Successful Speech Therapy Strategies for Working with Toddlers with Apraxia and Other Speech-Language Difficulties
I have received many questions about therapy techniques for toddlers with apraxia. Before I give you ideas that ...
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Backward Chaining… A Fantastic “Trick” for Helping a Toddler Learn Multisyllabic Words
As speech-language pathologists, we’re asked “How do you…?” questions everywhere we go. Last night at church I had ...
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INITIAL TREATMENT TIPS FOR FINAL CONSONANTS
Do you need some ideas for helping a toddler learn to include final consonants in words? Here's a ...
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Ready or Not? Targeting Speech Intelligibility in Toddlers
How do you decide when a toddler is developmentally ready to target speech intelligibility? Do you have a ...
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Functional Phonology is Shipping!
Do you need help working with a late-talking toddler who is also unintelligible? I have a ...
Read More My New Artic Book for Toddlers is Finally Here!
This morning I'm saying something I've waited a long time to hear... MY NEW ARTIC THERAPY MANUAL FOR ...
Read More #316 Treating Speech Intelligibility in Toddlers
Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.,S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com for this episode of the podcast as we discuss ...
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“Discover The Best Approach To Teach Your Toddler To Talk”
PARENTS, ARE YOU FRUSTRATED TRYING TO TEACH YOUR TODDLER TO TALK? ARE OTHER CHILDREN HIS AGE ASKING FOR ...
Read More Speech Sound Development in Toddlers
We can't be overly "picky" when it comes to speech sound accuracy with toddlers, particularly for those who ...
Read More Podcast for Using a Modified Cycles Approach for Toddlers
Today I had a great show with SLP Dawn Moore who shared how she targets speech sounds in ...
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Welcome to teachmetotalk.com! If this is your first visit, I'd like to tell you how I recommend "first ...
Read More Speech Sound Development
The following is a list of when 75% of children have mastered speech sounds. (Photo Articulation Test, 1969, ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More Oral Motor Exercises to Help Speech in Toddlers and Preschoolers – Why Science Says They Don’t Work
Recently I've heard of mothers who are telling other mothers that they'd better be doing oral motor exercises ...
Read More Teach Your Child To Say “Mama”
Today on my podcast, one of our wonderful callers Annette shared with us that although her son is ...
Read More Using Sippy Cups and Pacifiers- Will They Help or Hurt My Late Talking Toddler?
This topic was originally written at the end of another post, but the questions and comments I've received ...
Read More Ear Infections & Hearing Assessments in Toddlers
One of the standard recommendations during the diagnostic process for a late talking toddler is an audiological or ...
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Working Toward Intelligible Speech in Toddlers
Speech Intelligibility in Toddlers "Now that my baby is finally talking, I can't understand a word he's saying!" ...
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Is My Child Apraxic? Answers to a Parent’s Questions
Apraxia is a difficult diagnosis to understand. First I'll tell you the official definition, and then I'll tell ...
Read More Why Can’t My Child Talk? Common Types of Speech and Language Disorders
Why Can’t My Child Talk… Common Types of Communication Delays There are between three and six million children ...
Read More 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 ...
Read More What Doesn’t Work – Unproductive Strategies For Helping Toddlers Learn To Talk
Here's what I've learned, the hard way unfortunately, about behaviors that do not help babies and toddlers learn ...
Read More What Works – Strategies That Help Toddlers Learn to Talk
Here's what I know after spending nearly 30 hours a week for the past 10 years in the ...
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