What is speech therapy, and does your child need it? Today, we talk with our favorite speech-language pathologist Margaret Crawford (AKA Miss Maggie) about what every parent needs to know about their children’s speech development. The insight she has is fascinating for families who have sought help with speech, and even those who have not!
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Show Notes
Mentioned in the show
Folsom Advanced Speech Therapy
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Alta California Regional Center (for funding for kids under 3 years old)
Recommendation of the Week:
Time Codes
0:00 Intro
0:42 Stacey’s experience with speech therapy
6:22 Meet Margaret Crawford (AKA Miss Maggie), owner of Folsom Advanced Speech Therapy
6:55 Maggie’s background in Speech-Language Pathology
8:42 What is speech therapy?
9:34 Who needs speech therapy?
10:36 How can parents help their children’s speech development?
11:55 Effect on children’s speech development from different sources (TV, reading books, FaceTime, Zoom, and audiobooks)
16:13 Is my child’s speech development on track?
21:19 How to boost children’s speech confidence
23:27 What happens when you don’t seek help for speech issues?
24:28 When should a parent seek help from a speech therapist?
25:31 At what age can a child start speech therapy?
26:21 What resources are there for homeschool families to access speech therapy services?
31:31 What can you expect when seeking help from a speech therapist?
35:56 What resources do you give parents to help with speech development outside of speech therapy?
38:55 Speech therapy during COVID
42:27 Maggie’s Recommendation of the Week- Expanding Expression Tool
45:30 Final Thoughts
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