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A study by WHO consultant Sophie Jullien on language and speech delays in children found that the average prevalence of isolated speech and language delays and disorders is around 6% among children between two and five years of age in the United States. Addressing speech delays among children is important to reduce their risk of developing learning and literacy disabilities, which include difficulties in reading and writing. This will also reduce their susceptibility to beh

Your child wants something, so they stand in the kitchen with you while you show them item after item, trying to figure out what it is that they want. Does this sound familiar? To communicate effectively, we need three things and often one of those things is missing. Essentially, we need a communicate partner to communicate with, we need a reason to communicate, and we need a way to do so. Sounds like an easy formula, right? But time and time again I see parents who know the

We all want to see our children thrive and meet their developmental milestones. But what happens when your child is a late talker or delayed in their language development? It is likely that we find ourselves in the trap of asking our children countless questions. And while this can be a good way to test our child’s knowledge to better understand what they know, too many questions can act as a conversation stopper versus fuel language learning. Change Questions into Comments I

Theory of mind involves understanding that people don’t share the same thoughts and feelings as you do. It allows us to predict and interpret the behaviors of others. Another way to think about it is the ability to “tune-in” to other peoples’ perspectives. This is something that starts to develop in early childhood. Theory of mind develops gradually, with intuitive social skills appearing in infancy and then reflective social cognition developing during the toddler and presch

Why I use pivot phrases instead of rote language to expand a child's utterance length.

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