tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050933479502584279.post8040052630965948879..comments2013-10-18T19:33:19.848+01:00Comments on Truly Madly Speechy: Question timeKatiePslthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11948342626283993921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050933479502584279.post-61146700687830557312013-10-18T19:33:19.848+01:002013-10-18T19:33:19.848+01:00Thank you John, for taking the time to contribute....Thank you John, for taking the time to contribute. :) Katie KatiePslthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11948342626283993921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050933479502584279.post-66185290394252640592013-10-18T06:08:52.313+01:002013-10-18T06:08:52.313+01:00As an SLP and a parent of a child who was a "...As an SLP and a parent of a child who was a "late talker" I found the idea of "talking time" to work well with my son. I will qualify though by saying that language skills were not an issue so this reply deals more with speech production. <br />I never liked the idea that I would always pressure him to speak. I've talked with parents who advocate for not giving a child anything until they say the name or something like it. That being said, we did need some time to work on sounds and syllables. We did 3-4 days per week "talking time" of around 20-30 minutes where the expectations were first around making silly sounds or just any voluntary vocalizations to start out. Then I worked on shaping the ones he could do into more meaningful words. The latter part I would recommend doing in conjunction with an SLP though since I made decisions based not only on what he could produce, but what were the next logical choices of sounds and what word positions would be most facilitative. John McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02069227548790162944noreply@blogger.com