When children first begin to speak, it can be normal to struggle pronouncing words or forming sentences correctly. It can be a sign of a speech or language disorder if the problems persist. The Speech Language Pathologist team at First Words Speech Therapy can help your child with all their communication skills. Short Term Benefits [...]
Whether your child takes some type of speech therapy is school or not, you may want to supplement these services with private speech therapy for a profound impact on the development of your child. Gives You Choices It is important you have choices when in comes to your child’s speech and language therapy. The relationship [...]
The act of speaking for children takes complex fine motor skills, it demands hundreds of accurately, coordinated, planned, and executed oral motor movements, which are expressed in consonants and vowels. It takes a lot of practice for a child’s words to be spoken with ease, automatic, intelligible, and fluent. With the goal of your child [...]
When it comes to pediatric speech and language development, it is never too soon start building a good foundation. Some general milestones include, by 4 months old they are likely to recognize a parent, make cooing sounds, smile when spoken to and cry differently for different needs. By 7 months, a baby is making several [...]
