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Practical Information for Parents and Families
Some questions need a quick explanation. Others are easier to understand with examples from everyday life. These resources include current parent guides and Uma's blog posts.
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Current Parent Guides
“Everyone Says to Wait.” When Does a Late Talker Need an Evaluation?
How to think about family stories, understanding, gestures, progress, and the difference between monitoring and ignoring a concern.How Many Words Should a 2-Year-Old Say?
Why word counts can be useful—and why an evaluation looks at much more.Speech Delay vs. Language Delay: What's the Difference?
Speech clarity, expressive language, receptive language, and why parents often use “speech delay” to mean several different things.Is Stuttering Normal in a 3-Year-Old?
Typical disfluency, stuttering-like behaviors, tension, reactions, family history, and when an evaluation can help.Why Can I Understand My Child When Other People Can't?
Context, familiarity, speech intelligibility, and when being the family “translator” can hide a speech-sound concern.Does Being Bilingual Cause Speech or Language Delay?
Multilingual development and why concerns should be considered across the child's languages.Uma's Blog
Tips You Can Use at Home
Simple ideas from Uma to support communication during play, routines, and everyday time together.
Three Ps in Early Intervention
Parallel talk, persistence, and pause are three simple strategies that can help create language opportunities for a late talker.Self-Talk vs. Parallel Talk
Self-talk and parallel talk are simple ways to model words and short sentences during everyday activities.5 Ways to Create Communication Opportunities
Five simple ways to create more opportunities for your child to communicate during everyday routines.Joint Attention
Joint attention is shared attention between two people and is an important foundation for communication and learning.A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words—Literally!
Picture cards can be used for much more than labeling—try games that build vocabulary, directions, and turn-taking.CPR (Choices, Parallel Talk, and Repeat) for Late Talkers
Choices, parallel talk, and repetition can create natural opportunities for late talkers to use words.Super Sensory Slime
Use slime play to practice following directions, action words, vocabulary, and simple concepts.Uma's Blog
Reading, Play & Everyday Activities
Ideas for building language, vocabulary, reading, and conversation into activities families already do together.
Children's Books
It's never too early to start reading to your child. It's their readiness and not their age that decides what books they might…Reading with Your Kids
Reading to your kids is one of the best gifts you can give them. When my kids were younger we enjoyed reading lots of really great…Summer Reading
School's out summer's in. While some kids will read a ton, let's be honest, some kids will want nothing to do with reading. Below…Road Trip Activities
Road trip means keeping kids entertained. Whether it's spring break, summer travels or just a random get away when we are planning…Uma's Blog
More from Uma's Blog
More practical information about communication, development, and speech-language pathology.
Don't Wait It Out!
When is the right age/time to start Speech Therapy?What Does a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) Do?
Broadly speaking we work with individuals with communication, cognitive and swallowing difficulties. But there are a lot of sub…Tantrum Management
While it's hard to stop a meltdown, it can be prevented. As parents, we can often predict a meltdown and play the scene in our head…Redirection
Redirection is not a strategy, it's a super power.Still Not Sure?
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