5 signs your child would benefit from SLP support

1. If your toddler has an expressive vocabulary of 50 words or less at 24 months or 10 words or less at 18 months (at or below the milestones, which are the minimum expectation for these ages)
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2. When your preschooler is hard to understand most of the time by unfamiliar listeners or you as the parent. Also if they demonstrate patterned errors, such as omitting final sounds in words, (e.g., “ha” for hat,) omitting sounds within a cluster (e.g., “poon” for spoon,) substituting a stop sound for fricative sounds (e.g., “tun” for sun,) etc.
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3. If your school age child is age 6 or older and still struggling to produce certain sounds correctly. New research shows children should be able to produce all sounds correctly by age 6.
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4. If you want to supplement school or health region services your child is also receiving for greater support and quicker progress. Families can work with both public and private SLP’s at the same time!
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5. When you as the parent have concerns with your child’s speech and/or language development. It’s always best to trust your gut and have your child assessed to check things out! Early intervention is key when working on speech and language skills!