by Constance Merwin, M.Sc. SLP (C) | May 22, 2018 | Speech and Language Developmental Norms, What Speech Therapy Looks Like
How Do I Know if My Child Is Stuttering? What is Dysfluency? When a child’s speech is bumpy and not smooth, we refer to that as “dysfluent” speech. “Dysfluent” speech is characterized by repetitions of sounds, part words, whole words, prolongations of sounds, or even...
by Jennifer Daley, M.A., SLP | Apr 11, 2018 | Speech and Language Developmental Norms
My Baby is Almost a Year Old. Do I Need to Worry About his Speech and Language Development Yet? The short answer is yes! Your child’s speech, language and social-emotional skills have been developing since before he was born. When your baby was in utero, he was...
by Jennifer Daley, M.A., SLP | Feb 8, 2018 | Speech and Language Developmental Norms
Isn’t her lisp adorable? She’ll outgrow it, right? A lisp is often referred to as cute until a certain age when a parent begins to question if this should really still be happening. How does a parent really know when a lisp should disappear? The following...
by Constance Merwin, M.Sc. SLP (C) | Jan 26, 2018 | Speech and Language Developmental Norms
Speech-Language Development: How do I know if My Child is Delayed? You have heard the phrase, “Don’t compare your child to other children!” In some cases this is good advice. You should not be comparing your child to an overly precocious child who is above average in...
