by carol.edgel1005 | Oct 16, 2021
In this 10-minute video, I’m going to teach you how to improve your child’s speech and language in just 10 minutes a...
by carol.edgel1005 | May 7, 2021
Many children begin to stutter around 2-3 years old. Fortunately, about 75% of those will recover on their own, but currently there is no way to predict who will and who won’t. We do know that the longer a child continues to stutter, the more resistant to treatment...
by carol.edgel1005 | Apr 12, 2021
PRACTICE MAKES…PERMANENT The other day I was talking to my husband about the phrase “Practice makes perfect,” and he said, “No, that’s not true. It is ‘Perfect practice makes perfect. Practice makes permanent.” And I thought about that and how that phrase really...
by carol.edgel1005 | Apr 9, 2021
What is it? A tongue thrust is when the child’s swallow pattern never changes from the ‘reverse swallow’ pattern that babies use. The tongue continues to push forward toward the front teeth when swallowing. The child’s tongue may also do this during speech. This...
by carol.edgel1005 | Apr 6, 2021
In the past, it was thought that various tongue or mouth exercises, including blowing horns, were helpful to teach children to speak properly. These exercises are very different from the movements involved in producing actual speech, and so they are called Nonspeech...
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