by Language Fundamentals | Mar 29, 2021 | Early Intervention, Speech Language, Speech Therapy
Early Intervention speech therapy is a service that focuses on improving a child’s speech and abilities to understand and express language, including nonverbal language. Birth to three years old is a crucial developmental period for a child’s brain development....
by Language Fundamentals | Feb 23, 2021 | Early Intervention, Speech Language, Speech Therapy
Oftentimes, a child’s early vocabulary is filled with a lot of nouns. While nouns are great, it is also extremely beneficial to start teaching your child more verbs (action verbs) to broaden their expressive/receptive vocabulary. It is very important to focus on...
by Language Fundamentals | Feb 3, 2021 | Early Intervention, Speech Language, Speech Therapy
Expressive language is the ability to convey your message to another person through speech, signs, sounds, or writing. Even before babies begin to approximate their first words, they use expressive communication through crying, babbling, and body language. It is...
by Language Fundamentals | May 5, 2020 | Early Intervention, Speech Language, Speech Therapy
Many parents I have worked with have visited their pediatrician after noticing their child was not accomplishing the language development milestones they would expect at a certain age. Too often than not, parents have been recommended “not to worry” and...
by Language Fundamentals | Dec 20, 2019 | Early Intervention, Speech Language, Speech Therapy, Wellness
Encouraging Language Development During The Holiday Season We all know the holidays can be an especially busy time of the year, especially with little ones. One of the great things about encouraging language development is that we can incorporate it into our daily...
by Language Fundamentals | Nov 25, 2019 | Early Intervention, Speech Language, Speech Therapy
There are many myths out there when it comes to language development. Myth #1: ”Baby Talk” can inhibit your baby’s language development “Baby Talk” AKA “motherese” or “infant-directed speech” (as long as it is grammatically appropriate) can actually encourage speech...
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