Help for the “R: Sound: When Should Parents Get More Help? Is your child saying Wabbit instead of Rabbit or Maw instead of More? If your child’s language contains these and other mispronunciations of the R sound or a “speech impediment r” issue, we are sure that you have experienced some difficulty in trying […]
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Sign Language for Children: Our Top 10 There is a lot of misunderstanding regarding using sign language for children who have a language delay. Teaching sign language to young toddlers has been found to be beneficial whether or not they have speech and language issues. Research shows that using alternative means of
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3 Year Old Milestones for Speech and Language In other posts, we listed milestones for 2 year olds and what to do if your toddler is still babbling but not yet talking, and in this post are continuing with 3 year old milestones. The birth to three period is a time of important and
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How to Teach the S Sound at Home When parents work with their children at home on their speech therapy goals, progress happens faster (and so does graduation from speech therapy). So here, our resident articulation expert speech therapists go over how to work on the S sound at home. The S sound
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For New Years: Top 5 Ways to Help Your Child Improve Communication Skills New Years is an excellent opportunity to encourage your children to focus on developing healthy habits. That can include working on ways to improve communication skills with your child. As a parent, you can incorporate these tips into your everyday
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My Name is Kate: Great Therapy Books for Kids Are you looking for a book to add to your list of therapy books for kids? Here’s one to add. This book tells the story of Kate, a little girl who has Childhood Apraxia of Speech. The disorder makes it hard for her to say
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Speech Articulation Issues in Children and How to Help Them Speech articulation issues in children are characterized by a difficulty making the sounds in words properly when talking. There are developmental norms for when a child is supposed to master each speech sound, and every language has its own norms. When a speech
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Wondering How to Help a Child with Speech Apraxia? 3 Tips for Parents. One of the things parents worry about most when they get a diagnosis of Childhood Apraxia of Speech is a feeling of helplessness. They know that speech therapy is crucial to helping a child communicate well, yet parents are often
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Aphasia Therapy After Stroke: What You Need to Know In the United States, almost 800,000 people have a stroke each year, with over 30% of survivors experiencing communication impairments as a result and require aphasia treatment. A stroke can make a significant impact on a person’s speech abilities, language comprehension, and reading and writing
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Parents Need the Right Diagnosis for Childhood Apraxia of Speech Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) is considered to be a rare speech problem in children. However, because it is rare and researchers believe that other types of problems may occur more often than this does – there has been less research into how common
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