Parent Resources
Where should your child be developmentally?
For the most part, children follow a pattern of development when gaining their speech and language skills. Although these skills may come in at different times during windows of development, children generally gain these skills within during a set time period. If your child has not yet displayed a certain skill within an expected time period, this does not necessarily mean they have a language disorder; it could just be a delay.
Click our Milestones button to see the pattern of development for Birth-Preschool age skills.
Are you concerned about your child’s speech or language skills?
Milestones (found in the above section) can be helpful to see what skills your child should be gaining, but when do you know whether your child is slightly behind or exhibiting red flags?
Our “Red Flags” page lists a general overview of various possible indications of difficulties with speech and language areas, such as: speech sounds, language, stuttering, hearing, and voice.
Click the Red Flags button to find out more.
What can parents do to encourage speech and language development?
Encouraging speech and language skill development is not as difficult as you may think. Children learn how to do things by watching what you do and then imitating it. Think about it, this is how we all learn. We watch Youtube videos to learn how to do a new hobby or skill. We shadow co-workers when starting a new job to learn how to do our duties. Children are the exact same way. You can help them develop their speech and language skills by modeling (or showing them).
Click the Encouraging Language button to find out more.