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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 [...]
Making Circle Time Successful
Making it through circle time at preschool or daycare is often a challenge for toddlers with developmental delays. Here are hints for teachers, therapists, and parents who are looking for ways to make young children more successful during this schedule standard.
Promote Participation and Attention at Circle Time by:
1. Using developmentally-appropriate activities.
Too often I go into toddler classrooms to work with a child who is language-delayed and [...]
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 [...]
Teach Your Child To Say “Mama”
Today on my show “Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate” (click the icon in the right column to hear it for yourself!), one of our wonderful callers Annette shared with us that although her son is talking now and understands and says, “Dada,” he’s not yet saying “Mama.” How heartbreaking for her!
This is [...]
What Do You Do When NOTHING Is Working?
I’m writing this article to read later when I need to cheer myself on.
As a pediatric SLP, there are times when I leave a session thinking, “I’ve tried EVERYTHING I know to do, and it’s not working.” There are times when I wake up in the middle of the night with one of my little [...]
Is Bad Speech Therapy Better Than No Speech Therapy?
Hmmm….. this is a question I’ve been pondering all day long. Let me walk you through my entire thought process before you weigh in on this issue.
This morning I was in a huge hurry to get ready to go see one darling little girl for speech therapy and then pursue my other passion, being a mom, for the rest [...]
“Discover The Best Approach To Teach Your Toddler To Talk”
PARENTS – ARE YOU FRUSTRATED TRYING TO TEACH YOUR TODDLER TO TALK?
ARE OTHER CHILDREN HIS AGE ASKING FOR WHAT THEY WANT AND NEED – WHILE HE CAN ONLY CRY?
Maybe the “experts” tell you everything’s fine. But you can’t get past that nagging feeling that things should be getting better. And they just…aren’t.
As a parent, there’s [...]
Using PECS for Language Delayed Toddlers
Many young children need another way to communicate before they learn to talk. Speech-language pathologists often recommend that parents introduce pictures to help give a child an additional way to express his wants and needs. The most popular method for beginning to teach children to communicate with pictures is The Picture Exchange Communication System, commonly called PECS.
There are lots of myths and misconceptions concerning [...]
