therapists quite simply, work to improve outcomes (academic, social, literacy, etc.) for children as well as their overall communication skills. They also […]
What is the Difference Between Speech and Language?
Episode 1: What is the Difference Between Speech and Language? This is going to be the shortest ‘What is…’ Series, but such an absolutely crucial distinction to make. The topic I’m tackling today is, ‘What is the difference between ‘speech’ and ‘language’? Speech is the verbal means of communication or conveying a message. It requires […]
Will an Adenoidectomy Improve my Child’s Speech Development?
Episode 5: My Opinion about Whether Your Child Should get or not get an Adenoidectomy This episode of ‘My Opinion about…’ series is another slightly controversial one, but I will take a crack at it anyway… I have often joked that Kenya, or at least Nairobi must have the largest population of children living without […]
Your House-Help & Your Child’s Language Delay
Episode 4: My Opinion about the Role House-Helps and Nannies have on Growing Your Child’s Language Let’s face it, if you live in a developing country, there are some luxuries we are afforded, such as the choice of live –in or a house-help to assist with the children and the house chores. As a working […]
Working as a Speech Therapist in Kenya: My Story
How I grew a Speech Therapy Practice in an Underserved Country; Kenya Today, I am doing something that is not the most comfortable for me…sharing my story.I have heard many of your stories. Some have been uplifting, some have been heart-gripping, but I have been touched immensely by all. I feel the families I’m serving may wish […]
The Danger of Early School Enrolment
Episode 3: My Opinion on Whether You Should Enrol Your Child with Delayed Speech to School Early So, should you or should you not consider early school enrolment for your 18 month old or 2 year old if they are displaying delayed speech? I am asked this question so often by parents who feel perhaps […]
How to do the Autism Diet the Right way
Episode 2: My Opinion on How Parents Can do the Autism Diet the Right Way When you have a child with autism or you suspect that your child may have autism, the autism diet seems to be the first go to ‘treatment’. In today’s My Opinion about…’ episode, I’m tackling what the autism diet is, […]