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  The term "growth mindset" is derived from the studies of psychologist Carol Dweck on the influence of our beliefs, particularly those about oneself.    According to her research, our perception of our personalities is one of our most crucial assumptions about ourselves. When we have a fixed perspective about ourselves, we think that no matter what we do, our intelligence, creativity, and character remain constant.    Conversely, if we perceive ourselves with a growth mentality, we believe we can continue to evolve and regard difficulties and failures as opportunities to progress. Children (and adults) who have a growth mentality find learning exciting and are less deterred by failure or mistakes.  How might a growth mindset be applied to speech therapy?    Any person can display a growth or fixed attitude depending on the day. So that they are prepared to learn and develop, we must encourage children to approach speech therapy with a growth atti...

  1: Faster Improvement = More Repetition  Regular practice helps anyone learning a new skill—such as driving, cooking, typing, etc.—achieve better outcomes more rapidly. Likewise, your child's speech will improve much more quickly if they practise their goal speech sounds regularly. According to the most recent study, children must repeat their target speech sounds 70 to 100 times weekly to progress towards their objectives. Home should be a top priority if you want your child to spend less time in therapy and more time confidently speaking up about a storm on the playground.    2: Speech Therapy Appointments Only Take Up a Small Part of Your Week  Your child visits the speech pathologist far less frequently than they spend at home. A therapist often meets with paediatric patients 1-2 times each week. Regular home practice is crucial to stay on track and accomplish your speech therapy goals as quickly as possible, even though this 1:1 intensive speech therapy i...

  A professional should be consulted if a newborn does not react to sound or vocalisation. However, it can be challenging for parents to determine whether or not a kid is missing a speech or language milestone or has a speech delay issue.    The following are some red flags to watch out for:  -By the time they are 12 months old, they aren't waving or pointing as a bye-bye gesture. -By the time they are 18 months old, they prefer gestures to vocalisations when communicating.  -Before 18 months, they had difficulty interpreting simple verbal directions and duplicating noises.  -By age two, the child can only imitate speech or gestures and cannot produce their own words or phrases.  -Infants can only repeat a few sounds or sentences by the time they are two years old and can only communicate their most fundamental requirements through oral language.  -Unable to follow simple instructions by the age of two.    If your child's speech is more ...