It isn’t always easy being a parent, especially with our busy lives. Deciphering if your child has a language or speech challenge is not always so straightforward. The team at Orlando's First Words Speech Therapy understands it can be a struggle and it isn’t always easy to know what is best for your child. Which is [...]
Most parents worry if their child’s speech and language are developing according to the standard milestones. It could be late development, autism, being anxious, or a number of other reasons, intervention can be very beneficial. ASHA 2019 President Shari Robertson, PhD, CCC-SLP, said. “While it is encouraging that parents across the board reported that they [...]
What is a speech or language delay? Does my child need speech therapy? A question many parents ask themselves at one time or another. Unfortunately, it is easy for a pediatrician or parents to overlook an atypical communication development. While it is easy to say your child will eventually catch up on their own, but [...]
A study about a child’s speech and language development, revealed some light on long term academic difficulties. The authors tracked preschool children for two decades, the study was published by the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Two main skills were covered in the study, overall language skills, and the phonological awareness skills, which refers to the [...]
