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Scripting And How It Can Help You Support Your Child’s Speech And Language Development

Scripting And How It Can Help You Support Your Child's Speech And Language Development

Those who work within the field of speech therapy at Speech Pathology Perth are fully aware of the huge role that parents play in the activities required for children whose speech and language development has not reached the level it should have. Further, they are conscious of the huge time constraints that parents have trying to balance their work, their home, and their children.

This is why a great deal of thought goes into planning speech therapy and in particular the speech therapy homework which is set for the children that speech pathologists are treating. Bear in mind that children are also likely to have homework from their normal schooling so the effort from parents to ensure there is sufficient time for it all is significant.

One aspect of speech therapy which can help the time-homework conundrum is scripting. This is not scripting in the same sense that a script is created for a movie or TV drama, but is a quick and simple speech therapy tool that helps both children and parents alike. The basic premise behind scripting is that it is fundamental verbal communication directed by adults towards children who are having speech and language difficulties.

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Is My Child a Late Talker?

Late Talker

It’s not uncommon for parents to panic about their children’s milestones. They may not think their child is developing fast enough, and thoughts about GP and kids’ speech therapy expert visits can flood parents’ minds.

Being mindful of your child’s development is all part of being a parent, but in the realm of speech, there are signs to look out for to see whether your child is on the right track or not. Read on to learn what steps to take if you suspect that your child is a late talker.

How Do You Define a Late Talker?

In the kids’ speech therapy world, a late talker is a child that, between the age of 18 and 30 months, can understand language but does not say many words or talk as much as other children around the same age. Their thinking skills, play skills, and motor skills may all be in check, but speech may seem like it’s lagging.

By age one, a child should know between two and six words and up to 50 by the time they are 18 months old. A two-year-old’s vocabulary can include between 200 and 300 words, while a three-year-old should ideally know at least 1,000 words. By the time your child is four, it’s common for them to know around 1,600 words.

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