Peak View Speech Therapy

07/31/2024

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When it comes to tracking your child's language development, it can be a challenging task to determine the appropriate number of words they should be saying at a certain age. Understanding your child's vocabulary and speech patterns is crucial in identifying any potential need for speech therapy int...

04/21/2024

Had a great time at the Homeschool Resource Fair! Enjoyed meeting so many awesome families

12/05/2023

This post will provide a quick check-list that parent’s can reference to see if their child is reaching their communication milestones. Let’s get started and learn more about your child’s speech Why Are Communication Milestones Important? Communication Milestones For My 48-Month-Old How Do I K...

12/02/2023

Communication Milestones For My 36-Month-Old

At least 250 word (range from 250-1,000 words or more)

Intelligible to parent or caregiver 75% of the time

Intelligibility for unknown listeners should be at least 12%, but the average is around 41%

Producing sounds p, b, m, t, d, n, w, h, and vowels

Knows spatial concepts like: off, out, of, away, and together

Uses pronouns “he” and “she”

average sentence has about 3 words

Uses some: plural -s (“flowers”), uses noun + verb-ing (“ girl running”), and past tense -ed (“played”)

Asks “where”, “what,” and “what doing”

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11/15/2023

Why Are Communication Milestones Important?

Being a parent, it can be difficult to know how your child’s communication is developing. It’s even more difficult when every child developes at a slightly different pace. How do you know if your child is progressing in their communication or if they need help from a speech therapist? That’s what we are here for. We want to help parents feel empowered and help you get rid of some of those fears. “Developmental milestones will help you be familiar with what to expect as a child grows (and) identify skills to work on with your child and when to get professional assistance.” (ASHA, 2023). Milestones are not screeners or evaluations. It is a great tool to add to your parent tool kit, but these are not the only factors to consider when dealing with your child’s communication.

Communication Milestones For My 24-Month-Old

At least 50 word (range from 50-300 words)

Intelligible to parent or caregiver 50% of the time

Follows one and two step directions (“Get your shoes and put them in the kitchen”)

Combining words together (“More cookie”)

Answers yes/no questions

Uses possessives (“mommy’s car”)

How Do I Know If My Child Needs Speech Services?

You now have more information to help guide you to understand your child’s communication. If your child is not reaching these communication milestones you can reach out to your pediatrician or a speech therapist in your area to get more information.

If you are located in Colorado our practice can provide you with a free consultation or evaluation to provide you further insight into your child’s speech. You are not alone in this. We want to help your child succeed. Just go to peakviewspeechtherapy.com and schedule today.

11/12/2023

How much of your child’s speech do you understand? Communication breakdowns can be frustrating for parents and children. This is a quick reference for parents to use to monitor how much of their child’s speech they should understand at age 2, 3, and 4.

11/04/2023

Being a parent it can be difficult to know how your child’s communication is developing. It’s even more difficult when every child developes at a slightly different pace. How do you know if your child is progressing in their communication or if they need help from a speech therapist? That’s what we are here for. We want to help parents feel empowered and help you get rid of some of those fears. “Developmental milestones will help you be familiar with what to expect as a child grows (and) identify skills to work on with your child and when to get professional assistance.” (ASHA, 2023).

Milestones are not screeners or evaluations. It is a great tool to add to your parent tool kit, but these are not the only factors to consider when dealing with your child’s communication. You now have more information to help guide you to understand your child’s communication. If your child is not reaching these communication milestones you can reach out to your pediatrician or a speech therapist in your area to get more information.

If you are located in Colorado our practice can provide you with a free consultation or evaluation to provide you further insight into your child’s speech. You are not alone in this. We want to help your child succeed. Just go to peakviewspeechtherapy.com and schedule today.

10/26/2023

A simple thing you can do to help your child is to get on their level. You can do this by sitting on the ground with your child or kneeling by them while you are talking. Getting on your child’s level improves attention and eye contact. When we are on our child’s level, they are able to see our mouth moving and watch as we say the words they are learning.

10/26/2023

Nursery rhymes are a fun way to help your child communicate. The repetition in the songs helps your child’s memory. These songs also help to build your child’s vocabulary and phonemic awareness. All of these skills are laying the foundation for your child‘s language and also for future skills like reading. As you sing the songs you can pause and let your child fill in the blank or sing the songs fast/slow to make it fun.

10/17/2023

Tip #8 from our blog post is using nursery rhymes to help communication. The repetition in the songs helps your child’s memory. These songs also help to build your child’s vocabulary and phonemic awareness. All of these skills are laying the foundation for your child‘s language and also for future skills, like reading. As you sing the songs, you can pause and let your child fill in the blank or sing the songs fast/slow to make it fun.