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Supporting the Needs of Moms for Mother’s Day
As a pediatric speech-language pathologist, I’ve seen moms of babies and toddlers with developmental delays and disorders at their absolute best and unfortunately, at their worst.
The longer I do this job, the more I’ve come to appreciate just how hard it is for a mom to rise to the occasion and deliver her best day after day, week after week for a child who may [...]
Therapy Combo Pack - Special Pricing for May 12-19
Have I got a deal for you!
All 3 of my best-selling therapy manuals are now bundled together and available for a limited time at a significant discount.
In this combo pack you’ll receive Teach Me To Play WITH You, Teach Me To Talk: The Therapy Manual, and Building Verbal Imitation in Toddlers.
Teach Me To Play WITH [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week 4.27.12
Here’s this week’s video:
Therapy Tip of the Week 4.27.12
In this week’s video I’m sharing ideas for teaching language to toddlers with developmental delays using Mr. Potato Head.
Don’t skip straight to expressive language with this toy. Work on receptive language, or comprehension, first! You can help a child learn to understand body parts and select those parts on request. [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week 4.21.12
Here’s this week’s video:
Cause & Effect Toys
Cognition plays a HUGE role in the development of language. A child must master the important cognitive milestones of cause & effect, simple problem solving, and object permanence BEFORE he or she is developmentally ready to talk.
In the video I showed you a few of my favorite toys for teaching cause & [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week 4.13.12
Here’s this week’s Therapy Tip of the Week:
Toys with Keys
Young children love toys with keys!
On a basic level, these toys provide not only an opportunity for a young child to develop fine motor skills, but also to practice simple problem solving.
Problem solving is one of the CRITICAL cognitive skills that toddlers must exhibit before they are ready to learn to talk. (If [...]
Building Verbal Imitation in Toddlers
teachmetalk.com is so excited to announce the release of the new book Building Verbal Imitation in Toddlers in early May 2012.
In this 150 page therapy manual Laura Mize, pediatric speech-language pathologist and founder of www.teachmetotalk.com, explains the hierarchy of verbal imitation skills she teaches to therapists throughout the country.
Many times parents and therapists don’t see success [...]
How To Talk So Toddlers Listen
Here’s an excerpt from Teach Me To Talk: The Therapy Manual reviewing ways to help late talking toddlers pay attention and listen:
Researchers found that labeling, simply stating an object or an event name, is more effective than any other kind of talking to help a child maintain attention to what he is doing.
Many times adults “mindlessly [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week 3.16.12
Here’s this week’s video with activities for Easter:
Therapy Tip of the Week for 3.16.12
Easter wind-up toys are a fun way to teach initiation and requesting. There’s a whole “how to” section for using wind-up toys in my book Teach Me To Play WITH You.
The video contains several ideas for using Easter [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week 3.9.12
Here’s this week’s segment of Therapy Tip of the Week for March 9, 2012:
Therapy Tip of the Week 3.9.12
This week’s activities will give you some new ideas to expand your play with dolls, teach names for clothing items, work in some fine motor practice, and even target categorization and/or matching.
Remember to use these activities for receptive language [...]
Therapy Tip of the Week 3.2.12
Here’s this week’s Therapy Tip of the Week:
Therapy Tip of the Week for 3.2.12
BALL TOYS
Balls are developmentally appropriate and a fun toy for toddlers between 1-3 years old. Remember that you’re looking at a child’s developmental age here. Let’s face it; even older kids love balls!
Ball is also a great, early word for late talkers. Why? Because the [...]
