May 20, 2020
Phonics is the relationship between letters and sounds. Simple as that. It is the basis for reading and spelling, and unfortunately, not enough children in Australia are getting the correct phonics instruction in their early years, making literacy acquisition difficult. Today we talk about; what phonics are, the role...
May 13, 2020
Make sure you listen to Episode 9 BEFORE this episode. Today in episode 10, we are discussing the possible solutions to tongue tie. There is the choice to do nothing, and occasionally when a tongue tie is not having a functional impact on the patient, this is an option. Today we also discuss frenectomy, frenotomy, and...
May 6, 2020
Tongue tie is a controversial topic. Many health professionals like to dance around the subject, and some choose to ignore it entirely. For some health professionals, such as our therapists at Spot, looking out for tongue tie and the potential impacts, is part of our daily job. We believe that there is more than enough...
Apr 29, 2020
In this episode I chat to Joy McClymont. Joy is a mother of 4 who runs her virtual fitness company from an isolated cattle & sheep station in western Queensland.
Joy homeschools her kids, runs a business, keeps fit, helps out on the station and manages to find that “me-time” as often as she can- to lead a balanced...
Apr 23, 2020
If you are a human, you have language skills, and they could potentially be having a pretty big impact on your life. In episode 7 Speech Pathologist Heidi Begg talks about what language is. Why language skills play such an important role in literacy, learning, behaviour and mental health. Also, it’s important to know...