Recent Articles
“Teach Me To Play WITH You”
I’m so excited to announce my latest project from teachmetotalk.com.
“Teach Me To Play WITH You: Easy Games, Songs, and Play Activities to Teach Social Interaction to Toddlers and Young Preschoolers with Language Delays” is a therapy guide for parents and professionals who work with young children with social and communication delays.
This 185 page [...]
Contact Information for teachmetotalk.com
For clinical questions, leave a comment here on the website. Due to the overwhelming volume of incoming emails and the demands of her other professional responsibilities, Laura can no longer answer these individually. For a personal response you can call in live on the podcast “Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate” on Thursdays [...]
Podcast for June 3, 2010
We’re not doing our show today! If you’ve tuned in, take a minute and leave me a comment here on the site about what you wished we’d talked about today! Questions from moms keep us going, so please send those in. If you’re uncomfortable leaving it as a comment for the world to see, email [...]
Early Intervention SLPs and DIs
Thanks so much to those of you who have left comments here on the website or emailed me with interest in my upcoming conferences. I would LOVE to come to your area! In order to do that I need access to providers in your state, and I am asking for your help. If your state [...]
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, [...]
“Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate” for May 27, 2010
On this week’s podcast we’ll be answering questions from moms submitted to the website including:
How can I help my toddler begin to sign?
My toddler is talking, but no one can understand him but me. How important is speech intelligibility?
What’s jargon and how do I differentiate jargon from real words?
If you didn’t listen live, you can always [...]
No Podcast May 20, 2010
I’m right in the middle of a big project and can’t pull myself away today for the show.
I hope you’ll join Kate and me next week!
“Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate” for May 13, 2010
On this week’s podcast we’ll be answering questions found here on the website including:
How important is pointing and how can I get my child to do this?
How do I know the difference between autism and apraxia and can my child have both?
How come my child says words once and then never again?
How concerned should I be about intelligibility and sound [...]
“Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate” for May 6, 2010
Today we’ll be answering questions from moms about the differences between an autism diagnosis and Mixed Expressive Receptive Language Disorder and coming up with some creative ways to help elicit early vocalizations from toddlers who aren’t great imitators. Listen in for our answers.
If you didn’t listen live, you can always listen later anytime using the blogtalkradio [...]
“Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate” for April 29, 2010
On this pocast we’ll be answering questions about multilingual homes and toddlers with language delays and helping children learn to understand and answer questions - both topics I receive lots of emails about here on the website. Listen in for our answers.
If you didn’t listen live, you can always listen later anytime using the blogtalkradio [...]




