All Entries Tagged With: "Late talking"
A Mother’s Journey…. My Son’s Initial Signs and Symptoms of Apraxia
This is the second in Laurie Felty’s series of articles about her son Jack’s apraxia of speech. I hope you enjoy this one as much as the first! Laura
A Mother’s Journey ……
INITIAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF APRAXIA AND WHAT LED US TO EARLY INTERVENTION
By Laurie Felty, MS, CCC-SLP
As mentioned in my previous article, my son, [...]
Questions about Late Talking
A reader named Andrea posted this series of questions on Friday. Her questions are so similar to those most parents ask that I thought I should respond for everyone to read.
“My 18mo son is not talking as well as my 4yo daughter did at this same age. She was a babblemouth and he doesn’t seem to want to talk at all. I have expressed [...]
Communication Basics
As a pediatric speech-language pathologist, I often get referral information for a child with the primary concern listed as “speech delay” or “communication delay.” These are often “catch-all” terms that can mean anything from a child is not saying as many words as other babies his age, to a child who is talking but is [...]
What Doesn’t Work - Unproductive Strategies For Helping Toddlers Learn To Talk
(Edited with the addition of #9 on March 18. 2008.)
Here’s what I’ve learned, the hard way unfortunately, about behaviors that do not help babies and toddlers learn to talk. All of these are helpful for not only parents, but also professionals working with young children. Most of these are common sense, but worth repeating.
1. The adult interacting with the child is (yawn) boring.
As even two-year-olds know, interacting with a [...]
When To Worry… Signs of Speech & Language Delays
What’s the number one factor that unites good mothers across cultural, social, and economic boundaries? (I’ll give you my take on those “other” mothers in another blog!) It’s worry. Most of us obsess about our kids. In the first few months it’s all about their regulatory needs, basically if they are sleeping, eating, and even [...]
Ignore Him
Last week while I was at a party here in Louisville, a woman gave me probably the saddest commentary I’ve ever heard on teaching children to talk. As we were watching her adorable 24-month-old son repeatedly chase a ball an adult had thrown, take it back to her, grin from ear-to-ear, and then grunt “UUHHHHH” to ask her [...]
