Teach Late Talkers to Imitate Words...Speech Therapy for Toddlers...Laura Mize...teachmetotalk

Do you know the #1 skill all late talkers are missing? IMITATION! They don't know how to imitate words... which is always linked to late talking. In fact, imitating can be the most important thing that separates late talkers from toddlers who are already talking. Imitating is how toddlers learn everything, especially how to talk! So... how do we teach nonverbal toddlers to imitate? Obviously, we can't start by trying to teach them to say words. They're not able to repeat words no matter how much we beg, bribe, and plead! What most parents of late talkers don't know is that there are "levels" of imitation that all kids learn before they begin to talk... whether a child talks late or on time. During their first year and a half, babies learn these levels of imitation easily and naturally as they mature and grow. When a child doesn't begin to talk on time, we know that a child has gotten "stuck" in an earlier level of imitation and hasn't been able to progress to imitating words. When this happens, we must determine where they're "stuck," meet them there, and then help them learn to imitate at higher levels until they're developmentally ready to imitate real words. Once they're imitating easily and frequently, we've turned them into full-time imitators, which leads to a child who talks!
This is part one of an eight part podcast series designed to teach therapists and parents an effective approach for teaching late talkers to imitate. Join pediatric speech-language pathologist Laura Mize, M.S., CCC-SLP of teachmetotalk.com for the first part of this audio/video podcast series ASHA CEU COURSE #422 Imitation Matters: Building Verbal Imitation in Late Talkers.
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Links to my therapy manuals for parents and professionals
Building Verbal Imitation Skills in Toddlers - a treatment manual with specific directions for teaching a late talker to how to talk.
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Teach Me To Play WITH You - a therapy manual to teach activities designed to help a child learn to engage and interact with you with eye contact, imitation, and finally... words! Best for helping late talkers, including toddlers who frequently run away or avoid you when you try to teach them to talk. Learn step-by-step instructions for therapy activites and techniques that are effective and FUN! teachmetotalk.com/product/tea...
The Autism Workbook - treating a toddler with markers for autism can be so challenging! Let me help you get organized and prioritize your goals with my checklists to keep you focused on what's most important for language/communication development. If you want a child with autism to communicate, use strategies based on language and the science of early speech-language development rather than a purely behavioral approach.
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Building Verbal Imitation in Late Talkers Podcast Series
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430 Early Signs of Autism
1001 Characteristics that Differentiate Autism from Other Language Delays at this link:
421 Late Talking: Everything You Want to Know
Therapy manuals for professionals & parents for toddlers & preschoolers with language delays:
The Autism Workbook teachmetotalk.com/product/aut...
Let's Talk About Talking teachmetotalk.com/product/let...
Teach Me To Talk The Therapy Manual teachmetotalk.com/product/tea...
Building Verbal Imitation Skills in Toddlers teachmetotalk.com/product/bui...
Teach Me To Play WITH You teachmetotalk.com/product/tea...
FUNctional Phonology teachmetotalk.com/product/fun...
The Apraxia Workbooks 1 & 2 teachmetotalk.com/product/the...
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[@leonieo4474]

This was so interesting and helped me understand what to start looking out for as a parent of a 20 months old late talker. Not only did it affirm that we were right to be concerned there might be an issue but it helped us observe what level of imitation our son is currently at and where we need to step in and start helping him. Yes we fell into the trap of having lots of other parents saying 'oh don't worry he's a boy, out son didn't start talking for ages either'. It's very clear you are passionate about your job and have a real interest in helping kids. Will definately be following the rest of the series. Thankyou.

[@vanej4553]

Thank you so much for this! Love your examples and explanations. I've just got some little ones on my caseload and needed some input. I will watch the whole series and probably order a manual too!!

[@debbiedekroon9881]

I love this podcast. Parent and SLP-friendly! Laura mentions '16 gestures in 16 weeks'... I believe she meant to say 16 months? (around 1:13:14). Thanks!

[@teachmetotalk]

Yes! 16 gestures by 16 months! Thanks for catching my misspeak! Laura

[@stefaniewhite8394]

My 3 year old has just recently started imitating... but not right away and sometimes in the wrong context I'll hear him repeating the thing later on. Sometimes he will say it right away but not always on cue