What to Do When Your Child Isnt Talk..., Nicola Lathey
What to Do When Your Child Isnt Talk..., Nicola Lathey
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What to Do When Your Child Isn't Talking
Expert Strategies to Help Your Baby or Toddler Talk, Overcome Speech Delay, and Build Language Skills for Life, 2nd edition

Author: Nicola Lathey, Tracey Blake

Narrator: Nicola Lathey

Unabridged: 11 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/06/2023


Synopsis

For parents of young children, speech milestones are monumental—from baby babble to first words to full sentences. It's natural to worry when they don't arrive "on schedule" or when your little one seems to lag behind their peers.

In What to Do When Your Child Isn't Talking, speech and language therapist Nicola Lathey and journalist Tracey Blake offer parents reassurance and solutions—at a moment when speech delay and regression is more common than ever. Organized by major milestones from birth to age four, this don't-panic guide will empower you to:

● Identify early signs of speech delay and possible causes—"glue ear," tongue tie, suspected autism, or simply your child's individual pace of learning.

● Help your child practice specific speech sounds and words that they find tricky with fun activities, from classic clapping games to filling a "story sack."

● Get to the root of toddler tantrums, chronic shyness, unclear speech, stuttering, social anxiety, and other issues stunting your child's self-expression.

● Communicate better with your child, and watch them thrive!

What to Do When Your Child Isn't Talking is an updated and revised edition of Small Talk.

About Nicola Lathey

Nicola Lathey is a pediatric speech and language therapist specializing in children under five and the founder of the Owl Centre, which provides assessment and therapy services to children and adults across the whole of the UK. She lives in Cheltenham, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kendra on January 22, 2023

As a speech-language pathologist (SLP) with over 20 years of experience, primarily with children ages birth thru five, I am always looking for tools and resources to better equip parents. Because I have a Master’s degree in speech language pathology (communication disorders), I was well equipped as......more

Goodreads review by Johanna on January 22, 2023

This book was eye opening and an informative read. I have a Grandson who just turned four and doesn’t speak. He might say ten words. This book is geared toward a toddler but I imagine once we start speech therapy many of the ideas shared will be used to help him. I feel like we should have acted so......more

Goodreads review by Fallon on March 17, 2025

A very kind, gentle, helpful, and practical book. I wasn’t looking for it but the title caught my eye when I was at our library and I’m so glad it did. Even if you don’t read the whole thing you will find helpful tips just by skimming a few pages. My only wish is that I’d found it sooner but we will......more

Goodreads review by Tina on January 26, 2023

Fantastic book. It’s a very reassuring book fir parents and offers a plethora of ideas to encourage babbling to talking and communicating and reasons for the ideas.. As a grandparent it gave me play ideas and reassurance that my 20 month old grandson is doing fine with his verbal skills.......more