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Pre-Linguistic Communication Skills (2009)

January 16, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Types of Gestures: Humans use gestures to express communicative intent with gross (body, arms) and fine motor movements (hands, fingers, face, lips). Research from Iverson and Thal (1998) defined two types of gestures, representational and deictic. Deictic: Emerging around 7-9 months of age (Carpenter et al., 1998), this type of gesture can be either distal […]
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The Importance of Play

January 9, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Play is the foundation for a child’s learning, especially speech, language, and social skills. This handout explains why play is so paramount in shaping a child’s language development.
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Reciprocal Language Milestones Birth-5

January 5, 2022 by Megan Berg.
Parents and caregivers are sometimes unsure of the milestones their child should reach when thinking about conversational language and reciprocal language. This resource is a quick guide to essential milestones that can be targeted and when they are age-appropriate.
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Pre-Linguistic Skills

January 3, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout contains a list of 8 chronological skills that come before language that are expected to develop between 9 and 15 months.
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Helping Children Learn Basic Concepts

January 2, 2022 by Megan Berg.
This handout describes how to teach basic concepts, including general vocabulary, quantitative concepts, opposites, and spatial concepts. It offers 4 everyday strategies that can be implemented at home to improve carry-over of speech and language therapy.
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Expressive Language Development for Preschoolers

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Children with expressive language delays struggle with developing a wide range of grammatical structures and also exhibit limited mean length utterances (MLU) for their age. Below is a quick resource to guide SLPs in choosing developmentally age appropriate grammatical goals for preschoolers (12 months – 46 months).
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Expressive and Receptive Vocabulary Milestones

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Children with speech/language delays do not meet vocabulary milestones at the same time as typical, same-aged peers. Because of this, children with language delays need increased verbal input and exposure to new words. This resource serves as a quick reference for clinicians and provides information on the number of words children generally acquire expressively and […]
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Encourage Language While Playing with Simple Toys

December 24, 2021 by Megan Berg.
Carry-over of speech therapy at home with family is vital for lasting success. This handout provides concrete suggestions related to 5 toys that parents/caregivers can use to encourage language while playing with their child at home.
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