How important are speech, communication and language in a child’s everyday life? It is a growing question among parents and caregivers. Speech is an essential tool for both learning and interacting with others. It isn’t always easy to decipher emotional signs correlated with language or speech development. The most important developmental task is communication. It [...]
In our busy lives, parenting isn’t always easy. Today’s go-to diagnostic center seems to be the whatever websites come up on the internet. It may be more convenient than going to the traditional doctor's office, but when it comes to deciphering speech and language issues, it isn’t always very straightforward. Here are a few of [...]
Reading to your child not only helps with speech and language problems, it carves out a love for absorbing knowledge and reading. The earlier you introduce reading to your child the better. It can help overcome speech challenges and speech delays. Effective strategies to ensure reading is fun for your child this Halloween season: Colorful [...]
What is children’s Apraxia of speech? Apraxia of speech is when a child finds it difficult to move their tongue and mouth to speak. The child may want to speak and their muscles in their tongue and mouth are physically able to form words. Childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) is a motor speech disorder. Where [...]
