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Books and Narrative Retells – why is being able to retell a narrative important for children?

August 18, 2020

Our North Brisbane Speech Therapists are talking about books and the importance of oral narrative retells this week. Books are an amazing resource to develop not only language comprehension and …

How speech pathologists and occupational therapists work with writing

June 24, 2020

Why is writing so tricky for many kids? Writing is a multilayered process that requires a child to integrate skills from multiple areas to produce a cohesive piece of text. …

Supporting attention and concentration

May 20, 2020

Our occupational therapists here at Cooee work with children and their families to support them to fulfill their occupational roles in their everyday life. For kids, occupational roles include being …

How do children learn to read?

November 14, 2019

Reading is one of the most important skills children learn in their first years of schooling. In three to four years, children go from not knowing how to read, …

Why vocabulary is important for reading

August 21, 2019

This week, the Children’s Book Council of Australia is celebrating Book Week – a time when schools, libraries, book retailers, authors, illustrators and children come together to celebrate the joy …

How to teach vocabulary

August 13, 2019

Our North Brisbane Speech Pathologists are talking teaching vocabulary for specific content areas. Vocabulary encompasses not only the knowledge of words and word meanings but when and how to use …

Fine Motor Development in Children

July 20, 2019

Why is my child having difficulty writing? What are fine motor skills? How can I improve my child’s writing skills? As an Occupational Therapist I am often asked a number …

Developing Postural Skills for School

July 12, 2019

At Cooee Speech Pathology, our Brisbane north Occupational Therapists work with kids and their families to help build postural skills required for engaging at school. What are postural skills? It …

Occupational Therapy Tips for Pencil Grip

February 12, 2019

Top 5 Tips for improving your child’s pencil grip. If your child is in the early stages of learning to write, you might find yourself observing an ‘awkward’ or strange …

Brisbane Occupational Therapists Helping Kids to Write

February 4, 2019

Writing skills for children in prep Did your child recently start prep? Are you wondering how you can support your child to learn to write letters? What things can we …

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