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Speech and Language Issues
Questions:
- My 3-year-old echoes what I say to her rather than coming upwith original thoughts. Should I be concerned?
- Are there ways to encourage more than oneor two word replies from my preschooler?
- My four-year-old has a slight stutter. Should Iworry?
- My five-year-old is having trouble pronouncing "th's."What do you suggest?
- My four-year-old has been in speech therapy for almosta year.He has improved a lot, but still can't put more thantwo words together. Any advice?
- My 4-year-old has trouble with words beginning with "S." Is this normal?
- My 20-month-old son isn't talking yet, not even "ma ma" or "da da." At what point do I have him evaluated?
- My 3-year-old stutters when saying "I" and "you." Should I be concerned?
- My daughter is about to start kindergarten, but has trouble being understood by people when she talks. What can I do to help her?
- My 4-year-old stutters when saying even the simplest words. Will he outgrow this?
- Could my 3-year-old's picking eating habits and drooling be related to his speech delays?
- Should parents speak "baby talk" to their preschoolers?
- Should a 4-year-old be tested if people cannot understand him?
- Can siblings, especially twins, develop their own language that only they can understand?
- How can I help my 3-year-old understand the concept of "why" questions?
- My son is almost 5 years old , but canŴ speak in full sentences. Heų been diagnosed with DVD. What else could be wrong?
- Do TV shows like Teletubbies have an influence on a preschooler's language?
- Where can I get help for a 4-year-old with speech problems?
- I am teaching my 3-year-old Swedish, German and English all at once. Is this OK?
- My daughter is about to start kindergarten. She has trouble with the letter "r" and a slight lisp. What should I do?
- My 3 and a half-year-old frequently refers to himself in the third person. Should I be concerned?
- My 3-year-old began to stutter after her dad's national guard unit was activated. What should I do?
- My 4-year-old son had tubes in his ears and does not pronounce some of his letters well. How can I help him?
- My 3-year-old is hard to understand and sometimes uses the wrong word. For example, he says "my" instead of "I." Should I be concerned?
- My 3-year-old, who has advanced language skills, has decided to talk like a baby. Besides telling him to talk like a big boy, what can I do?
- Is my 3-year-old just intimidated at school, or does he need to see a speech pathologist?
- I can understand my 4-year-old, but no one else can. What activities can I do to improve his speech?
- When should you start speech therapy for a 3-year-old who occasionally says "w" instead of "r" and who has a slight lisp?
- My 5-year-old has no interaction with her friends or teachers. Should I be concerned?
- A boy in my class stutters, and this is making it hard for him to learn his letters and their sounds. What should I do?
- What is Central Auditory Processing Disorder?
- What are the signs and symptoms of Central Auditory Processing Disorder?
- What should you do if you suspect your child has Central Auditory Processing Disorder?
- What is the school's role when a child is diagnosed with Central Auditory Processing Disorder?
- My son has Central Auditory Processing Disorder. Do you have any tips on how I can help him?
- What is idioglossia, or "twin language"?
- Why do some twins have trouble developing sounds or words?
- What can I do to help my twins' language develop?
- What should I do if I suspect one of my twins has a language delay?
- What is a lisp?
- What causes a lisp?
- What should I do about my child's lisp?
- When it comes to speech issues, is there really a second, third or fourth child syndrome?
- What is "modeling language"?
- What is "self-talking"?
- What is "parallel talking"?
- A friend of mine told me I need to add words to my child's sentences. Why, and how do you do this?
I try not compare my 3-year-old to other kids, but he seems really behind in terms of speech. What should I do?
- We just transitioned our 3-year-old, who spoke mostly a foreign language, into an English-speaking preschool and are concerned because she is not talking to her teachers or peers. What should we do?
My 4-year-old is in speech therapy, but we have lost our insurance. What should I do?
- My 3-year-old grandson does not pronounce S, C, SH, CH, L, R and G sounds clearly. Are there things we can do to help him?
- When my 4-year-old son wants to speak, he has to stomp his feet on the floor for a word to come out. I've been told it will go away in time. Is this true?
- My 34-month-old daughter speaks only Portuguese, but we are moving to California soon, so I want her to learn English. Will she remember what she already knows in Portuguese?
- My daughter imitates her teacher who has a frontal lisp. Can this affect her speech?
- My 4-year-old grandson is having trouble pronouncing "c" and sometimes "k." What should I do?