Therapy resources
There is a wide range of resources available to support you and your children, including various kinds of therapy equipment to encourage your child's speech and langauge development . Do let us know if you discover other websites with activites and equpiment that have helped your child. Please read our disclaimer before visiting any of these websites or purchasing any resources.
Always discuss your child’s needs with a speech and language therapist before buying and using specialist equipment.
Sources
Useful sources of equipment:
Talk tools
This is an approach that works on oral motor movements and sensory development for feeding and speech using a hierarchy of specific resources including straws, horns, chewy tubes and feeding equipment.
USA: www.talktools.com UK: www.eg-training.co.uk
Books for children
Understanding Emotions
QED Publishing produce a great range of books in its PSHE section on helping children learn more about different emotions and feelings. These include: Everybody feels... sad/ angry /scared/ happy and The tiger who was angry.
Bear feels scared and Bear's new friend by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman are also lovely books on this theme.
Sources
Useful sources of equipment:
- www.specialdirect.com
- www.puppetsbypost.com
- www.hawkin.com
- www.thetoyshop.com
- www.sensetoys.com
- www.smartkids.co.uk
- www.sensorytoywarehouse.com
Talk tools
This is an approach that works on oral motor movements and sensory development for feeding and speech using a hierarchy of specific resources including straws, horns, chewy tubes and feeding equipment.
USA: www.talktools.com UK: www.eg-training.co.uk
Books for children
Understanding Emotions
QED Publishing produce a great range of books in its PSHE section on helping children learn more about different emotions and feelings. These include: Everybody feels... sad/ angry /scared/ happy and The tiger who was angry.
Bear feels scared and Bear's new friend by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman are also lovely books on this theme.
Disclaimer
Apple Tree provides this information in good faith but we do not control and are not responsible for these websites or their content. Although we have found them to be useful and hence have listed them on this page, we cannot be held responsible for the contents of third party websites or any transactions made with suppliers or any information provided by other organisations, including vendors. If you decide to access any of the third party websites listed on our website or purchase goods or services from them, you do so entirely at your own risk.
If you have any concerns about any of these websites or if you are responsible for any of them and make any changes, please let us know so that we can amend our website. We are also keen to hear about any websites that you have found useful.
If you have any concerns about any of these websites or if you are responsible for any of them and make any changes, please let us know so that we can amend our website. We are also keen to hear about any websites that you have found useful.
