As parents, we want our children to succeed. From blowing bubbles to sitting up and from rolling over to first foods; each step of the way we watch and celebrate as a milestone is reached. But sometimes, our kids need a little extra help. Parents often find it...
It’s never too early to introduce shared book reading to your child’s daily routine. Shared book reading is a fun and exciting way to engage with your child and enrich language development and exposure. It is widely believed that the more comfortable children are...
A few weeks ago an article in the Globe and Mail caught my eye: “Babies Likely Lip-read When Learning to Talk”. This article had some interesting information about how babies learn to speak and reinforced some of the speech strategies that I often suggest as a...
When you are told that child needs a boost with expressive language development it might seem overwhelming to add yet another task to your endless to do list for the day. Here are two games that you can play anywhere/anytime. They will help add language to any daily...
People often wonder why we are called SPEECH-LANGUAGE pathologists. Why is there speech AND language in the title? Is there a difference between the two? As ‘communication experts’ S-LP’s work on both speech AND language. Some children/adults will have difficulty with...
