Posts tagged language disorder
President's Day Books for Speech Language Development

President’s Day is just around the corner and I always like to incorporate holidays into speech-language therapy. It is important to teach kids about American history starting at a young age. Over the years, I have found several books that teach children about President’s Day and also allows for a perfect time to work on speech and language skills. While reading these books I introduce new vocabulary and work on wh-questions (‘what’, ‘who’, ‘where’, ‘when’, ‘why’). Below is a list of my favorite books about President’s Day!

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Ways to Encourage Your Child’s Communication Development For Young Children

As your child’s speech and language skills develop there are activities and tips that you can do at home to enhance your child’s speech and language skills. The American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) has compiled a list of activities and tips to encourage your child’s communication development.  

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Signs of Communication Disorders

Better Hearing and Speech Month is a time to make the community aware of those in need of speech-language therapy, which can be life-altering.  There are warning signs that that can signal a potential communication disorder and ways that you can do daily to encourage your child’s communication development. 

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May is Better Hearing and Speech Month!

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) designates May as Better Hearing and Speech Month (BHSM). Since 1927, BHSM is celebrated to provide parents, educators and the community with information to raise awareness about communication disorders, help identify those in need of life-altering treatment and to explain the role of a speech-language pathologist. In Home Speech Solutions will be doing a multi-part blog series on these topics. This is our first post.

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