Speech Therapy for Toddlers and Late Talkers: Podcast 8
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What is the episode’s introduction and why is the host back on the podcast?
Hey everybody, this is Carrie Clark, and you are listening to episode number eight of the Speech and Language Kids Podcast. This is the podcast with activities and resources for families of children with speech and language delays and disorders. Today's topic is HELP! My child isn't talking yet. And in the quick tip, I will share a website where you can connect to parents of children with special with special needs for support and resources. First I'd like to start with some news and updates. My first news and update is to say I'm sorry. I have been gone for a long, long time. But I am back now and I promise to start putting the podcast out on a regular schedule again. Um I had to take a short hiatus to take care of some personal and some business matters.
So I'll give you a quick update about what I've been up to. Uh, first of all I quit my job. So that was exciting. I was working full time at the Columbia Public Schools here in Columbia, Missouri, as a speech therapist and at the end of this school year I decided to try it on my own. So I am I have now quit the job at the public schools. I am doing private practice full time, um, which still gives me more hours in the week to be working on the podcast and the website and all the things that you guys have uh come to love and enjoy. So I'm excited about my new practice and I'm also excited about being able to spend more time on the website and the podcast and bring you guys more of what you want. Uh so if you have any ideas of things that you want now that I have more time, send them my way.
Uh so I quit my job. I also got a new office. So uh instead of trying to run all of this out of my home, I have a fantastic office with uh pediatrician here in town. Funny story, he was actually my pediatrician when I was a child and now he's still practicing and offered me an office. So now I have an office.
What personal updates does Carrie share about her new private practice and life changes?
So I have a new office, quit my job, and I got a new house. My husband and I just bought a new house um not very far from where we were living before. But we're excited to have a place that we can call our own. So yes, lots of changes going on. I apologize for being gone so long, but there was lots of things happening. So now I'm back. I'm ready to get started on the the podcast again and bring you things that you need. So if you have anything that you would like to see happen with the website or the podcast, if there's any topics that you would like to hear about, please let me know. You can send those to speech and language kids at gmail dot com. That email will email address will reach me directly so you can get a hold of me on there.
All right, now we're gonna move on into our feature segment today, which is Help, my child isn't talking yet. This is something I hear from parents all the time and it's something that a lot of people have questions about. So I want to go ahead go ahead and do a brief overview of Um kind of when your kids should start talking, what things you should be expecting, and what to do if you're not seeing some of those things that should be expected. So first let's start with when should your child start talking? Typically we see that a child gets their first word around one years of one year of age. So around twelve months, they typically say that first word. Um sometimes it's just a simple word like uh oh, sometimes it's mommy or daddy or the name of a favorite thing.
My nephew is personally very fond of ball, so anything that's round is a ball. So you should be hearing those around twelve months. That doesn't mean you have to hear them around twelve months. Uh some children talk earlier and some talk later. There's a very wide range of what is considered normal for that first word. I would say if you get if you're getting to a year and a half, eighteen months, then and you're still not hearing that first word, that's when you need to start being worried. Uh but if you're you know, if you're at thirteen, fourteen months and you still haven't heard that first word, give it a little time. Like I said, there's a wide range of normal your child can start saying their first word much later and still be considered to be developing speech normally.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the episode’s introduction and why is the host back on the podcast?
0:02–1:49
2
What personal updates does Carrie share about her new private practice and life changes?
1:49–12:50
3
What are the typical speech‑development milestones for toddlers (first word, 50 words, two‑word combos)?
12:50–21:23
4
What should parents do if their child isn’t meeting these speech milestones?
21:23–25:11