Little Voices Speech and Language Therapy

06/04/2026

Hoping this means more access to therapies for our whanau!

These DSS changes aim to address feedback from the disability community during the 2025 consultation, and give more say to flexible funding users. Read on for a quick overview that should answer your questions.

29/04/2025

I love this idea!! Easily adaptable visual schedule!

17/11/2023

Check out my blog post to give you some ideas of how you can utilise books and reading together at home to support your child's language development.

Books are a great tool to use to develop your child's interaction and communication skills and are something nearly all of us have at home already! By using books in different ways when reading with your children you can engage them at a range of levels and begin to use them to develop and extend th...

10/11/2023

Check out my blog post with some ideas on how pausing or waiting can help to develop your child's communication.

06/11/2023

Have a look at my new blog post with tips to support your child develop eye contact through play!

If your child doesn't readily look at you during interactions, or actively avoids eye contact, this could be indicative of a social interaction difficulty and they may benefit from support to develop this social skills. Try the strategies below to gently and naturally encourage them to look to you d...

04/08/2023

Check out my blog post - 5 ways to use bubbles to promote language and communication skills. How else could you use bubbles to support language development?

Bubbles are probably the most popular and most used toy in my therapy bag. I don't think I have met a child yet who doesn't enjoy bubbles, in fact I have met many adult's who also get excited when bubbles are blown. Here are 5 ways in which I use bubbles during therapy sessions to support the develo...

04/08/2023

Working with a child with delayed communication skills? Have a look at my latest blog to find out how you can use choices to support them to communicate more effectively.

Offer choices to your child to help encourage them to use and develop their communication skills to express a choice or preference. Offering choices creates an opportunity for your child to use their commination skills to express a preference, and/or offers you an opportunity to encourage them to co...

20/07/2023

5 Ways to Support... Attention and Listening

If your child struggles to engage in activities for more than a minute or two at a time, or their attention seems 'fleeting' when playing and exploring at home, they may need some support to develop their attention and listening skills. Try the strategies below to help your child attend to, and enga...

04/07/2023

5 Ways to Use... Mr Potato Head

I use Mr Potato Head in most of my sessions, including assessment sessions, to support language and communication development in the children I am working with. A Mr Potato Head toy engages children best, however you can download printable pictures of Mr Potato Head and his parts if you don't have a...