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| Overview |
Your definitive guide for helping your speech-impaired child--cowritten by two in-the-trenches experts When a child has communication problems-- diagnosed or not--parents are first looking for a place to go for help. The Parent's Guide to Speech and Language Problems is a one-stop resource, offering not just the most up-to-date medical information but also advice and encouragement from a mom who's been there. Author Debbie Feit has two children with speech problems and knows what it takes to survive and thrive day-to-day as a family. No other book on the market can match this one for its combination of clinical research and real-world, hands-on parenting solutions. |
| About the authors |
Debbie Feit is the mother of two children with speech disorders. A professional writer for 15 years, she is a regular contributor to Parents magazine and has written for Child, Good Housekeeping, and other national magazines. She is founder of ourspecialkids.com, a website for parents of kids with special needs. Heidi Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., is a leading expert in child development and language disorders. She is an endowed professor of developmental-behavioral pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine. |
| Table of contents |
Introduction 1. Mama, Dada, and Uh-Oh 2. Don't Play 'Wait and See' 3. But I Know Something's Wrong 4. New Vocabulary Words' for Parents 5. Playing Hungry Hippos is Therapy? 6. Getting Results or Getting Frustrated? 7. Fish Oil, Horseback Riding, and Trapeze Swinging 8. Dealing with Diagnosis 9. The Little Mermaid as Therapy 10. School Daze 11. Are You Covered? 12. Continued Vigilance 13. Light at the End of the Tunnel |
