Help Your Child Speak: The Interactive Guidebook - Paperback

by Mary Lou B. Johnson (Author)

"I want to help my child talk!"

Wondering if your child has speech delay? Looking for ways to boost your child's speech & language development?
 Help Your Child Speak: The Interactive Guidebook provides powerful parent tools for talking, including two major change-making methods-rarely or never highlighted elsewhere-to turn daily routines and other interactions into language-learning opportunities.

Written by a certified speech-language pathologist, this interactive guidebook introduces 16 valuable, research-informed techniques to help you shape powerful, rich language-learning opportunities during daily routines, play, and other everyday interactions.

This is more than a parenting book-it's a parent-coaching system in book form. As you read this clearly-written guidebook, you will:

• Learn how to support speech and language development during meals, playtime, book time, and other everyday interactions by using all the methods, including two beneficial, often-overlooked methods
• Discover the Upside-Down Pyramid method-the unique, author-created technique that can transform how you support your child to imitate and communicate with you
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• Understand how each technique works, with clear explanations and examples

• Complete practical, individualized exercises to gain insights & skills you can use immediately

• Become more able to encourage meaningful back-and-forth communication with your child-naturally and confidently


Instead of wondering whether you're "doing enough"-or how you could possibly do more-you'll learn a new perspective about how to turn ordinary moments into productive opportunities to support your child's language, speech (articulation), and communication growth.

Ready to give your infant/toddler/preschooler a strong start by teaching your child to talk?
 Help Your Child Speak gives you the knowledge, tools, and confidence to support your child's talking journey-one everyday moment at a time.