My Child's Development
My Child's Development
Practical tips and information on ways to maximize the main areas of development for children.
Health & Day Care
Health & Daily Care
From mealtimes to vaccines and everything in between, this information will help you establish routines for the day to day needs of your child.
My Community
My Community
Connect to a network of parents and professionals and develop your own support network of peers and advisors.
Establishing Services
Establishing Services
Don't know where to start? Overwhelmed by all the acronyms? Learn how to navigate the system of care and tips on preparing for IEPs.
Meet Our Experts
Meet Our Experts
Our panel of experts combine medical and therapeutic perspectives with years of experience working passionately alongside famiiles and children with special needs.
Tools & Resources
Tools & Resources
A library of resources, reference links and easy to print guidelines for you to post on the fridge and share with others!
Love, Laugh & Live
Love, Laugh, & Live
This section is devoted to our amazing moms. It's ok, in fact we encourage you to laugh and develop goals for YOURSELF! Share your secrets of sanity and be encouraged to take time for you!
Speech and Language Articles
Children who are considered late talkers are those who have fewer than 50 words at age two and use limited or no two- or three-word combinations
Certain risk factors or signs of speech delays at age two suggest a child should receive early language intervention services
Although early intervention and speech therapy are essential to helping a child with speech delays, there are things parents and caregivers can do to support a child's speech
A speech and language assessment should be conducted prior to a diagnosis or entry into therapy or program is made
Toolkit: Social Skills
The diagnosis of severe hearing loss or deafness presents parents with many choices
Good hearing is key to developing good speech and language skills. We know that the foundation for these skills develops during the critical early years from birth to age three years old.
Late-talking children are those at age two with a vocabulary of fewer than 50 words and who use limited or no two- or three-word combinations
If your child is a late talker or has other challenges with communication, early intervention will likely be recommended
Is your child a late talker? Or does your child have other challenges with communication?
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