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02 April 2014
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Pediatric speech-language pathologists often work with children who are beginning to develop language. Typically, children begin speaking between 12 and 18 months of age. By age 2, children should have a vocabulary of approximately 300 words, and by age 3, nearly 1,000. If a child does not appear to understand simple directions, is not saying
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08 August 2013
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Is your child confusing fruits and vegetables? Is your 3 year old struggling to identify different body parts or where his shoes belong? As children’s vocabulary advances, they learn to separate into categories the things they are seeing and interacting with. As adults, we do this without even realizing it; you can come across something
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01 May 2013
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As discussed in our previous blog, Activities to Encourage Speech and Language Development the groundwork for speech and language development should begin as soon as a child is born. From this time until the baby is two years old he or she needs to hear words clearly, with syllables broken down. Lots of reinforcement and
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28 April 2013
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Speech and language development begins months before a child’s first words. As soon as a baby is born, he or she begins to develop the groundwork needed to produce speech. There are many activities parents and children can do together that can foster speech and language development. Be sure to stimulate your child by conducting
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