Speech Language

The award-winning book on engaging in more meaningful conversations with your child on the Autism spectrum. If your child finds talking to people a struggle, this is the book to get the conversation started. In this hands-on guide, Heather Jones offers practical advice, born of experience with...

Research suggests that the first six months of life are the most critical to a child’s development of language skills. For an individual to become sufficiently skilled in any language, they must be exposed to the language as early as possible, preferably before school age.

Early and social interaction skills are essential for every child to get the best start in life. Skills like language, eye contact, and self-regulation are just some of the things your child needs in order to excel - personally and academically! Since the pandemic, both parents and teachers are becoming more concerned about children’s abilities to interact. On top of that, there are delays in referrals to specialists. As early interaction is so important, you are probably thinking that you don’t have the qualifications to make a difference. This is not true!

A searing indictment of Western media that lays bare how the "free press," long tasked with speaking truth to power, instead became a vital part of the machinery that enabled the genocide in Palestine "In this important new work of media criticism, Rad dissects the biases, distortions, and...

If you think your child is at risk for language difficulties, the last thing you want to do is wait around. But, it’s scary not to know how to approach such a delicate situation. And the truth is, your fear of the unknown can sometimes be worse than the situation itself. Luckily, the missing piece that will help you and your child overcome the challenges that a speech delay or disorder brings is closer than you think. Yasmin Akhtar, an SLT, is on a mission to help parents understand language development through the power of games.

An engaging exploration of how people have taught, practiced, and thought about rhetoric—from the Iron Age to today “An entertaining history of great oratory.” —New Yorker Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But it’s not just for politicians: it’s all around us, whether...

This immersive French audiobook offers an engaging and practical way to learn French for beginners and intermediate learners alike, using real-life situational excerpts paired with clear English translations (A2 to B1 level on CEFR scale). Each audio scene—whether hearing the specials at a restaurant, understanding a train announcement, touring a market, or learning from a doctor—places the listener in authentic, everyday communication. By hearing how French is truly spoken in daily life, learners naturally absorb vocabulary, sentence rhythm, and pronunciation.

The essential guide for helping children with language and listening problems. Does your child have trouble getting the right words out, following directions, or being understood? In this revised edition of Childhood Speech, Language, and Listening Problems, speech-language pathologist Patricia Hamaguchi - who has been helping children overcome problems like these for more than 30 years - answers your questions to help you determine what's best for your child.

Te gustaría entender a las personas a través de sus gestos corporales? Te has preguntado alguna vez si una persona está diciendo la verdad mientras te habla? Sigue leyendo lo que estoy diciendo. El arte de leer los sentimientos, comportamiento, personalidad y pensamientos de las personas es lo que diferencia a los ejecutantes promedio de los ganadores sin cuestionamiento. Leer y analizar a las personas no es una habilidad con la que se nace naturalmente.

The Stages of Language Development: How Children Learn to Communicate is the essential resource for parents, teachers, caregivers, and students who want to understand how children grow from their very first cries to confident, articulate speakers. Covering every step from birth through adolescence, this book explains the fascinating journey of language acquisition in clear, accessible detail. Inside you will discover: The prelinguistic stage, when babies use cries, babbles, and gestures to lay the groundwork for speech. How toddlers experience the vocabulary explosion, adding new words at ...

Help Your Child Speak Clearly and Confidently—Right from Home! A Parent-Friendly Guide to Boosting Speech & Language Skills—No Experience Required! Are you concerned about your child’s speech development? Wondering how to help them speak more clearly, build confidence, and improve their communication skills—all from the comfort of home? Speech Therapy at Home is your step-by-step guide to making speech practice fun, effective, and stress-free! Inside This Practical Guide, You’ll Discover: ✔️ Engaging Activities & Exercises – Easy-to-follow techniques designed to improve ...

Selective mutism is often described as a childhood condition, yet many young people continue to experience significant difficulties with speaking well into adolescence. In secondary school environments, these difficulties can easily be overlooked. Quiet students may appear compliant and capable, while the anxiety behind their silence remains hidden. This practical guide focuses specifically on teenagers with selective mutism and the unique challenges they face in school, social relationships, and the transition to adulthood. Drawing on clinical experience and the perspectives of young ...

This handbook is designed to be your practical guide to understanding and supporting children and young people with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). Inside, you’ll learn how to recognise the signs of DLD at different stages of development and gain insight into how language difficulties can shape everyday experiences at home, in school, and in the wider world. With clear explanations and actionable strategies, the book highlights the types of support that make a real difference—both in educational settings and beyond. Whether you are a parent, educator, or professional, this ...

For parents of young children, speech milestones are monumental—from baby babble to first words to full sentences. It's natural to worry when they don't arrive "on schedule" or when your little one seems to lag behind their peers. In What to Do When Your Child Isn't Talking, speech and language therapist Nicola Lathey and journalist Tracey Blake offer parents reassurance and solutions—at a moment when speech delay and regression is more common than ever.

"18 months and not talking" is one of the most-searched phrases in parenting. The families who type it are worried, often exhausted, and almost always in need of something the internet cannot provide: a complete, calm, practical guide to what late talking actually is, what to do about it, and what comes next. Words Will Come: The Calm, Complete Parent's Guide to Late-Talking Toddlers is that guide. Written for the parent who has been told to "wait and see" and who suspects that waiting is not the right answer -- and for the parent who already knows something is off and is looking for a ...

Are you the parent of a toddler or young child with delayed speech? If so, this book is the perfect resource to help them learn and grow. A book for overcoming speech delay problem with the most effective activities and a complete handbook to do speech therapy at home from A to Z. This book provides a comprehensive guide to understanding the fundamentals of speech therapy, including the causes of speech delays, the most effective activities for improving speech, and a complete handbook for doing speech therapy at home from A to Z. With this book, parents will learn how to identify and ...

Take your speaking, listening, and comprehension to the next level. You will master 200 of the most useful phrases that are beyond the basics you learn in basic Spanish classes. Often what we learn in class isn’t very useful in practicable speech, so we’ve compiled a list of 200 of the most widely used common expressions and phrases that will supercharge your Spanish speaking ability, as well as your vocabulary and comprehension. This book will provide you with an amazing supply of simple, incredibly useful Spanish phrases to help take your conversation skills to the next level.

Want to Learn 3 Simple Tips to Help Your Child’s Communication in 7 Days? If your child has yet to say their first words, or is just starting to say their first words, and if you’re looking achieve the maximum benefit in the shortest amount of time to help your child reach their next communication milestone, then look no further. The Early Communication Pocketbook is here to show you some quick easy ways to help your child. In the Early Communication Pocketbook, you’ll learn: 🏆 How to set up situations for communication success ⭐️ The one most essential practical technique to ...

What makes us human? Why are we the only animals who wear clothes, drive cars, trawl the internet, and fly helicopters on Mars? It’s all because we’ve learnt to talk, yet remarkably, we still don’t know how we did it. Speech! suggests an answer that’s been hiding in plain sight - the simple yet radical shift that turned our analog grunts and shrieks into words. But, its consequences are far from simple: being able to share ideas through language was an evolutionary tipping point - it allowed us to link up our minds.

Transform Confusion into Clarity. An Essential Guide to Understanding, Supporting, and Empowering Children with Developmental Challenges. Are you a parent, educator, or practitioner navigating the complex world of neurodiversity and developmental delays? Do you feel overwhelmed by conflicting information, diagnostic jargon, and the search for effective, practical support? You are not alone and you don't have to figure it out by trial and error. Developmental Challenges and Disorders provides a compassionate, evidence-based, and deeply practical roadmap to understanding child development. ...