Martha Currie

Martha Currie

Posts by Martha Currie

Help your child have better conversations with their friends

Making and keeping friends is complicated. You need to be able to communicate well with them. If your child has trouble expressing themselves or understanding social cues, they might have a harder tim …

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Mar 17, 2022

Developing Oracy Skills at Key Stage 2 with Speech Therapy Strategies

This week Minister for school standards Robin Walker acknowledged phonics is crucial to reading development but ‘learning to decode words is just one element of becoming a fluent reader. Without a sol …

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Feb 18, 2022

Cost-Effective Alternative to Traditional Speech and Language Therapy

Online Therapy from Mable is a More Cost-Effective Alternative to Traditional Speech and Language Therapy Budget is often the most crucial factor when deciding how to allocate your funds. For many sch …

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5 min read
Jan 25, 2022

Schools Guide to Online Speech & Language Services

Why do we need this guide? Several weeks into our third lockdown and from what I have heard from parents you are doing an amazing job shifting from the classroom to an online environment. At Mable The …

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6 min read
Apr 27, 2020

5 things teachers ask me about Auditory Memory

Difficulties with Auditory memory can have a significant impact on a pupil’s ability to attend and learn at the same rate as the rest of their class. I have worked as a speech and language therapist f …

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4 min read
Jun 4, 2019

Does Speech Therapy Online Actually Work?

With the dust settling after Bett 2018 we all left with one clear message ringing in our ears – “technology is the future”. It’s not just in teaching that innovations are happening but in those servic …

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Feb 8, 2017