This site is from another speech pathologist.  She explains the importance of staying on top of your child's hearing especially if they are prone to ear infections.  Remember that chidlren learn speech and langauge when they are young and if they are having consistant ear infections, they are not hearing as they should.

This blog has links to language developmental milestones to help parents and caregivers know if their children are developing ape-appropriately.  If you ever have concerns, please contact your local elementary school and ask to speak to a speech pathologist.

This blog has many great ideas to help foster speech and language in babies and toddlers.  These language skills are critical in helping your child be good readers later on.

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 145,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists, speech-language pathologists and speech, language, and hearing scientists.