A mom of a 2-year-old wonders: "In what order of sounds will my son speak so I know he is progressing verbally?" Jennifer Stager, a speech language pathologist at Providence Neurodevelopmental Center ...

Think, for a moment, about the day-to-day life of a 2-year-old. They've conquered walking, and potty training is on the horizon. Words are springing forth and the assertiveness that comes with life ...

“My toddler is babbling consistently but still isn’t hitting his speech milestones per the AAP. According to them, he should be asking questions and putting two-word sentences together alraedy! Should ...

This piece is part of Scientific American's column The Science of Parenting. For more, go here. My son Grayson was about two and a half years old when his preschool teacher called me. A child ...

The language development of a young child can be a fascinating process to observe. Children generally begin saying their first words around the time they turn one year old. Within another six months, ...

Parenting in our modern times has taken a different turn. Gone are the times, when most mothers were housewives and looked after multiple babies or they grew up in joint families. Nowadays, nuclear ...

There is nothing simple about speech, and there is nothing simple about speech delay starting with the challenge of diagnosing it. Every pediatrician knows the frustration of trying to quantify the ...

Speech development in children is a complex, dynamic process marked by gradual refinement of the articulatory system and phonological competence. Central to this progression is coarticulation – the ...

Before most students even graduate high school, participants in the Whiteside Area Career Center's Early Childhood Education program are already shaping the lives of children. The program can be taken ...

Terrible twos or terrible toddlers. When cutesy babbles turn into ‘no’s,’ ‘mine,’ and ‘I don’t want tos,’ it’s no wonder why so many parents end up feeling exhausted and defeated. Psychologists and ...