Welcome to part III of Soundswell’s twin blog

Welcome to part III of Soundswell’s twin blog

Just to recap: the purpose of the twin blog is not only to get to know these joyous little boys but also to raise awareness of particular things to think about with ‘multiples’…  In the first part of the story we talked about multiple births in general and the...
Gestalt Language Processing

Gestalt Language Processing

We are all different in so many ways – but did you know that there is more than one way in which we can develop language? Many of us start with small building blocks – single words and single sounds.  We are ‘word babies’ – we say ‘b’, and then ‘ball’, and then ‘ball...
The end of a chapter…

The end of a chapter…

This term we bid a sad farewell to Highters Heath primary school where Soundswell has provided a service for the past 6 years.  Highters are now part of a MAT who, collectively, are looking to pastures new for their speech and language therapy provision.  We wish them...
Earthquake disaster

Earthquake disaster

It’s been a year since the start of the war in Ukraine.  Since then the UK has fallen into a crisis of its own – everything is more expensive – some of it frighteningly, mind-blowingly more.  Most people are struggling on one level or another.   But everything is...
Teaching emotional vocabulary

Teaching emotional vocabulary

‘Did you know we have eight primary in-built emotions? Joy (happiness) Sadness Anger Fear (scared) Suprise Disgust Interest Shame Our secondary emotions are linked to these and reflect an emotional reaction to specific feelings, they are learned from...