Understanding how speech therapy helps kids goes beyond improving the way they speak. Therapy encourages self-expression, ...

The field of speech-language pathology is broadening, and the role of today’s speech-language pathologists (SLPs) goes far ...

The Speech Lab Language is key to a child's progress in nursery and at school. Our Speech Lab films demonstrate how adults can maximise opportunities for language learning for children aged 0-4.

Children typically start to utter their first words between 10 and 15 months of age. At around two years of age, they may produce between 100 – 600 words, and understand many more. Each child ...

The training aims to develop the use of adult-child interaction to boost the speech language and communication skills of children, improve staff observation, and involve parents in home learning. The ...

A report by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) revealed an 85% increase in the number of children under 18 in Northern Ireland waiting for speech and language therapy - up ...

The early years Local Government Programme has helped participating councils make structural improvements to their services and increased the confidence and skills of early years professionals working ...

To see if speech analysis can find early signs, researchers first did the picture-description test on 400 people without cognitive problems and saw no change over time in verbal skills. Next, they ...

1 Explain the nature and impact of language and communication support needs in infants and young children. 2 Critique the evidence base including the ecological and cultural validity for language and ...

Saint Louis University's Paul C. Reinert, S.J., Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic has served the St. Louis community for over 50 years. It provides clinical services to people with speech, language ...