Strategies for Early Language Development
Children’s first few years of life are a vital time in their speech and language development. Parents are a key factor in this development as they are their child’s first… Read more »
Early Intervention: An Overview
Early intervention is a term used to describe therapeutic services for children from birth to age three. For infants and toddlers not meeting developmental milestones, early intervention services are critical… Read more »
Baby Sign Language
Baby sign language is a great way to encourage language before your baby is able to vocally produce words. It allows a baby to communicate what he wants, or what… Read more »
Using Legos to Build Social Skills and Language
Social skills play a role in all stages of life from family relationships and friendships to romantic relationships and career success. Social skills are a challenge for many children with… Read more »
Say what you mean, mean what you say (Autoclitic Verbal Operants)
What are autoclitic tacts? Simply put, autoclitic tacts indicate something about the strength of the response and the certainty, or not, of the speaker. This complex verbal operant was originally… Read more »
Multilingual Populations: Is it a disorder or a language difference?
Many children grow up multilingual, or speaking multiple languages. The prevalence of speech, language, and hearing disorders in the multilingual population is similar to that of the monolingual population. Some… Read more »
Augmented Language Interventions
Many caregivers hope for their children to be primarily verbal communicators. This may lead them to shy away from using augmented or alternative communication modes in the home or with… Read more »
How to Support Gestalt Language Processors Using the Natural Language Acquisition (NLA) Protocol
There are two ways children can develop language. One way is called analytic language development or analytic language processing (ALP), which is considered the traditional style of language acquisition that… Read more »
Eight Ways to Support Your Child’s Early Development
Parents often wonder what they can do at home to support their child’s development. The short answer: Play with your child! But what does that play look like? Here are… Read more »
Books! Books! Books!
Research suggests that storybook reading facilitates language development and plays an important role in preparing children for success in school. In addition to enhancing early language development and literacy skills,… Read more »
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