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Toddler’s Speech & Language Development: What to Expect

February 19, 2018 by Katie Filed Under: Speech & Language 101 12 Comments

I get a lot of questions about toddler speech & language development to my email inbox each week. Concerned parents are wondering: What’s “normal?” The things is,  there is a VERY WIDE range of “normal” or “typical” when it comes to the development of speech & language in the toddler years (which I refer to […]

How Our Words Shape Our Children’s Language and Literacy Skills

February 25, 2014 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Speech & Language 101 7 Comments

I recently posed this question on my Facebook page: If you could give ONE recommendation/ piece of advice to another parent about speech/language development, what would it be? (This can be from SLP to a parent or parent to a parent) The answers were AWESOME! I loved how we had a good mix of parent-to-parent and […]

When Should I Be Concerned About My Toddler’s Speech Development?

November 6, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Speech & Language 101 19 Comments

“He’ll grow out of it” “Don’t worry, he is just a late talker” “Oh my uncle didn’t talk until he was three and he is brilliant! Don’t worry!” It is not uncommon for parents of toddlers to worry about their child’s development at different stages. As parents, we all want our children to thrive and […]

Is Communication Just About Speech? {The Friendship Circle Blog}

October 23, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Speech & Language 101, The Friendship Circle Blog Leave a Comment

This week I am over at The Friendship Circle Blog sharing some information about communication. Is communication just about speech? What do you think? If you have been reading for a while, I bet you can answer that question! So head on over and check out my post Is Communication Just About Speech? (If you […]

Childhood Apraxia of Speech Awareness Day 2013

May 14, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Apraxia and Dysarthria, Speech & Language 101 2 Comments

   Today is National Childhood Apraxia Awareness Day! Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder that significantly impacts a child’s ability to communicate. To celebrate this day of awareness, I’m sharing with you all the post I wrote on CAS as well as some links to other helpful information. What is Childhood […]

What Type of Communicator is YOUR child? {With Tips on How You Can Help Build Their Speech & Language Skills}

May 8, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Speech & Language 101 10 Comments

When we are talking about young children’s speech and language skills, it is important to think of the child in terms of the skills the child currently has (rather than chronological age) so that interventions can be best built upon these skills. Knowing what stage of communication your child is currently in also helps YOU […]

What is Communication? {It is so Much More than Speech}

February 20, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Speech & Language 101 3 Comments

What is communication? A while back, I wrote a post about the Difference between Speech & Language. In that post I touched on communication as well, and today I am going to expand on that post because understanding the difference between speech and language and knowing what communication is is part of the foundation one needs know […]

Questions: Why Less is More {Part Two}

January 31, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Speech & Language 101 6 Comments

Tuesday we talked about questions. You can read that post HERE if you didn’t already read it. At the end, I shared this interaction with you all between a Mom and her son Billy. You can review it here: MOM: Billy, what color is this? Billy: NO ANSWER (he doesn’t know) MOM: Billy, what is […]

Speech Development in Bilingual Children

January 30, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: Bilingualism, Speech & Language 101 6 Comments

As a speech language pathologist, I am asked all the time about language development in children raised with more than one language, so I was thrilled when I was given this opportunity to share some information on this subject on All Done Monkey, a great blog written by a mother raising her children to be […]

Questions: Why Less is More {Part One}

January 29, 2013 by Katie Filed Under: How to Help Your Child Talk, Speech & Language 101 11 Comments

It is such an exciting time when your child starts to talk! So exciting that often times we can find ourselves doing whatever we can to get them to do it more. This is especially true if your child has been a late or delayed talker. And what gets people to talk more than asking questions, […]

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