Laura Mize is a pediatric speech-language pathologist who specializes in treating young children, ages birth to three, with communication delays and disorders. She earned a B.S. in Communication Disorders from Mississippi University for Women and an M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from The University of Southern Mississippi. Laura holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) and is licensed in the states of KY and FL.

Laura founded and authors the website teachmetotalk.com, hosts a popular weekly podcast, Teach Me To Talk: The Podcast,  and has authored training materials for parents and professionals both in the USA and internationally. Her DVDs and treatment manuals are used by early intervention professionals and speech-language pathologists in graduate training programs and continuing education conferences in the USA, Canada, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Zambia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Teach Me To Talk is the largest online provider of CE courses for therapists. Check out the full library here.

When Laura is not rolling around on the floor with her little clients, speaking, or producing another project, she is at home with her husband, Johnny. They have 3 grown children and the sweetest grandbaby in the whole wide world : ) She is too tired to have any hobbies!