Conditions Speech and Language Issues

Speech and Language Issues

While a hearing deficit is an obvious reason for speech and language issues, very often, some underlying biomedical reasons that are not so obvious are at play. A nonspeaking child very often has very good receptive language. They may understand everything that is said to them and around them but likely lack the fine-motor ability to speak. Learn about ways to facilitate your child’s ability to communicate in these articles below.

Speech and Language Issues Articles

How Are Communication and Motor Skills Related?

How Are Communication and Motor Skills Related?

Communication and motor skills might seem like different developmental areas, but they are actually deeply intertwined. In fact, motor skills can have a profound impact on communication, especially for children with developmental challenges such as autism, dyspraxia, apraxia and childhood ... Read More
Fats for Whole-Body Apraxia and Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Fats for Whole-Body Apraxia and Childhood Apraxia of Speech

Whole-Body Apraxia and Speech-Related Apraxia As parents, we anticipate that our children will meet all their developmental milestones without any significant challenges. For instance, simple daily tasks and normal everyday intentional motor planning movements we may take for granted as ... Read More
How a Child's Brain Develops

How a Child’s Brain Develops

Understanding how a child's brain develops is important for creating effective educational and therapeutic interventions for children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as: Autism ADHD Dyslexia Cerebral palsy Sensory Processing Disorder Learning disabilities Dyspraxia and apraxia Epilepsy/seizures The process is complex ... Read More
Spelling to Communicate (S2C)

Spelling to Communicate (S2C)

This blog post about Spelling to Communicate (S2C) is excerpted and amended by Patricia Lemer from the Vietnamese version of her award-winning book, Outsmarting Autism, Updated and Expanded: Build Healthy Foundations for Communication, Socialization, and Behavior at All Ages. Background ... Read More
Neurodevelopmental Therapy Checklist

Neurodevelopmental Therapy Checklist

Not Just for Autism Therapy is a critical piece of healing a child with autism, and we have created an autism therapy checklist to help you out. Please note therapies listed in this checklist may also be helpful for children ... Read More
Choline and Complex Language Development

Choline and Complex Language Development

Many parents report spontaneous improvement in the complexity of expressive language in their children after they took choline that was recommended to improve motor planning. What Is Choline? Choline is essential for brain development. In 1998 the National Academy of ... Read More
The Best Dyspraxia Program Ever

The Best Dyspraxia Program Ever

Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND, explains how good fats are essential for your child's brain, motor planning and dyspraxia program. Children with developmental delays demonstrate varying degrees of difficulty with motor planning. This disorder is called dyspraxia, a technical term derived ... Read More
child with speech and language disorder

Speech and Language Issues Main Info Page

What Are Speech and Language Issues? Speech and language issues are common in children with neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder and learning disabilities. Speech Speech is the mechanical means of the oral motor mechanism to create ... Read More

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Speech and Language Issues Stories

Milo: Big Improvements in Autism Symptoms After Rhythmic Movement

Milo: Big Improvements in Autism Symptoms After Rhythmic Movement

Before Rhythmic Movement: High-Functioning Autism with Echolalia Milo is currently five and a half years old. He was diagnosed with high-functioning autism at the age of four. He has echolalia and uses scripting as a form of stimming when he ... Read More
Tony: Recovery from PDD-NOS/Autism with Homotoxicology

Tony: Healing from PDD-NOS/Autism with Homotoxicology

Where to begin on this eight-year journey… Regression at 17 Months My son had a developmental regression at 17 months old and as a new mother, I heard a lot of “you’re crazy” talk from family and friends, but I ... Read More
Patrick and Charlie: Recovery from Autism with a Low Free-Glutamate Diet

Patrick and Charlie: Healing from Autism with a Low Free-Glutamate Diet

I am a mom of two boys with developmental delays. In 2009, at age three and a half, Patrick was diagnosed by a developmental pediatrician with Autism Spectrum Disorder. At that time, he had below-average language skills, struggled to play ... Read More
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Speech and Language Issues Books

Voice of Truth: A Mother's Journey to Help Her Son Heal from Apraxia of Speech
Fat, Stressed, and Sick: MSG, Processed Food, and America's Health Crisis
Tongue-Tied: How a Tiny String Under the Tongue Impacts Nursing, Speech, Feeding, and More