Resources To Help Improve Speech and Language
Helpful Links, Videos, Books, and More
Book List for Toddlers
By:
Kelsey Dalene
A list of wonderful books for toddlers
This list provides 50 books that are great to read with toddlers. Books that are interactive (e.g., lift-a-flap, press a button) are wonderful for this age group. Some of my favorites on this list include "Where's Spot" and "Dear Zoo". Allow your child to pick the book that he/she wants to read. If your child wants to read the same book for 2 weeks...that's great! Let them choose the same book. Repetition helps toddlers build vocabulary and language skills, and choosing the same book means that they have found the perfect one for their current level of functioning.
At-Home Therapy Activity: April Showers
By:
Kelsey Dalene
This game is a fun way to work on yes/no questions, description words, weather vocabulary, colors, and spring vocabulary.
Print out 2 copies of the game board to play. Work on the following skills: answering yes/no questions, describing weather scenes, colors, and spring vocabulary. You can also target turn-taking skills with this game. Thanks to Super Duper for this game board and activity.
Kids Need Simple Toys, not Electronics
By:
Healthy, Holistic Living
A study by the American Academy of Pediatrics found that simple toys, not electronic ones, hold the most benefit for children.
Simple, non-electronic toys create opportunities for caregiver-child interactions. The result of these interactions is improved language, social, and cognitive skills for children.
Using Toys to Promote Language Development
By:
Kelsey Dalene and Anna Beth Cunningham
Insightful parent chat with Kelsey and Anna Beth discussing three language-producing strategies
By the time a child is 5 years of age, they should have about 1500 words in their vocabulary. Unfortunately, we see a number of children that do not utter their first word until they come into our office. While this is a very exciting moment, it is one that we wish to prevent.
The good news is we have three terrific strategies for helping children accelerate their vocabulary and language growth:
- Giving Choices
- Modeling
- Expanding on Utterances
If parents watch this video they will be able to get started on using these strategies in the home with their children. Watch this video today and see how our strategies can help you if you think your child struggles with speech or vocabulary.
The impact of speech and language problems
By:
Magdalena Janus, Chantal Labonte, Ryan Kirkpatrick, Scott Davies, Erik Duku
A scholarly article that school administrators should read. This is a thorough study that supports the conclusion that if speech disorders are not treated early, they can have long term affects on academic performance.
This article is the reason why we partner with private schools to provide state of the art speech and language therapy. Schools know and understand the value of treating students as early as possible.
If you wait to treat students with speech and language disorders, it will get worse as time goes on. In addition to the disorder getting worse, there is also evidence to suggest that any remediation of the disorder through therapy may in fact disappear and the child will more quickly regress if therapy is done later in life.
Call us today and set up a meeting so we can tell you more about how we can help your students. Our services will provide your school with capabilities that children with speech disorders need sooner rather than later.
Age Appropriate Speech and Language Milestones
By:
Stanford Children's health
This is an easy to read guide for any parent to gauge whether or not their child is reaching various speech milestones
I have seen hundreds of different children over my career of all different ages. I am always thrilled to see a new client, sometimes I wish I started seeing a child earlier in their life.
The earlier we can diagnose, detect and treat a speech disorder, the more effective we can be in our treatment. The earlier we treat a disorder, the less likely the child will relapse as well.
If you are a parent of a child and you are even remotely concerned that your child may not be making all of the right sounds or understanding words, you should take a look at this milestone chart from Stanford University. If your child is not tracking with this chart, please make an appointment with us today.
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