Teach Me To Talk

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com for this podcast, ASHA CEU Course #0403 Teach Social Games First for CE credit for therapists. In this course, you’ll learn what to work on first with a young child with autism.... participating in fun social games with you! When we do this, we treat one of the core issues we see in kids with autism... difficulty consistently interacting with other people. We'll use a child's sensory information (don't worry if you're not sure what I mean - I explain it in the show) to select which kinds of social games will be most successful first. Get the pdf handout with purchase of CE credit for only $5 at teachmetotalk.com at this link: This information is from my treatment manual for helping parents and professionals develop a therapy plan for a toddler or preschooler with red flags for autism The Autism Workbook. Treating autism is hard! Don't try to do this alone! Let me help you! Here's the link.

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com for this podcast, ASHA CEU Course #402 Meet a Child Where He or She Is, for CE credit for therapists. In this course, you’ll learn the most important approach for beginning treatment for a very young child with autism – meet a child where he or she is! That's the reason we struggle to work with young children with autism...we don't meet them where they are! That's the reason kids run away, cry, act out, and become miserable... we don't meet them where they are. That's the reason some kids HATE therapy (Ouch!! I learned this one the hard way too...) That's the reason we have to do things differently. Treating autism is hard! Don't try to do this alone! Let me help you! See details at this link: https://teachmetotalk.com/autism-workbook/

In this video podcast, join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com as she teaches therapists how to explain autism to parents using the official DSM-5 criteria. Therapists earn 1 hour CE credit for only $5 at this link. The handout referenced is only available with purchase of CE credit. The Autism Workbook can be found exclusively at teachmetotalk.com at this link.

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP as she teaches you why late talking toddlers and toddlers with more serious language delays/disorders may have difficulty learning to use phrases and then her best 7 strategies for teaching toddlers to move from single words to phrases. Therapists... early 1 hour CE credit for this show for only $5. See teachmetotalk.com for details - show #400.

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com for this podcast for CE credit for therapists. In this course, learn how to target increasingly complex imitations and spontaneous utterances in young children with expressive language delays/disorders during everyday routines at home like eating, getting dressed, and taking a bath. You'll receive guidance for choosing activities that I've found to be the most consistently successful and easiest to implement with a wide variety nonverbal to minimally verbal toddlers and preschoolers and their parents. Therapists - get 1 hour of CE credit for $5 for this podcast. https://teachmetotalk.com/asha-ceu-co... #speechtherapyathome #speechtherapyfortoddlers #autism #speechtherapyideas #ASHACEU #lauramize #teachmetotalk #earlyintervention

Do you have a child who is not talking? Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com for this podcast for CE credit for therapists. In this course, learn how to use common toys to target increasingly complex imitations and spontaneous utterances in young children with expressive language delays/disorders. You'll receive guidance for choosing activities that I've found to be the most consistently successful and easiest to implement with a wide variety nonverbal to minimally verbal toddlers and preschoolers and their parents. Therapists - get 1 hour of CE credit for $5 for this podcast. See details at teachmetotalk.com - show #398.

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com as she shares strategies for introducing visual supports to toddlers and their families.  Learn how to know which kids will benefit from visual supports, how to choose visual supports, as well as when and how to use visual supports. We'll also discuss guidelines for writing simple social stories for very young children with language delays. Therapists - get 1 hour of CE credit for $5 for this podcast. See Show #397 at teachmetotalk.com.

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com as she finishes up the series 11 prelinguistic skills all toddlers master before words emerge. In this final podcast of the series, we'll discuss the importance of initiation and how to help late talking toddlers learn to take the lead during communicative interactions. Therapists - earn 1 hour of CE credit for $5 for listening to this podcast! See details at teachmetotalk.com, show #396.

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com as she continues her series of the 11 prelinguistic skills all toddlers master before words emerge. In this show, we'll discuss skill #10, uses gestures. Learn why gestures are an important predictor of language development, 2 pieces of critical EBP concerning gestures for SLPs, and how to teach gestures to toddlers and preschoolers with language delays. Therapists - get 1 hour of CE credit for $5 for this podcast. See details at teachmetotalk.com Show # 0395.

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP from @teachmetotalk and teachmetotalk.com as she continues the series on prelinguistic skills all toddlers master before words emerge. In this audio and visual podcast, we'll be discussing skill #9 Imitates Actions, Gestures, Sounds, and Words. This skill is important because imitation is how all children learn to talk. As parents of late talkers, we may begin to teach a child to talk by trying to get them to say words, but kids have to learn how to imitate easier, earlier things - like actions, gestures, and play sounds - before they begin to imitate words. Watch the show for the sequence of teaching imitation and strategies to make it easier for you to teach a child who is having difficulty learning to imitate on his own. Therapists, earn one hour of CE credit for watching this show at teachmetotalk.com. Podcast #394 ASHA Course #0394 Credit available March 15, 2020

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP as she continues her podcast series discussing prelinguistic skills all toddlers master before words emerge. This show reviews the 8th prelinguistic skill... vocalizes purposefully. This milestone means that a child understands that he alone can control his own little voice. When I talk about this with parents, I describe this process as becoming “noisy.” All children, whether they talk on time or late, must progress through a phase of vocal play and experimentation so that they gain practice using their voices. Children may be quiet for a variety of purposes. Regardless of the specific etiology, parents should understand that all talking begins with the ability to volitionally produce sound. SLPs should provide parents an explanation of basic speech sound production, including simplified versions of the neurological processes that occur when we vocalize and generate language. Listen to the show for strategies to facilitate more consistent vocalizations in nonverbal toddlers. Therapists... get 1 hour of CE credit for this show for only $5. Details at teachmetotalk.com.

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com as she discusses prelinguistic (before language develops) skills all toddlers master before they begin to talk on this one hour audio-video podcast. This show is about skill #7 understands familiar words and follows directions. Speech-language pathologists refer to this skill as receptive language or how a child understands what he hears. Kids learn how to understand words before they learn to use words to communicate. When a toddler has difficulty following directions, we know that he will have difficulty learning to talk. Many times parents overestimate what a child truly understands. The ONLY way we know that a child is comprehending is by paying attention to how he responds when we talk to him. If a toddler does not complete verbal requests by 18 months, chances are, he has a receptive language delay. Watch this show for ways therapists and parents can help toddlers improve their receptive language skills. Therapists - get CE credit for this 1 hour course. See details at https://teachmetotalk.com. Find all info on the ASHA CEU page.  

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com as she discusses prelinguistic (before language develops) skills all toddlers master before they begin to talk on this one hour audio-video podcast. This show is about skill #6 Learning to Play with a Variety of Toys Appropriately. This milestone means that a child explores new toys, likes to play, uses his or her little body to manipulate toys, and is learning through play with lots of different toys. At this developmental level, we’re looking for the most basic kind of functional play with any common toy or very familiar object. This means that a child uses an item in the way it’s intended. We’re not discouraging creativity or free play, but we do want to see that a toddler understands how to use well-known items. Play is important for language development because play is a terrific and developmentally-appropriate way little kids learn (most) everything! Children who don’t play with toys miss vital opportunities to acquire and practice and variety of skill, including language. Research tells us that many times, language is closely linked with a child’s play skills. Therapists - get CE credit for this 1 hour course.https://teachmetotalk.com/asha-ceu-courses/

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com as she discusses the 5th prelinguistic skill all toddlers master before words emerge - joint attention. Therapists - get 1 hour CE credit for this course as teachmetotalk.com. https://teachmetotalk.com/asha-ceu-courses/  

Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize of teachmetotalk.com as she provides recommendations for extending a toddler's attention span. See teachmetotalk.com for more details including CE credit for therapists!