Teach Me To Talk

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#343 Lessons I Learned This Week Jun 15, 2018

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Join pediatric speech-language Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP from teachmetotalk.com as she discusses lessons she learned thsi week volunteering in a new summer program with toddlers. Read the summary here:

#342 Follow Up for Little Girl Who Runs Away (from Shows #334 and #329) Jun 01, 2018

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com as she talks with SLP Kendra about the progress a busy 2 year old on her caseload. Originally, the little girl demonstrated escape/avoidance behaviors even when she seemed to like an activity. (Listen to show #329.) After some adjustments to the approach and goals, she began to participate for longer periods and started to use a few words (Listen to show #334). Today we're seeing what other changes have occurred since our last update!

#341 ABC Data Collection for Analyzing Behaviors May 24, 2018

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP from teachmetotalk.com with ABA therapist Jessica to discuss a simple method for analyzing a child's behaviors that don't seem to make sense. Read a summary of the show:

#340 Floortime... Evidence-Based and Effective for Treating Toddlers with ASD May 18, 2018

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com as she interviews Floortime and autism specialist Dr. Jennie Trocchio. We'll be discussing the research to support Floortime (It IS evidence-based!!) and a quick review of the levels of DIR/Floortime and this approach vs. other treatment protocols. Read the summary here:

#339 Tips for Talking To Toddlers with Language Delays May 05, 2018

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com as she shares 5 important tips to use when helping toddlers learn to understand and use language. Read the full summary here.

#337 Why Isn't This Working? Reasons Expressive Progress Stalls Apr 09, 2018

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Are you frustrated with a toddler's lack of progress in speech therapy? Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com as she reviews the reasons a toddler may be stalled. Read the summary here.

#336 Why Can't My Child Use Phrases? Answering This Common Question Apr 02, 2018

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S, CCC-SLP from teachmetotalk.com as she answers this question from an SLP:I feel like I often go through the steps of working on the 11 prelinguistic skills that you talk about in "let's talk about talking." The kiddos build up a lot of their play skills and start to use signs and eventually get to single words. Then, I feel like we plateau. I have one little girl, specifically, who I'm feeling this way with. She will be 2 in March. She was a preemie and was getting OT services before she was transferred to my caseload. She was a late walker and had some low muscle tone, which the OT addressed and continues to work on. I was offering consultation services and the OT (who is fabulous) and the Mom (who is very good with follow through) worked on her play skills, imitation, social routines, songs, etc. She has started using signs and single words. Mom reports that she uses at least 100 single words spontaneously, but she's not yet combining words into two word phrases. I've heard her use different nouns, verbs and some adjectives so I know she has a varied vocabulary. But she won't attempt to imitate a two word phrase, yet she readily imitates single words. Am I expecting too much too fast? I feel like she has enough of the necessary skills to combine words, but she just isn't doing it yet. Listen for my explanation and tips! Read the written summary here at my website.

#335 Oral Alerting Activities (or Not!) for a Toddler With Markers for Apraxia Mar 23, 2018

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com as she and her guest discuss a common question among pediatric SLPs... should I try oral alerting activities with this kid or not? Read our email conversations and then listen as we "think out loud" for this little guy! Here's the written summary...

#334 Progress in a Month! Follow up from #329 For a Little Girl Who Runs Away Mar 16, 2018

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP from teachmetotalk.com as she follows up with an SLP from show #329. She's working with a little girl who runs away anytime she or her mom try to join her in play - even when it's something she likes. There have been positive changes in only a month! Listen to see what recommendations from the first show have made the difference! Read the summary here:

#333 Follow Up Show for a Busy, Busy Little Guy Mar 07, 2018

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP from teachmetotalk.com as she follows up with an SLP from show #325 about how the ideas they discussed on that show worked for him! We also discussed another child who is using around 200 words, but only to label familiar items and other nonfunctional words like shapes, colors, letters, and numbers. What's the next short-term goal for kids like that? How can she move him toward using those words to communicate? Listen to find out!

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