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New DVD to Treat Apraxia in Toddlers and Young Preschoolers

Are you a parent looking for more information on childhood apraxia of speech?
 
Are you scared and confused by what you’re finding on the internet?  
 
Then I’d like to introduce you to a new DVD that’s made especially for parents to help you understand this complex diagnosis.
 
It’s called Teach Me To Talk with Apraxia and Phonological Disorders, and it [...]

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“Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate” on Thursday, September 17, 2009

On this week’s podcast we’ll be continuing to discuss ways to treat speech sound disorders in young children. This week I received a great email from a mom of a 19 month old little girl who is having difficulty learning to use vowel sounds. This mom has agreed to join us for today’s show so that she [...]

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Special Time for “Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate” on Thursday, August 20, 2009

This week’s podcast will be at 12 noon Eastern time. We’ll be continuing our discussion about treating speech sound disorders in young children. 
You can listen live on Thursday, August 20 at 12 pm Eastern Time using this icon. 
If you can’t join us live, you can always listen later anytime using the blogtalkradio icon in the right hand column [...]

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Oral Motor Exercises and Childhood Apraxia of Speech

For those of you who are following the apparently very controversial article “Oral Motor Exercises” and all of the comments, here’s a follow-up I received today from Dr. Lof.  Here are his comments specifically related to oral motor exercises as they are used with children who have been diagnosed with apraxia, and of course, a [...]

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Listen LIVE to My New Podcast - “Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate”

I want to invite you to join us for our next show for parents and professionals, “Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Kate.” I invited my good friend and developmental therapist Kate Hensler to chat with me about teaching young children to learn to communicate.
During this week’s show we’ll discuss in detail very specific [...]

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Guidelines for Referral for a Speech-Language Assessment for Toddlers

I recently found a great article written by Marilyn Agin, M.D., and author of The Late Talker.  It was written for a pediatrics journal, but it also has great information for parents who might be on the fence wondering if their child will catch up on his own, or if they should go ahead and be referred for a [...]