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expert q&a
- My 4-year-old grandson is having trouble pronouncing "c" and sometimes "k." What should I do?
- My daughter imitates her teacher who has a frontal lisp. Can this affect her speech?
- My 33-month-old says "me" instead of "I." Is this normal?
- My 2-year-old son is very withdrawn from people. He will only speak to his father, one sister and me, and he is also struggling with an eating disorder. What should I do?
- My 34-month-old daughter speaks only Portuguese, but we are moving to California soon, so I want her to learn English. Will she remember what she already knows in Portuguese?
- When my 4-year-old son wants to speak, he has to stomp his feet on the floor for a word to come out. I've been told it will go away in time. Is this true?
- My 3-year-old grandson does not pronounce S, C, SH, CH, L, R and G sounds clearly. Are there things we can do to help him?
- My 20-month-old is from a three-language household. Any advice?
My 4-year-old is in speech therapy, but we have lost our insurance. What should I do?
- We just transitioned our 3-year-old, who spoke mostly a foreign language, into an English-speaking preschool and are concerned because she is not talking to her teachers or peers. What should we do?
- My almost 2-year-old only says a few words, but understands everything we tell her in Hindi or English. Her pediatrician says it's a speech delay. What should I do?
- My 2 1/2-year-old was speaking so well and advanced for his age. In the past week he has really started stuttering and at the same time batting his eyes and doing odd neck jerking. What could be causing this?
I try not compare my 3-year-old to other kids, but he seems really behind in terms of speech. What should I do?
- How can I keep my son, who has a cleft palate, on the right track in regards to speech?
- My child has cerebral palsy. What will a speech language pathologist do for her?
- If we confirm that my daughter has hearing loss, will she ever be able to speak clearly?
- Can you recommend some fun musical games I can play with my toddler?
- My toddler loves to bounce up and down to the music. Is he too young for a formal dance class?
- My kids are couch potatoes. All they want to do is watch TV. What can I do?
- Is TV really that bad for children? Should I really be concerned?
- What are the speech milestones for 24- to 36-month-olds?
- A friend of mine told me I need to add words to my child's sentences. Why, and how do you do this?
- How can I model language for my toddler using "self-talk"?
- How can I model language for my toddler using "parallel talk"?
- My toddler doesn't seem interested in sitting and reading books, just play, play and more play. How can I work on speech and language skills if he won't sit still for reading time?
- What language skills will my 2-year-old start to develop over this next year?
- My son says "um" a lot when talking. Any tips on getting him to stop?
- I've been told my daughter uses too many "filler words." What does this mean?
- Every other word out of my daughter's mouth seems to be "like." It drives me nuts! What can I do about it?
- At what level should my 2-year-old be at in regards to speech and language skills?
- Why does my toddler sometimes leave out certain sounds when saying a word?
- At what level should my 20-month-old be at in regards to speech and language skills?
- How can I provide a rich language environment for my 1-year-old?
- At what level should my 13-month-old be at in regards to speech and language skills?
- Can you suggest any books on dealing with a child's disability?
- I think my child has a speech disability. What can cause this? I'm worried it's because of something I did during my pregnancy.
- Sometimes my toddler will substitute or omit a word when he's talking. Is this normal?
- I've heard the term "expanding an utterance" in regards to helping my toddler develop language skills. What does this mean?
- What is "parallel talking"?
- What is "self-talking"?
- I know I'm supposed to talk, talk, talk to my toddler to help her develop her language skills. What are some ways I can do this?
- How do I model language for my toddler?
- What can parents do to enrich a child's language skills?
- What is "modeling language"?
- How can I increase "talking time" with my toddler to work on her language skills?
- My older daughter tends to talk for younger sister. Could this hinder her speech skills?
- When it comes to speech issues, is there really a second, third or fourth child syndrome?
Do boys really talk later than girls?
- My toddler is not as talkative as the other children he is around that are the same age. Why?
- My toddler uses gestures mostly to communicate. For example, he'll point if he wants his juice. How can I get him to use his words?
- What should I do about my child's lisp?
- What causes a lisp?
- What is a lisp?
- What is positional molding?
- One of my twin's head is a little misshapen. Should I be concerned? What should I do?
- What are the warning signs that my baby may have a developmental delay?
- How does language develop from 7 months to 12 months of age?
- How does language develop from 4 months to 6 months of age?
- How does language develop from birth to 3 months of age?
- I have a newborn, and am curious about language development. When does it start?
- I have twins who need a little push in the self-confidence department. Any suggestions?
- My twins have motor skill delays. What sport or activity would be good for them?
- Would karate be a good option for my twins?
- What should I do if I suspect one of my twins has a language delay?
- When should I start reading to my twins?
- What can I do to help my twins' language develop?
- Why do some twins have trouble developing sounds or words?
- What is idioglossia, or "twin language"?
- My son has Central Auditory Processing Disorder. Do you have any tips on how I can help him?
- What is the school's role when a child is diagnosed with Central Auditory Processing Disorder?
- What should you do if you suspect your child has Central Auditory Processing Disorder?
- What are the signs and symptoms of Central Auditory Processing Disorder?
- What is Central Auditory Processing Disorder?
- Does my baby get anything out of games like "Itsy Bitsy Spider," or is it purely for entertainment?
- When will my baby start using gestures?
- When will my baby say her first word?
- Does my 6-month-old understand what I am saying to her?
- How do those adorable babbles turn into actual words and language?
- My twins are 4 months old. Do I need to worry about teaching them language or does this just naturally take its course?
- My baby loves books. Are books at this age just for entertainment, and why does she want the same book read over and over again?
- What toys are good for encouraging children to talk and work on language skills?
- I know play can help develop all sorts of skills, including language. What is the best time to play with a child?
- Can play help develop speech and language skills?
- My daughter is lisping after a mouth injury. When can we expect her speech to return to normal? Should we get her help?
- We are considering adopting a child with severe language delay from another country. Will this affect how he learns English?
- A boy in my class stutters, and this is making it hard for him to learn his letters and their sounds. What should I do?
- When should we be concerned that my son is not talking? He is 20 months old.
- A friend suggested that I have my son's hearing tested and that he could be "on the spectrum." What would you do? Should I proceed with testing?
- When should you start speech therapy for a 3-year-old who occasionally says "w" instead of "r" and who has a slight lisp?
- How can I help twin toddlers who refuse to speak?
- When should my daughter start to talk?
- Why does my daughter answer a question with "I don't know'?
- My son is 22 months old and says only two words. He has no interest in attempting any other language sounds and never mimics any words/phrases we use. Any advice?
- How can I encourage my 20-month-old son to communicate more?
- Other people have trouble understanding my 2-year-old. Should I be concerned?
- My 18-month-old nephew never utters a sound. Should I be concerned?
- My 2-year-old talked fine, then suddenly began to stutter. Should I be concerned?
- Can the use of sippy cups cause delays in speech development?
- My 2-year-old has started repeating words. Should I worry?
- My 1 and a half year old daughter loves to hum. Can this be a symptom of anything?
- My 2-year-old has a very long, flexible tongue. Should I be concerned?
- My 2-year-old will only eat pureed foods and is not speaking very much at all. Should I have him evaluated?
- Does premature birth affect speech development?
- My 2-year-old nephew does not say more than 10 words. What could be the problem?
- Can a sippy cup cause a lisp?
- Does raising bilingual toddlers delay their speech?
- My husband thinks that our 18-month-old daughter should be verbally asking for what she wants. She will point and make sounds at the things that she wants. Can you help?
- My son is 17 months old and his vocabulary consists of no more than five words. He gets mad and throws fits because he wants to communicate, but will refuse to learn if I try to teach him. Should I be concerned?
- My 2-year-old twin boys, who were born premature, are repeating tons of words and they say them clearly. However, they are not putting two words together. Should I have them evaluated?
- I have 4-month-old twin girls. It seems that when we are talking to them by their name, they don't respond to it. Sometimes they both look. When do they realize their own name?
- Is there a speech development problem if twin boys (28 months old) are not speaking except in one- and two-word phrases? Is lack of parental involvement to blame?
- Is it normal for a twin to misuse pronouns at age 4?
- Is it normal for my 31-month-old twin grandson to rarely talk, while his twin talks a lot?
- Is it normal for almost 4-year-old twins to constantly misuse pronouns or be hard to understand?
- My 3-year-old twins, born at 30 weeks gestation, are only saying two to three words joined together, most not understood by other people. They have just started S&L therapy. When will they start talking properly?
- My 2-year-old twin girls only say a very few words and talk to each other all the time, but no one else can understand them. Do you have any suggestions or words of wisdom?
- How can I encourage my twin toddlers to be bilingual?
- Would a non-native English-speaking nanny delay language development in my 2-year-old triplets?
- My daughter's pediatrician is fixated on my daughter's lack of speech and believes it's directly related to her lack of eating nutritionally. Should I be concerned?
- My daughter is about to start kindergarten. She has trouble with the letter "r" and a slight lisp. What should I do?
- My 3 and a half-year-old frequently refers to himself in the third person. Should I be concerned?
- My 3-year-old began to stutter after her dad's national guard unit was activated. What should I do?
- My 4-year-old son had tubes in his ears and does not pronounce some of his letters well. How can I help him?
- My 3-year-old is hard to understand and sometimes uses the wrong word. For example, he says "my" instead of "I." Should I be concerned?
- My 3-year-old, who has advanced language skills, has decided to talk like a baby. Besides telling him to talk like a big boy, what can I do?
- Is my 3-year-old just intimidated at school, or does he need to see a speech pathologist?
- I can understand my 4-year-old, but no one else can. What activities can I do to improve his speech?
- When should my daughter start to talk?
- My son is almost 5 years old , but can’t speak in full sentences. He’s been diagnosed with DVD. What else could be wrong?
- What are the early warning signs of dyslexia?
- My 6-year old son continues to read multi-digit numbers backward. Could this be dyslexia or just him learning his numbers?
- My 3-year-old son only says a few words. What should we do?
- I have two girls with hearing loss. Is there any way to heal it?
- My 4 year-old son has been diagnosed with PDD-NOS. Should we be concerned?
- How can I help my 3-year-old son talk more to me?
- My son is 10 years old and has a hard time getting out what he wants to say. How can I help him?
- Is my 3-year-old son, who can't count to 5, dyslexic?
- I have a 7-year-old son who spoke more at 18 months than he does now. Is he autistic?
- How does a speech pathologist work with infants with Down syndrome?
- My son is 5 years old. He has PDD and has just entered mainstream school. He makes noises, which are very loud and become very irritating. He says, "Dad, dad" and just keeps saying it loud and will not stop, no matter how many time outs we put him in. What can we do to help him stop?
- My 3-year-old echoes what I say to her rather than coming upwith original thoughts. Should I be concerned?
- Are there ways to encourage more than oneor two word replies from my preschooler?
- My four-year-old has a slight stutter. Should Iworry?
- My five-year-old is having trouble pronouncing "th's."What do you suggest?
- My four-year-old has been in speech therapy for almosta year.He has improved a lot, but still can't put more thantwo words together. Any advice?
- My 4-year-old has trouble with words beginning with "S." Is this normal?
- My 20-month-old son isn't talking yet, not even "ma ma" or "da da." At what point do I have him evaluated?
- I am American and my husband is French. What's the best way to help a child become bilingual when both parents are not fluent in both languages?
- My 4-year-old stutters when saying even the simplest words. Will he outgrow this?
- Should parents speak "baby talk" to their preschoolers?
- Can siblings, especially twins, develop their own language that only they can understand?
- My son is almost 5 years old , but canŴ speak in full sentences. Heų been diagnosed with DVD. What else could be wrong?
- Do TV shows like Teletubbies have an influence on a preschooler's language?
- Where can I get help for a 4-year-old with speech problems?
- I am teaching my 3-year-old Swedish, German and English all at once. Is this OK?
- My 2-year-old toddler communicates in many ways, but he is not talking. Should I be concerned?
- My 7-year-old still talks with a slight lisp. Should I consider speech therapy?
- My niece may need speech therapy. Who can I contact to get this help for her?
- Are there ways to encourage more than one or two word replies from my preschooler?
- My baby is not here yet, but I am already anticipating hearing him say "da da." At what age can I expect this?
- My 10-month-old's babbles are starting to sound more like actual letters now. What letter sounds are generally a baby's first?
- My 1-year-old has started to say two-syllable words such as "ma ma," "da da," "ba ba" and "boo boo." What are some techniques to increase his vocabulary?
- Where is a good place to find videotapes, CDs, etc., for teaching my child different languages?
- Is it true that learning a foreign language at the preschool and toddler age is easier than for a middle school child?