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#132 Social Skills: Analyzing Quantity and Quality Oct 16, 2011

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they discuss late talking toddlers. In tonight's episode two listeners have asked questions about social skills. We'll review the key social skills therapists analyze and discuss ways to facilitate those skills in therapy sessions.

#131 Seasonal Therapy Routines - Ideas for FALL Oct 09, 2011

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Join Laura Mize, pediatric speech-language pathologist, and Kate Hensler, developmental interventionist, as they discuss issues related to communication and developmental delays in babies, toddlers, and young preschoolers. Tonight's episode will be devoted to new therapy ideas related to fall to spice up your sessions over the next few weeks.

#130 "Forcing" a child to perform in therapy & Co-treating Sep 25, 2011

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Join Laura Mize, pediatric speech-language pathologist, and Kate Hensler, developmental interventionist, as they discuss issues related to communication and developmental delays in babies, toddlers, and young preschoolers. Tonight's question is from a grad student SLP who is observing a particular methodology with a 4 year old client with autism. Since the therapists she mentions are co-treating, we'll also tackle when that's appropriate, when it's not, and how to maximize the effectiveness of working with another discipline in sessions.

#129 The POWER of Social Games & Funny Story for Therapists Sep 18, 2011

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they discuss late talking toddlers. This week we're going to read an email from a mom with a success story using social games and other strategies we recommended to her earlier this summer. We're discussing how/when to interject social games into your sessions to maximize your own successes in engaging difficult toddlers. We'll also read a funny story another SLP sent me this week with recommendations for "dressing the part" for sessions with young children. I'm sure Kate and I will have plenty to say about that!

#128 Prerequisites for Phrases & The POWER of a Social Game Sep 11, 2011

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they answer and discuss a question about a child who is not using phrases yet and 2 specific stories about the POWER of social games in eliciting engagement and first words.

#127 Differentiating Language Delay from Autism in Toddlers Sep 04, 2011

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they discuss criteria set forth to differentiate toddlers with developmental language delay from those with autism spectrum disorder using an article from Dr. Rhea Paul from ASHA's journal Perspectives in Language Learning and Education October 2008.

#126 Stages of Play Aug 28, 2011

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they discuss the final stages of play for toddlers as they approach the developmental age of 3. We'll also answer a mom's specific question related to expanding play using toys such as a farm set, house, and kitchen.

#125 Stages of Play - Part 3 Aug 21, 2011

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they discuss toddlers with language delays. Today we're finishing our series on the stages of play in toddlers birth to 3. Today we're discussing play for children who are functioning at the 2 to 3 year old range. Learn how to link the cognitive processes involved in play to language development and how you can support new kinds of play in developmentally delayed toddlers.

#124 Stages of Play (Part 2) Aug 14, 2011

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they discuss late talking toddlers. Tonight's episode is a continuation of last week's show - #123 Stages of Play. Learn how play progresses and more importantly, how it relates to cognitive and language development.

#123 Stages of Play Aug 07, 2011

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Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize from teachmetotalk.com and developmental interventionist Kate Hensler as they discuss how play skills emerge in babies and toddlers. Play is an important window for viewing a child's cognitive development. Learn how play skill milestones are prequisites to learning language.

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