Baby Learning Development and Reading Blog

How does one arrive at an appropriate diagnosis for children whose language backgrounds are virtually unknown? First, look for patterns of language development. Second, urge prospective parents to ...

Audiologists, of course, know that their health care training is necessary for proper selection and fitting of hearing aids. But the value-added of an audiologist’s services is often unrealized by ...

Georgiou and his colleagues of the University of Alberta published a study in Learning and Instruction. This study examined the cognitive and non-cogn.

Even bilingual speech-language pathologists will encounter situations in which the client's primary language is unknown. There are standardized, evidence-based tests for the Spanish-English popula...

This month I revisited the topic of classroom difficulties and possible accommodations and modifications for students with hearing loss in the School Matters column of the ASHA Leader. . As there is...

Articulation. . It's the biggest topic of speech therapy that I'm asked about. . Here are some of the questions I'm asked from parents: .

How a cat's tail helped me to better understand my daughter and bring some of the magic of childhood back into my own life.

  As an SLP who works with very young children a common question I am asked by parents is about their toddler’s aggression toward other children. . “Susie just started taking toys from other ch...

Over the years, I’ve had so many parents ask me if they should be concerned about the way their toddler pronounces his or her words. . Although I think it’s very important to focus on...

You may have noticed that I like to post toddler friendly recipes on the Talking With Toddlers Facebook Page . . I also like to include them in blog posts as a great toddler speech and language...

  As an SLP  focused on the treatment of pediatric feeding disorders,  there is one common denominator among all the families on my caseload:  The stress in their homes at mealtimes is palpabl...

I provided the boy’s parents with information about expressive language development and explained that their expectations appeared to be beyond this child’s current capabilities (determined by the ...