Teach Me To Talk with Laura and Friends

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they discuss late talking toddlers. This week we're going to read an email from a mom with a success story using social games and other strategies we recommended to her earlier this summer. We're discussing how/when to interject social games into your sessions to maximize your own successes in engaging difficult toddlers. We'll also read a funny story another SLP sent me this week with recommendations for "dressing the part" for sessions with young children. I'm sure Kate and I will have plenty to say about that! 

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they answer and discuss a question about a child who is not using phrases yet and 2 specific stories about the POWER of social games in eliciting engagement and first words.

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they discuss criteria set forth to differentiate toddlers with developmental language delay from those with autism spectrum disorder using an article from Dr. Rhea Paul from ASHA's journal Perspectives in Language Learning and Education October 2008.  

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they discuss the final stages of play for toddlers as they approach the developmental age of 3. We'll also answer a mom's specific question related to expanding play using toys such as a farm set, house, and kitchen.  

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they discuss toddlers with language delays. Today we're finishing our series on the stages of play in toddlers birth to 3. Today we're discussing play for children who are functioning at the 2 to 3 year old range. Learn how to link the cognitive processes involved in play to language development and how you can support new kinds of play in developmentally delayed toddlers.  

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they discuss late talking toddlers. Tonight's episode is a continuation of last week's show - #123 Stages of Play. Learn how play progresses and more importantly, how it relates to cognitive and language development.  

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they discuss how play skills emerge in babies and toddlers. Play is an important window for viewing a child's cognitive development. Learn how play skill milestones are prequisites to learning language. 

Join Laura Mize, pediatric speech-language pathologist, and Kate Hensler, developmental interventionist, as they discuss issues related to communication and developmental delays in babies, toddlers, and young preschoolers. We'll begin by discussing how important it is to be warm, affectionate, and fun when establishing an initial connection (and ongoing!) with toddlers. Today's question is  from an SLP who believes that several children on her caseload can talk but revert to gestures rather than using words and needs ideas to help move a child to words. If we have time, another therapist has requested that we discuss the stages of play. I hope you'll join us!

Join Laura Mize, pediatric speech-language pathologist, and Kate Hensler, developmental interventionist, as they discuss issues related to communication and developmental delays in babies, toddlers, and young preschoolers. Tonight's questions are from SLPs whose client cries when she withholds and an SLP who has several children who are "stuck" pointing and grunting when she knows the child can say the word. What to do??? Tune in for our ideas!    

Join Laura Mize, pediatric speech-language pathologist, and Kate Hensler, developmental interventionist, as they discuss issues related to communication and developmental delays in babies, toddlers, and young preschoolers. Therapy ideas to target functional auditory processing in play and daily routines.   

Join Laura Mize, pediatric speech-language pathologist, and Kate Hensler, developmental interventionist, as they discuss issues related to communication and developmental delays in babies, toddlers, and young preschoolers. Tonight's show is a continuation of last week's topic of our new favorite toys we use in therapy and several observations of the full range of parenting skills this past week at Disney World!

Join Laura Mize, pediatric speech-language pathologist, and Kate Hensler, developmental interventionist, as they discuss issues related to communication and developmental delays in babies, toddlers, and young preschoolers. Tonight's show topic is TOYS! Listen as we talk about our latest finds and how we're using these toys in therapy with toddlers with communication delays.

Join Laura Mize, pediatric speech-language pathologist, and Kate Hensler, developmental interventionist, as they discuss issues related to communication and developmental delays in babies, toddlers, and young preschoolers. Tonight's questions are from a Developmental Therapist who is in a state making drastic budget cuts (Aren't they all?) and now finds herself as the often the only professional on a child's team. What's a therapist to do in these situations? Ideas for addressing fine and gross motor skills in play activities IF/WHEN this is appropriate.   

Join Laura Mize, pediatric speech-language pathologist, and Kate Hensler, developmental interventionist, as they discuss issues related to communication and developmental delays in babies, toddlers, and young preschoolers. In this show Laura and Kate discuss questions for an SLP with an overstimulated toddler who cries during sessions and resists her attempts to engage him socially. Ideas for therapy that incorporate calming and sensory strategies will be discussed in detail.   

Join Laura Mize, pediatric speech-language pathologist, and Kate Hensler, developmental interventionist, as they discuss issues related to communication and developmental delays in babies, toddlers, and young preschoolers. In this episode we'll continue our discussion of using verbal praise effectively with toddlers and preschoolers. We'll also talk about an observation Kate's made with one of her clients with apraxia/motor planning difficulties and get an update about a little girl who was "stuck" at the single word level and find out how she's doing expanding her vocabulary based on ideas we discussed during a recent show (#109 I think!).