Signs That A Child May Benefit From A Hearing Screening
Hearing screenings are often recommended when children present with delayed language. Hearing screenings can be completed quickly and easily and are painless for children. Ruling out hearing loss can be an important part of the speech therapy process, as hearing loss...
Receptive Language Explained
When children are assessed for a language delay, there are several areas of language that are evaluated. One of these areas is receptive language, or the language that a child understands. While children are frequently referred to speech therapy due to limited...
Incorporating Singing For Early Language Development
When children are young, parents often naturally sing to them and speak in sing-song voices. Did you know that singing and speaking with a melodic voice can actually enhance language learning? Singing can be beneficial for many aspects of language development,...
Types of Speech Sound Disorders
When children begin attending speech therapy for unintelligible speech or speech sound errors, the first thing their therapist will do is work to determine more information about the errors and the possible reason or cause for the errors, so that the treatment plan...
The Benefit of Modeling Without Expectation for Early Communicators
Modeling language is simply saying language how your child would say it. You provide appropriate words and phrases, along with lots of repetition, and then provide wait time to see if your child will imitate.