Has anyone asked about your child's speech before?
Approximately 8-10% of children require speech therapy to learn how to communicate more effectively. True, that it is common and often cute for children to struggle pronouncing certain words, but these 10% of children often need to see a speech therapist to help them learn how to speak clearly.
Your should understand about 60% of your 2-year-old's speech and then 10% more for every year thereafter. So your 3-year-old should be 70%, 80% for your 4-year-old, 90% for your 5-year-old, and you should understand 100% of what your 6-year-old tells you. Granted, some children will still make ocassional errors on certain sounds. Sound development should happen in the approximate following chronological order:
* Children should be able to clearly produce the p, b, m, h, w, and all vowel sounds by age 3 to 4
* Children should be able to clearly produce the d, t, k, g, n, f, y, "ing" sounds by age 5-6
* Children should be able to to clearly produce the s, z, r, l, ch, sh, j, v, and th sounds by age 7-8
If you are concerned about your child's speech intelligibility (what percentage you understand or more importantly, what strangers understand), or feel concerned about any of the following speech sounds, then contact me to discuss your child and your concerns. It is much easier to treat these concerns early on before bad habits become engrained and more challenging to corrrect. You can access more information from the ASHA website about these issues at http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/SSDslpBenefits.htm
Your should understand about 60% of your 2-year-old's speech and then 10% more for every year thereafter. So your 3-year-old should be 70%, 80% for your 4-year-old, 90% for your 5-year-old, and you should understand 100% of what your 6-year-old tells you. Granted, some children will still make ocassional errors on certain sounds. Sound development should happen in the approximate following chronological order:
* Children should be able to clearly produce the p, b, m, h, w, and all vowel sounds by age 3 to 4
* Children should be able to clearly produce the d, t, k, g, n, f, y, "ing" sounds by age 5-6
* Children should be able to to clearly produce the s, z, r, l, ch, sh, j, v, and th sounds by age 7-8
If you are concerned about your child's speech intelligibility (what percentage you understand or more importantly, what strangers understand), or feel concerned about any of the following speech sounds, then contact me to discuss your child and your concerns. It is much easier to treat these concerns early on before bad habits become engrained and more challenging to corrrect. You can access more information from the ASHA website about these issues at http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/SSDslpBenefits.htm
Are you concerned that your child is not speaking yet, or enough?
This can vary greatly from child to child. However, most kids begin saying words around their first birthday, but again, some with do this before and some will afterwards. Girls usually speak before boys, while boys typically develop faster physically.
0-1 years of age. Children should have a couple of words that they use to label things such as, "dada, mama, etc." They don't need to necessarily be intelligible, but they need to be consistent. For example, your child would always say "ahbi" for dog. You can find helpful milestone information from ASHA at http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/01.htm
1-2 years of age. Your child should be combining words by their second birthday. This may be simple comments or requests such as, "Where daddy," or "milk please." They should be able to say approximately 100 words and understand more than that. More milestone information can be found at http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/12.htm
2-3 years of age. Chidren should be using about 200 words by their third birthday. They are able to imitate and use more adult-like speech. They are learning to combine words and use simple sentences. They should also be learning various ways to communicate such as requesting, commenting, repeating (usually not a problem), clarifying, and asking questions. More information can be found at http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/23.htm
More to come...
0-1 years of age. Children should have a couple of words that they use to label things such as, "dada, mama, etc." They don't need to necessarily be intelligible, but they need to be consistent. For example, your child would always say "ahbi" for dog. You can find helpful milestone information from ASHA at http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/01.htm
1-2 years of age. Your child should be combining words by their second birthday. This may be simple comments or requests such as, "Where daddy," or "milk please." They should be able to say approximately 100 words and understand more than that. More milestone information can be found at http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/12.htm
2-3 years of age. Chidren should be using about 200 words by their third birthday. They are able to imitate and use more adult-like speech. They are learning to combine words and use simple sentences. They should also be learning various ways to communicate such as requesting, commenting, repeating (usually not a problem), clarifying, and asking questions. More information can be found at http://www.asha.org/public/speech/development/23.htm
More to come...