Recently the CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated various Speech and Language milestones in their "Learn the Signs, Act Early" program, which is a checklist from ages 2 months to 5 years to help parents and pediatricians identify children with developmental delays and autism. The CDC and AAP’s reasons for the updated "Learn the Signs, Act Early" program were the following: -addition of checklists for ages 15 months and 30 months -addition of social and emoti

If you do a google search for “when should my child be able to say /r/?”, you will likely get a range of ages suggested. Over the past...

May is "Better Speech and Hearing Month", which is a month dedicated to bringing awareness to communication disorders and the fields of...

Parents often ask me is it ever too early to begin working on speech development? My answer is that it is never too early to begin...

As a speech-language pathologist, I am often asked to recommend toys or books that enhance speech/language growth and development. When I...

Each May, Better Speech and Hearing Month provides Speech Pathologists and Audiologists with the opportunity to educate and raise...

In May, I had the opportunity to participate in a continuing education seminar by Michelle Garcia Winner, the founder of Social Thinking....