{"id":2534,"date":"2008-09-25T07:48:29","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T07:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everhear.com\/blog\/?p=58"},"modified":"2019-07-29T16:04:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T16:04:44","slug":"tips-for-promoting-early-language-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/tips-for-promoting-early-language-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for Promoting Early Language Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

As children participate in day-to-day interactions<\/strong> with the people in their environment, they are constantly learning and developing language skills<\/strong>.\u00a0 Children who have difficulties with their language skills (including language comprehension skills and use of expressive language during spontaneous interactions) may benefit from examples of language through simplified exercised with you.\u00a0 Below are a list of language strategies<\/strong> that can be used to help promote your child’s communication development<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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  1. When you know what your child is interested in, label the object or the action to teach your child the word.<\/li>\n
  2. Use the same word for the same thing each time (e.g., if using \u2018cat\u2019 don\u2019t use \u2018kitty\u2019 or \u2018kitty-cat\u2019).<\/li>\n
  3. Use specific words to label rather than \u2018this\u2019, \u2018it\u2019, \u2018that\u2019.<\/li>\n
  4. Use a variety of words related to the object or action that interests your child (e.g., if your child is interested in \u2018car\u2019 you may add different meanings such as \u201cred car, ride car, in car, my car, go car, etc.\u201d)\u00a0<\/li>\n
  5. Expand your child\u2019s message (if child says \u201cMommy apple\u201d when you are eating an apple, expand it to \u201cMommy likes apple\u201d)<\/li>\n
  6. Say less: Use short and simple sentences when you talk to your child.<\/li>\n
  7. Stress: Make important words stand out by changing the pitch of your voice, saying the word louder and longer. If your child is missing a sound in a word, stress the missing sound in your model and repeat the words two or three times in a natural way to emphasize.<\/li>\n
  8. Always try to\u00a0show<\/span>\u00a0the object or action that you are talking about with your child, to promote learning. You may the object close to your face to draw your child\u2019s attention to your correct modeling of the word.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0Once your child has a few words he\/she uses consistently with meaning, you may set up situations to promote him\/her to spontaneously use his\/her language skills:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. \u00a0\u201cSabotage\u201d situations to promote the need for communication. (e.g., tighten the lid to a toy box or cookie jar extra tight, and give to your child or give your something unexpected such as a shoe when he\/she is pointing at the cookies).<\/li>\n
    2. Remember to get down to your child\u2019s level and use eye contact during your interaction.<\/li>\n
    3. Wait:\u00a0 This is very important.\u00a0 When you know your child wants something, give him\/her time to find the word and use it on his\/her own.\u00a0 Sometimes counting to five silently to yourself may remind you to wait when first using this technique.\u00a0 This gives your child the opportunity to use language more independently.\u00a0<\/li>\n
    4. When you\u2019ve given your child time to communicate, and he\/she does not use speech, give him\/her options to choose from.\u00a0 (e.g., \u201cDo you want the cookie or the banana?\u201d).\u00a0 If your child still does not use the word, give him\/her the word (e.g., \u201coh, you want the\u00a0cookie<\/em>!), and pair it with the object\/ action (give your child the cookie while you say the word).\u00a0<\/li>\n
    5. Have fun!!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      \u00a0As with vision or dental concerns, prevention and early intervention is the best approach toward detecting and treating speech-language problems.\u00a0If you would like more information regarding our therapy programs, please contact one of our offices today.<\/em><\/p>\n

      A special thanks to SLP Jennifer Arenz for putting this piece together!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      As children participate in day-to-day interactions with the people in their environment, they are constantly learning and developing language skills.\u00a0 Children who have difficulties with their language skills (including language comprehension skills and use of expressive language during spontaneous interactions) may benefit from examples of language through simplified exercised with you.\u00a0 Below are a list…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Tips for Promoting Early Language Development","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}