Kids With Speech Delay, What Can I Do (Part 1) #parenting #specialneeds #awareness

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1. Have Your Child’s Hearing Checked
Even if you think that your toddler can hear everything, their hearing may not be 100%. The cause of a mild to moderate hearing loss in toddlers is usually due to ear infections and/or middle ear fluid.
If your child has a history of ear infections, you can make an appointment with an audiologist to have your toddler’s hearing checked.

2. Seek The Advice of a Speech-Language Pathologist
If you ever feel like your child is delayed in any area of development seek professional help. The earlier the better!

3. Speak Slowly
Think about yourself learning a new language. If the people you are in regular contact with are speaking quickly and never repeating themselves, you would have a hard time learning that language. The same goes for your toddler. This is especially true if your child is learning more than one language.

4. Over Pronounce Early Sounds
The first sounds typically made by a baby/toddler are /p/, /b/, /m/, /n/, /h/ and /w/. If your child is struggling with these early sounds make sure you are pronouncing them very clearly. And from time to time, over pronounce them.

5. Make Eye Contact
Make sure you are looking at your child when you are speaking to them. Children can learn a lot by looking at your mouth while you are speaking.

6. Be a Good Speech/Language Model

7. DO NOT Make Your Child Repeat You
It’s ok for you to repeat the word, but drop the expectation of having them repeat you. While you may think your child should be capable of saying the word correctly, they probably aren’t.
Many toddlers are not developmentally ready to pronounce every sound and word correctly.
Pronunciation, or articulation involves many muscles and fine motor skills that a toddler has not developed yet.

8. Repeat, Repeat, Repeat
Children need to hear words 100’s and often 1000’s of times before they begin using the word themselves in a meaningful way (not just repeating you or only using it in certain situations).

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