All Entries in the "Expressive" Category
“What can I do to help my toddler learn more words?”
Below is an excerpt from my book Teach Me To Talk: The Therapy Manual.
This is the first response I give to any mom who asks, “What can I do to help my toddler learn more words?”
Teach USABLE Words and Teach by DOING
“The brain learns best through exploration and interaction with real people!” ~ [...]
Resolutions for Therapists who Work with Young Children
Happy New Year!
Did you make any New Year’s Resolutions? Are any of them related to your work as a therapist in early intervention or a preschool program?
When Kate and I were discussing our last few podcast topics and questions from our regular listeners, I came up with several resolutions which can make us all more effective in our practices.
We’re [...]
NEW DVD Presale Announcement
COMING IN 2012!!!!!
teachmetotalk.com is so pleased to present…
Teach Me To Talk:
From Signs to Sounds to Words
From Laura Mize, pediatric speech-language pathologist and founder of teachmetotalk.com, comes a NEW DVD designed specifically for toddlers, their parents, and the professionals who work with them.
Using toddler-themed play activities, each scene was deliberately engineered to facilitate gestures, sounds, [...]
Can’t vs. Won’t
I RARELY, no make that never, think that a child doesn’t talk because he’s stubborn or lazy. I get so frustrated when parents tell me this, or worse, when I hear another therapist say this. If you, or gasp, a professional, is telling you this, please re-evaluate your situation.
The truth is when kids can talk, they do talk. It makes life so [...]
Teach Me To Talk - The Therapy Manual
Teach Me To Talk - The Therapy Manual: A Comprehensive Guide for Treating Receptive and Expressive Language Delays/Disorders in Toddlers and Young Preschoolers
The book is divided into 2 parts.
Part I includes the background information to make sure you understand WHY you’re doing what you do in sessions! You’ll learn the overall philosophy, rationale, and treatment hierarchy recommended for successful language therapy [...]
Making Circle Time Successful
Last week I had an opportunity to meet to many GREAT SLPs who work in preschool settings who asked me if I had new ideas to use for circle time. It’s since prompted an idea for another book… but I can’t start that one until the current one is out of final edits! So until [...]
New to this Site?
Welcome to teachmetotalk.com!
If this is your first visit, I’d like to tell you how I recommend for new moms to navigate the site because I have TONS of info on here that may not be apparent to you with your first click!
The site is organized in chronological order with the newest entries listed first here on the home page. However, [...]
Teaching, Not Testing - Ideas for Helping Your Child Learn Language at Home
I’m working with a great family right now. My little friend in this family is a darling boy who will be 2 in April, and he’s a total handful! He’s so unlike his older very compliant, very praise-driven sister, who I also had the privilege of working with a few years ago.
The sister was so different from [...]
Pointing and Grunting - Good Thing or Bad Thing?
I want to share a question I received via e-mail this week and my response…….
I have a question about pointing and grunting in a 19 month old….and signs of speech/language development. I was always told this was a good sign that child is going to start using speech and language skills. But there is a mom that [...]
Tips for Teaching the Pronouns “I” and “You”
A mom e-mailed me this question this weekend, and I thought I’d include it here since I haven’t written about this anywhere else on the site.
“Hi Laura! I have a question for you. Gabe has recently started saying “you want…” instead of “I want…” When we model “I” for him, he will correct himself. He [...]
