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Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) | Meaning, Norms, and Goals
Mean Length of Utterance (MLU) | Meaning, Norms, and Goals for Increasing Sentence Length Mean Length of Utterance: What is MLU? Mean length of utterance, or MLU, refers to the average length of the sentences that a child typically uses. For example, when children
Speech and Language in Daily Routines
Working Speech and Language Into Daily Routines Many of the parents I work with tell me that they don't feel like they have enough time to work on speech and language skills with their child as much as they know they should. This is a very common problem for busy
Themed Activities for Speech and Language
What is a Themed Activity? This refers to groups of activities that are based around a common theme. For example, you may have activities that are all about sports or winter. Themed activities can be great for working on speech and language skills. Here are some benefits of using
Speech and Language Crafts
Why Use Crafts for Speech and Language Development? Craft activities are great for improving a child's speech and language skills! Not only are they fun to do, but they also work on a variety of speech and language skills without even trying to. Plus, children will have a physical
Grammar Resource Page
What is Grammar? When we talk about helping children who have speech and language delays with grammar, we are talking about all of those little words and word parts that help us make complete sentences. Without grammar, our sentences would sound choppy or telegraphic. For example, instead of saying
Receptive Language Delay: Speech Therapy and Activities
Receptive Language Delay: Speech Therapy and Activities What is Receptive Language Delay? Receptive language delay is a broad diagnosis that simply means that a child has trouble understanding language. This covers a wide variety of language skills and the child may have trouble with all of those skill,
Questions Resource Page
Asking and Answering Questions Children with speech and language delays often have difficulty asking and answering questions appropriately. This is a difficult skill as it requires the child to understand what is being asked, process the question, form an answer, and speak that answer. Or, if the child is
Expressive Language Delay Resource Page
Therapy Activities and Resources for Expressive Language Delays: What is an Expressive Language Delay? Expressive language delay (ELD) is a broad diagnosis that simply means that a child is having trouble using language in some way, shape, or form. Since this diagnosis is so broad, each child with
Tips for Late Talkers: How to Help at Home or in Speech Therapy
Tips for Late Talkers: How to Help at Home or in Speech Therapy According to the Hanen Centre Website, a late talker is defined as a child that is 18-30 months of age who seems to understand language well but does not talk or say words as much
PECS for Autism | Speech Therapy Phases and Strategies
What are PECS? PECS stands for Picture Exchange Communication System. PECS is a systematic way to teach a child how to communicate with someone else by handing them a picture of what they want. This program was originally designed for children with autism but can be used
How to Make Communication Boards
How to Make Communication Boards: Communication boards are a great, inexpensive way to provide someone with a means to communicate who may not be able to speak yet. Each board contains several pictures that represent different message that the person may want to say. The person using the board
The Ultimate AAC Resource Page
What is Augmentative/Alternative Communication (AAC)? AAC stands for augmentative/alternative communication and describes any mode of communication that is not speaking with your mouth. This may involve pointing to or exchanging pictures, using sign language, using an AAC device that will speak a message when the user
AAC Devices for Autism | Are Communication Devices Helpful?
AAC Devices for Autism AAC Devices for autism were designed with one thing in mind: giving a voice to children who can't speak. Speaking is how we as adults communicate with those around us. It allows us to interact with other people and influence the world around
7 Easy Things You Can Do Today to Help Your Child’s Speech and Language Skills
The podcast is back! After a much needed break to take care of my beautiful new baby boy, I am back and ready to get this podcast rolling again! This episode will give you 7 easy things you can do today to help your child's speech and language skills.
Screen Time and Speech/Language Delays
Hang in there, we're going to talk about screen time... Oh man do I hate this subject! Not so much as a speech-language pathologist but as a mom. Actually...as a mom of children during a pandemic. This is NOT an easy subject to write about but I know it's
Asking Questions Speech Therapy: How to Teach a Child to Ask Questions with Correct Word Order
Asking Questions Speech Therapy: How to Teach a Child to Ask Questions with Correct Word Order For many children with language delays, asking questions appropriately can be very confusing to figure out. As adults, we change the word order of a sentence when asking questions. For example, instead of
Teaching How Questions
How to Teach a Child to Answer "How" Questions: Children need to be able to answer a variety of questions to participate in conversations as well as classroom activities. Here are some guides for teaching your child to answer how questions. How Questions Step One: Quantity How Questions The first
Why Questions for Kids | Activities for Speech Therapy or Class
Why Questions for Kids: Speech Therapy for Teaching Children to Answer "Why" Questions Why questions for kids can be very useful. Being able to answer a “why” question can help a child answer questions in class that show knowledge and understanding of information, help him make sense
“What” Questions for Kids | Speech Therapy Activities and Ideas
"What" Questions for Kids: Children with language delays often have difficulty answering questions. When teaching a child to answer questions, it is helpful to teach one question form at a time. This page is all about teaching "what"questions in speech therapy. We will break this skill down
How to Teach Articles: Speech Therapy for “a”, “the”, “some”
How to Teach Articles: Speech Therapy for "a", "the", "some" Children with language delays often leave out articles like “a”, “the”, and “some”. This can make their speech choppy and hard to follow. Your child should be using articles by 4 years of age. Some children start using
