Parent question: What are Two Year Old Speech Milestones? One of the parents coming to Therapy Works Together for a screening for her child asked the speech therapist: “What are two year old speech milestones? I’m not sure what my child should be saying.” Kids are growing up so fast and are exposed […]
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What Causes Stuttering in Adults and What Can be Done About It? When young children are only developing their language skills, it is typical to see them stutter (or stammer). Adults do not often develop a stutter out of nowhere, although it does happen. In fact, statistics show that this speech disorder affects
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Practicing Speech Therapy at Home: Do You Need Something Special? Parents play a very important role in their children’s progress when they attend speech therapy and in language development in general. Practicing speech therapy at home gives parents more opportunities to experience, connect, and communicate in relevant, everyday activities throughout the day.
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Video Series: Speech Therapy at Home for Parents – Piece by Piece The best way to encourage your child’s language development is with some speech therapy at home. The difference is that you are the speech therapist and that therapy happens during regular everyday activities. In the bath, around the dinner table and
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Mixed Receptive and Expressive Language Disorder. What Can Parents Do? When a child says their first words it is one of the greatest joys of being a parent. So when there is a problem with understanding or speaking, parents are worried or frustrated. The child may often feel the same. Some parents put off
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Aphasia Therapy Can Help Anxiety Related to Aphasia Aphasia is a communication disorder that makes it difficult for a person to find the words they wish to use. It can also impact their ability to understand what others are saying. Reading, writing, following conversations, and comprehending numbers can all be affected by aphasia. Yet
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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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Speech Delay Toddler Tantrums? Here’s What to Do. Research has shown that toddlers who have fewer than 50 words by age 2 are twice as likely to have severe and frequent temper tantrums. A Speech delayed toddler tantrum is more difficult because parents are not sure what they can do to help a child
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How Many Words Should My Child Have? Parents are often asking our speech therapists: How many words should my 2 or 3-year-old toddler say, as well as “when should babies say their first words?” Language development milestones mark the stages of language development for your child. They are both receptive (hearing and understanding) and
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