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Late-Talker Concepts You Should Teach Your Child (Part 3)

What to teach your preschooler in order for them to succeed in school: Social Studies- Part III We continue this series of what to teach your 2 – 3 year old while they are home, so that by the time...

Does Happiness Have a Formula?

Well, the jury may still be out on this, or is it? Don’t we all have our own very specific ideas of what would make us happy? Such phrases as, “pursuit of happiness” indeed imply that there could in...

Born During a Global Pandemic: The Economy isn’t the only Casualty

COVID-19 wreaked havoc on many families for whom loss was a personal affair, economies were ravaged and major industries brought to their knees. The devastation has undeniably been widespread, and...

Speech Therapist Assistant (Trainee)

STT is a fast growing, well established Allied Health Practice providing in-house and community-based services to families within the greater Nairobi Area. We pride ourselves in delivering...

Social Media & Digital Marketing Manager

Purpose of Social Media & Digital Marketing Manager Job Speech Therapy Totos is both a hub and clinic focused on the delivery of quality speech therapy services and dissemination of...

Late Talker Concepts You Should Teach Your Child (Part 1)

What You Need to Teach Your Late-Talker (Instead of Alphabet & Colours) Having a child who has delayed speech (late-talker) is probably one of the most distressing discoveries for parents. A...

COO – Chief Operating Officer

We are seeking a Chief Operating Officer (COO) to be a key member of a newly formed Executive team in our small business, which has a total of 15 staff. The COO must be growth-oriented and will be...

Customer Support Coordinator

Purpose of the Job HSR is a fast growing, well established Allied Health Practice providing in-house and community-based services to families within the greater Nairobi Area. We pride ourselves in...

Business Process Streamlining Contractor

Purpose of the Job HSR is a fast growing, well established Allied Health Practice providing in-house and community-based services to families within the greater Nairobi Area. We pride ourselves in...

Late-Talker Concepts You Should Teach Your Child (Part 2)

5 Concepts to Teach your Late-Talker (instead of the alphabet or colours)- Part II Getting a child who is late in talking to start talking can feel like an exercise in futility, but this is only...

STTOTS: The First Online Speech Therapy School in Africa

STTOTS stands for Speech Therapy Totos Online Training School (STTOTS). STTOTS is a platform I created, which houses a growing collection of training courses covering some of the speech therapy topics...

How to Encourage Your Child to Chew Solid Food

I encounter many children in Nairobi who are not able to chew solid food or have difficulty chewing solid food. These 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds are not chewing and they eat very limited foods. They...

What Not to Focus on When Growing Your Child’s Language

Episode 30: My Opinion about What not to Focus on When growing Your Child’s Language Today’s topic is one topic that I have been keen on exploring; some of the things that will definitely not grow...

Is Your Child too Young to Start Speech Therapy?

Episode 32: Is Your Child too Young to Start Speech Therapy? Today’s topic is on a question that I get asked a lot by parents. ” Is my child too young for speech therapy ?” I have talked about this in...

My Family’s Personal Journey with Hearing Loss

My Family’s Personal Journey with Hearing Loss My sister’s hearing loss is what started all of this off for me. Hearing loss robbed my parents their dream of having a child they could talk to, who...

How to Keep Your Child Engaged After Limiting Screen time

In today’s post, I will talk about some of the activities or ideas of things that you as a parent can do to keep your  toddler or older child engaged if you have decided to limit screen time. We have...

A Better Alternative to ‘Tuition’ for Your Child’s Learning Needs

Episode 28: My Opinion about a Better Alternative to “Tuition” for Your Child’s Learning Needs What is” tuition” and does it really help to remediate your child’s learning issues? In Kenya, a majority...

How a Shadow Teacher Can Improve Your Special Need’s Child’s Learning

Episode 27: My Opinion about How a Shadow Teacher can Improve Your Special Needs Child’s Learning I decided to tackle this topic of a shadow teacher because I encounter a lot of parents who come to my...

How to Choose the Right School for Your Child with Special Needs

Episode 26: My Opinion about How to Choose the Right School for Your Child with Special Needs I get asked this question by parents who come to my private speech therapy clinic  all the time. “How do I...

5 Ways in which a Pacifier is Damaging to Your Child’s Development

Non-nutritive suckling is a natural instinct with infants. Non-nutritive suckling is suckling done for comfort and not necessarily to feed. During non-nutritive suckling, infants can either suckle on...

What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?

Episode 5:What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)? Children struggle to sit still, control their impulses and actions and to remain attentive because of their curious nature. Concerns...

What are the Facts & Myths about Dyslexia?

Episode 4:What are the Facts & Myths about Dyslexia? Dyslexia describes a persistent difficulty in deciphering (decoding/ making sense of/ comprehending) single words. Individuals with dyslexia...

2 Reasons Your Child is Delayed in Speech & Language

Episode 25: My Opinion about the 2 Reasons Why Your Child maybe Delayed in Speech & Language Today’s topic is a topic that is very dear to my heart and a topic I have talked about plenty. I have...

This is How Quickly Your Child will Manage Their Stutter

Today’s topic is about 3 factors that will determine how quickly your child will manage their stutter. The keyword here is MANAGE not CURE because we as speech therapists are not ethically supposed to...

How to Correct Your Child’s Pronunciation Errors: 6 Steps

Episode 23: My Opinion about the 6 Sequential steps to Correcting Your Child’s Pronunciation Errors 6 steps to correcting your child’s pronunciation errorsToday’s topic is on the 6 steps to...

This is why your Child has Pronunciation Difficulties

Episode 22: My Opinion about the 4 Causes of Your Child’s Pronunciation Difficulties Today’s topic is all about the 4 causes for your child’s pronunciation difficulties. Pronunciation is the actual...

What is the Cause of Fluid in the Ears?

Episode 3: What is the Cause of Fluid in the Ears (Otitis Media)? In today’s “What is series?” am tackling the topic of fluid in the ears. A lot of children have fluid in the ears as a problem and a...

Why Your 2 Year Old has a Speech & Language delay

Episode 21: My Opinion about Why Your 2, 3 or 4 Year Old is not Talking This is a popular question that I get asked a lot. Why is my 2 year old, 3 year old or 4 year old not talking? Each time am...

How to Strengthen Your Child’s Reading Skills

Episode 20: My Opinion about the 3 Kinds of Activities That will Strengthen Your Child’s Reading Skills Today’s topic is very dear to my heart. I realise that there is quite an interest about reading...

How to Increase Your Child’s Attention Skills

Episode 19: My Opinion about the 3 Ways You Can Increase Your Child’s Attention Skills There are many children that I encounter at my Speech therapy private practice that I describe as highly...

This is the Age at Which You Should Fully Understand Your Child’s language

Episode 18: My Opinion about the Age at Which You Should Be able to Understand Your Child’s Speech Parents tend to ask me this question a lot, “so at what age should I be able to to understand what my...

This is the Correct Way to Help Your Child Sound out the Alphabet

Episode 17: My Opinion about How to Help Your Child Sound Out the Alphabet Correctly Correctly sounding out the alphabet is an important skill that children need to master to help them become good...

4 Ways to Help Your Child with Their Reading Skills

Episode 16: My Opinion about What You Can do to Help Your Child with Their Reading Skills I have noticed that this topic about reading is getting a lot of interest from readers and viewers and I am...

How to Treat Stuttering in Young Children

Episode 15: My Opinion about How to Treat Stuttering in Young Children In case you were wondering or were not aware; stuttering and stammering refer to the same thing. Are you familiar with stuttering...

How to Give Your Child Instructions to Build Language

Episode 14: My Opinion about How You Can Build Your Child’s Language by Giving Them Instructions I find that a lot of parents take for granted or are not aware that giving their child instructions...

How to Teach Your Child not to Repeat what You are Saying

Episode 13: My Opinion about How to Stop Your Child from Repeating Words Have you encountered a child, perhaps it could be your own child who when you say, “how are you?”, they repeat, “how are you?”...

How to Make the Most of Your Child’s Speech Therapy Sessions

Episode 12: My Opinion about How to Make the Most of Your Child’s Speech Therapy Sessions In today’s my opinion about series, I’ll discuss 3 ways of making the most of your child’s speech therapy...

How to Identify whether Your Child needs Speech Therapy

Episode 11. My Opinion about How to Identify whether Your Child needs Speech and Language Therapy In today’s My Opinion AboutSeries, I will review 4 signs that your child may need speech and language...

The Type of Book That will get Your Child to Talk More

Episode 10: My Opinion about the Type of Book That will get Your Child with a Speech delay to Talk More Do you know which type of book is better to make your child talk more? I see a lot parents...

How to Read to Your Child to Grow Their Language

Episode 9: My Opinion about How to Read to Your Child to Grow Their Language This blogpost includes a demonstration of how I read to my children to grow their language skills. Part of the work of a...

A Detour to My Heart with Lorna Muthamia-Ochido

Today, I put to the universe some thoughts I have grappled with, not significantly, but enough to cause a yearning to put them on paper. Writing is an outlet for me. A much needed clutch for my...

What to do If Your Child is Struggling with Reading

Episode 8: My Opinion about What You should do If Your Child is Struggling with Reading Most people don’t know that speech therapists can work with children with reading disorders such as dyslexia...

What is the Relationship between Chewing and Talking?

Episode 7: My Opinion about Why more and more Children are Having Difficulty Chewing Solid Foods In today’s episode, I am going to tackle, my opinion on why more and more children are having...

What is the Work of a Pediatric Neurologist?

Episode 5: What does a Pediatric Neurologist Do? A paediatric neurologist is a doctor who treats children who have or are suspected to have issues with their nervous system. So, what is the nervous...

What is Occupational Therapy and does Your Child need It?

Episode 4: What is Occupational Therapy? What is occupational therapy or who is an occupational therapist or does my child need to see an occupational therapist? Now, aren’t these questions I get a...

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...

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...

What You need to know about Hearing Tests

Episode 2: What are Important Facts about Hearing Tests? In today’s ‘What isseries’, I will tackle what you need to know about hearing tests. I must start by saying that most parents I have...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 mesharing my story.I have heard many of your stories. Some have...

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...

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...

Free Cleft Speech Therapy Kenya

Where: Nairobi, Kenya When: For 1 week in April, August and November Who: For children with repaired cleft palates who reside in Kenya or can get themselves to Kenya. Smile Train in partnership with...

What is the Right Therapy for a Child with Autism

The Different Interventions for Children with Autism There are many interventions and therapies that you will come across after your child has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). How...

Does my Child have Autism?

Episode 1: My Opinion on How to Find Out If Your Child has Autism Autism in a child is one of those dreaded diagnoses and understandably so because what is known about autism is sketchy, confusing or...

Speech Therapy at Home: Late-Talker’s Bootcamp

The Late-talker’s Bootcamp is an online course designed to equip parents with skills to grow their child’s language skills from home. The course is mostly for parents who have a child who is delayed...

4 Fool-Proof Tips for Expanding Your Child’s Language

It finally dawns on you that what is meant to be a natural process (talking) isn’t happening so naturally for your 2+ year old toddler and the panic starts to set in. First words are special for any...

What does a Speech Therapist/ Pathologist Do?

The terms speech therapist and speech pathologist can be used interchangeably. Speech Therapy in Kenya If I had a penny for how often I’ve been asked this in the last 7 years, I would have quite a...