SLP? ASD? Expressive vs Receptive? If you (like many others) have found yourself wondering what all of the jargon and acronyms mean, you’ve come to the right place! In this blog post we will define and explain many commonly used terms related to speech and language development.

Do you ever feel like your child is getting frustrated that you don’t understand what they are saying? Do they say less than their peers or sound younger than their friends? Do you have concerns that they aren’t speaking or don’t feel like you know what they should be doing?

Communication partners have the biggest impact on their child’s speech and language development. Below are strategies to increase language exposure that you can utilize in your daily life!

What counts as a word? My child is saying “night night,” is that a two-word phrase? What about “moo!” or “neigh!”

Are you interested in what sounds your child should be saying when they are 2, 3, 4, or 5 years old?

Language develops in a step-wise fashion based on age and morphological development (development of the smallest units of language). Mean length of utterance (MLU), is a way to determine if our children are following the progression in an expected way!