Approach to Speech Delay
Approach to Speech Delay
Approach to Speech Delay
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The Social Environment• Children who have suffered from abuse or neglectcommonly have speech delay• Even under less extreme conditions, vocabulary size andmaturity of speech are associated with the quality andquantity of parental input• Reading <strong>to</strong> children interactively is the most effective way<strong>to</strong> expand vocabulary• Other strategies include limiting media exposure,repeating and expanding on a child’s verbal output, andlinking new words with gestures