Back by popular demand, this week’s episode is a case study featuring a 24-month-old toddler named Noah.
Noah has been receiving speech therapy services but isn’t showing the expected progress. We'll take a look at his prelinguistic skills—those foundational communication abilities that set the stage for later language development.
The goal for today's episode isn’t to diagnose or jump to conclusions about Noah. Instead, I want to challenge you to look at his development from a different perspective.
When it comes to speech therapy for toddlers, remember to meet children where they are developmentally, check the development of their prelinguistic skills, and be mindful of the child’s development as a whole when it comes to setting speech therapy goals.
With this case study, Megan talks about the importance of understanding and addressing prelinguistic skill gaps in toddlers, especially in the instances when we aren’t seeing progress.
The Prelinguistic Skills are the foundation for later language development, and identifying where a child is struggling gives us a roadmap for moving forward and helps us determine strategies for the development of these skills.
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