Language & Speech Concerns

teli early intervention therapists have identified specific things to look for and questions you may have with regard to your child’s language and speech development.

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Early Intervention Helps Toddlers CommunicatePeople are social beings. We want to interact with others and make meaningful relationships. We communicate to feel a sense of belonging and connection to the world around us. Babies begin to communicate before birth as they stretch and roll in the womb. After they are born, infants express their feelings...
Tips to Encourage your Child’s Speech Development
Are language and speech the same thing? Believe it or not this is a misconception that Lea Uhl, a teli Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist, encounters from parents on a regular basis in her work in Early Intervention.  “I speak with a number of parents who are confused about the difference between speech and language when...
Speech teletherapy
By Kelly Beddall, teli Speech Language Pathologist Understanding teli’s teletherapy during COVID-19 Your child has been approved for Early Intervention and you want to get started.  Learn about teli’s speech & language pathology teletherapy sessions. What does a teli Speech Therapy teletherapy session look like? A Speech Therapist (ST) is focused on assessing and enhancing...
baby speech development
By Kim Morrow, Developmental Specialist Communication is an essential part of everyone’s world.  How you interact with others or how you express your needs are all important ways in which you relate to others in your environment.  While adults and children use words, babies communicate very effectively from birth without words. Infants express themselves through...
Early Intervention and Joint Attention – it takes two! Authored by: Kelly Beddall, teli Speech and Language Pathologist In an infant’s first few months, they begin to achieve developmental milestones that build the skills to communicate for a lifetime. It may not include words, but it does include another person!  An infant gazing at their...
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Do children in bilingual families experience greater speech and language delays?  Not the case, says Kelly Beddall, teli Speech Language Pathologist. “There is a great deal of misinformation regarding the rate of language development in children in families where two languages are spoken,” notes Kelly. “In fact, regular experience with two different languages has been...
Do gestures boost language development in children? When your child points or holds their arms out to be picked up, these gestures are the important beginnings of language development. “Gestures are a significant step as a child begins to interact and communicate with others,” notes Kristi Keele, Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist at teli. “There is...
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Why is Early Intervention important for hearing loss in children? Hearing is essential to the development of your child’s speech and language skills. Early intervention is the most important thing you can do for your child. With the proper intervention, early in life, most children with hearing loss can overcome the obstacles associated with the...
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I know what my child wants before he speaks… does that discourage him from asking? I would rather she use words rather than pointing and grunting… how do I help? In Part I of this series on Early Intervention and Speech Development, we focused on activities to develop oral muscle memory by making silly faces...
child sticking out tongue
Why are silly faces important in Early Intervention? How do making silly faces in the mirror help my child develop speech? How does making a sound like a car help my child to begin to form sounds? When your child is receiving Early Intervention Services, teli therapists work to  provide parents  with certain activities to...
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