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A collection of helpful articles and videos focused on early language development in babies and toddlers, including common milestones, how to boost language, fun activities, and more. 

Babies & Toddlers | Expressable

A collection of helpful speech therapy tips and resources, including when speech therapy is needed, why parents are so important to their child's success, how to keep kids motivated, and more. 

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A collection of helpful articles and videos about how communication issues affect academic performance, as well as social and emotional well being. 

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A collection of helpful articles and information on why adults receive speech therapy, how it can improve personal and professional development, when to start speech therapy, and more. 

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A collection of helpful articles and videos about apraxia, including what is a apraxia, what causes apraxia, how to improve the impacts of apraxia, and more.

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A collection of helpful information about common speech and language issues, communication milestones expected at different ages, and speech therapy may be needed. 

Speech & Language Issues | Expressable

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5 Common Questions and Answers About Speech Therapy

How Does Speech Therapy Work for 3-Year-Olds?

Long COVID: How Speech Therapy Helps People Who Have Long-Term Symptoms

How Do I Know if My Child Has Apraxia?

A Caregiver’s Guide to Home Safety for Children and Adults

4 Tips to Get Your Toddler to Start Talking

 New Research: Knowing More Words Helps Kids Succeed in School

What Is a Lateral Lisp, and How Can You Correct It?

What Is an AAC Device, and How Does It Help with Speech?

How to Talk with Your Older Child About Starting Speech Therapy

What Causes Fear of Public Speaking–And How to Overcome It

New Research Shows Babies Begin Processing Language Just Hours After Birth

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A collection of helpful articles and videos about communication issues such as early language development, articulation, lisps, stuttering, and much more. 

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Tips for School Success When Your Child Has a Speech Delay

What to Do if You're on a Waitlist for Speech Therapy

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Abby Barnes, M.S., CCC-SLP

Inga Hyatt, M.S., CCC-SLP

Learn the communication milestones typical for 2- and 3-year-olds. This will help you determine if your child needs speech and language support.

Speech and Language Milestones for 2- to 3-Year-Olds

Our online course helps you teach your child to talk. With these strategies, you can help your child meet key milestones from birth to 18 months.

New Video Course: Help Your Baby or Toddler Prepare to Talk

4 years old

A speech and language evaluation determines whether your child needs speech therapy. Learn what happens during an evaluation and how to prepare.

What Is a Speech Therapy Evaluation and How to Prepare

Practicing speech and language at home can be fun! Try these five easy games and activities to help your young child keep learning. From freeze dance to a scavenger hunt, each idea is a kid-pleaser–and a great way to practice what they’re learning in speech therapy.

5 Speech Therapy Games for Toddlers and Preschoolers

It's important to know how to spot the signs and symptoms of a speech delay and seek help early. The sooner speech therapy can start, the better.

The Importance of Early Speech Intervention

12-24 months

Help your early language learner master their /k/ and /g/ sounds with tips and home practice activities to improve the clarity of their speech!

Helping Children Improve Their /K/ and /G/ Sounds

Social pragmatics--knowing the verbal and nonverbal rules of conversation--are an important part of communication, but they don't come easy to everyone. 

What Are Social Pragmatics, or Social Communication Disorders?

Some children are delayed in reaching communication milestones. The cause could be an expressive or receptive language disorder.

The Definitive Guide to Expressive and Receptive Language Disorders

5 years old

Natural language modeling is a technique you can use at home with your child to help them talk and use more words.

Using Natural Language Modeling to Help Your Child Talk

0-12 months

Children who can't pronounce certain sounds or words by an expected age may have a speech sound disorder. Learn about symptoms and treatment.

Diagnosing and Treating Speech Sound Disorders

As a child’s language develops, they start incorporating longer phrases of words into their speech. However, some kiddos need extra help to encourage longer spoken phrases. In this article, we cover simples tips you can begin practicing with your child today.

How to Help Your Child Use Longer Phrases When Talking

Through playing, kids explore their environment, develop language skills, and more! Here's how to use play to help your child learn to talk.

Using Play to Promote Speech and Language Development

This helpful resource provides everything you need to know about the benefits of speech, how it works, and tips to help your child.

The Ultimate Guide to Speech Therapy for Children

Reading comprehension is a crucial skill for children's academic success. Here are some reading techniques you can practice at home with your child.

7 Tips for Improving Your Child’s Reading Comprehension

Strong executive function skills help your child succeed in school. Here are tips that parents can use to improve these skills.

Back to School: How You Can Improve Your Child's Executive Function Skills

There are several communication milestones to look for in your kindergartener. Here’s what to expect from your 5-year-old’s speech and language.

Speech and Language Milestones for 5-Year-Olds

Holding engaging conversations is one of the most important and foundational parts of a child's social language development. In this article, we describe all the unspoken rules of a successful conversation, and tips to improve your child's conversational abilities.

How to Improve Your Child's Conversation Skills

What does "nonverbal" mean, and what should parents do if their toddler or young child still isn't talking?

My Child Is Still Nonverbal: Now What?

24-36 months

Learning to clearly express our emotions is an important lifelong skill that starts in childhood. In this article we describe how you can teach your child to recognize, identify, and express their feelings to improve their overall emotional well-being.

How to Help Children Express Their Feelings

The stages of early speech and language development are universal among humans. Watch for these milestones in your baby to ensure their communication is on the right track.

Speech and Language Milestones for Infants (0-12 Months)

We break down the perennial debate about the merits of baby talk, and discuss how using a variation of baby talk called parentese can help promote your baby's early language development.

Is Baby Talk Helpful or Harmful for Your Child?

Is your child just a "late bloomer," or do they have a speech delay? Here's how to determine if your child needs speech therapy.

How to Tell if Your Child Has a Speech Delay

Speech and language growth is still happening at age 4. Here are the milestones to look for during your child’s fourth year.

Speech and Language Milestones for 4-Year-Olds

If your child has a tough time making the /f/ sound, speech therapy may be needed to correct it. Learn more here.

Helping Children Pronounce the /f/ Sound

Parents often have questions about when their child should begin speech therapy. We break down these questions and so much more in this article.

What Age Should Children Begin Speech Therapy?

Toddlers age 12 to 24 months undergo a major leap in their language, vocabulary, and comprehension. Watch for these speech and language milestones.

Speech and Language Milestones for Toddlers (12-24 Months)

If your 2- or 3-year-old toddler isn’t yet talking or using words, here’s how to get them the speech and language support they need.

What to Do If Your 2- or 3-Year-Old Isn’t Talking

Parentese is another term for “baby talk.” Here’s how–and why–to start using parentese today.

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