Description
Book SynopsisChildhood Speech, Language, and Listening Problems aims to answer the questions many parents ask themselves as they try to make sense of their developing child's problems with speech and language.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments v
Introduction 1
Part I What You Should Know and How to Get Help 5
1 Speech, Language, and Listening: How They Develop 7
What Is Speech? 8
What Is Language? 9
What Is Listening? 11
How Do Children Learn to Communicate? 12
Speech, Language, and Listening Milestones 13
2 Does Your Child Need Help? The Warning Signs 22
When to Get Help 22
Warning Signs to Look For 26
3 Having Your Child Evaluated 36
Whom to See 36
Where to Go 38
The Evaluation (aka the Assessment) 45
Special Considerations:Testing Infants and Preschoolers 56
4 After the Evaluation: Understanding Report Jargon and the IEP 59
The Numbers Used to Measure Performance 59
After the Evaluation: Using Public School Services in the United States 62
Options for Speech and Language Therapy 66
Part II Speech, Language, and Listening Problems 73
5 Understanding Speech Problems 75
Stuttering 76
Common Pronunciation Problems 81
Common Voice Problems 117
6 Understanding Language Problems 125
Your Baby’s First Words 126
Toddlers and Preschoolers with Delayed Speech or Language 128
When Learning New Words Comes Slowly: Vocabulary Problems 144
The “Him Not Talkin’ Right” Child: Morphological and Syntax Problems 159
The “Whatchamacallit, Um, Thing Over There” Child: A Word Retrieval Problem 167
The “I Don’t Know How to Explain It” Child: Sequencing, Referential, and Divergent Language Problems 176
Social Language and Playing: When Something’s Just Not Right 186
7 Understanding Listening (Auditory) Problems 203
The “What? Did You Say Something?” Child: A Central Auditory Processing Problem 204
The “I Forgot What You Said” Child: An Auditory Memory Problem 220
The “I Don’t Understand What I’m Supposed to Do” Child: A Language Processing Problem (AKA Receptive Language Delay) 229
8 Causes and Associated Conditions 242
Common Causes of Speech, Language, and Listening Problems 243
Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Hearing Impairment, and Other Special Conditions 253
9 Answers to Your Questions 275
Appendix A Resources 296
Appendix B Suggested Reading 300
Index 303
