All Entries Tagged With: "learning to talk"
Help! My Child Won’t Imitate Words …. Begin with Imitating Movements & Sounds in Play
Learning to imitate sounds and words is a critical skill in a child’s quest to become verbal. Many children who are apraxic, or who exhibit motor planning problems, have great difficulty learning to repeat words. Teaching a child to imitate words often begins with teaching him HOW to imitate. Sometimes it’s easier to start with movements of your body rather than with [...]
Facilitating Words - Moving Beyond Grunting and Pointing
The following is an excerpt from an e-mail I received from our “Ask the SLP” post.
“My son is 18 months old and understands everything we say to him, but he is not talking with words yet. He mostly looks at us, will point to what he wants, and grunts. Is there anything we can do at home to help him learn to say words?” -From Claire in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
