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It is not unusual for an experienced teacher to have seen these types of behaviors displayed by children.  In the back of a teacher's mind, she may have labelled Janelle's behavior as challenging.  However, Janelle's situation might contineu to baffle a teacher because Janelle comes from a home where a language other than English is the primary language.  

Your child will be enrolled in speech and language therapy.  This article will help you answer questions like: What is therapy? How can therapy help your child? How can you choose the best therapy setting for your child?  

What is a speech and language evaluation?  It is the measurement of a person's communication skills.  It is done to find out if a person has communication problems.  The evalution is done by a speech and language clinician.  An evaluation may be at a school, hospital, clinic, private office, or your home.

by Elizabeth M. Prather, Ph.D. - What is the cause of your child's speech problem?  Finding the exact cause or causes of your child's speech problem can be difficult.  Each child's speech is influenced by many factors, including the ability to hear, the physical development of the mouth and throat, and the abilities the child inherits.  

When we say that someone speaks "fluently," we mean that the person's speech flows easily.  Sounds combine into syllables, syllables blend into words, and words link into sentences with little effort.  A disfluency is a break in the smooth, meaningful flow of speech.  

If your child has been scheduled for a speech and language evaluation, the child may have a speech and language disorder or delay.  This article will describe some of the types of disorders.  When your child has a speech and language evaluation, the evaluator will look for these signs of a particular problem.  Disorders of language form, content, use, voice disorders.

What is speech?  Articulation? Language? Voice? Learn the vocabulary using this helpful glossary

Caring for preschool children:  

What preschool children are like - how teachers can use this information to promote communication.  

Using technological advances made during the last decade, psychologists, early childhood experts, neurobiologists, and others have amassed tremendous knowledge about the ways infants acquire knowledge.  Let's embark on a "guided tour" of speaking and reading, the methodology used to gain insights into the various means of communication, and suggestions for early childhood educators, including parents, on effective ways to enhance language acquisition from the fetal stage to preschool age.